I have an Silverstone LC16M which came preinstalled with a USB Imon pad i think it's called and I too replaced my homebuild serial LIRC device. It actually works better, in the sense that it can actually power on/off my pc from standby which was a big plus for me. (The serial version would have been able to pull that off to in the end, as there was options for this sorta) On 01/25/11 10:53, Laz wrote: > I've been following various threads over the past year or so exploring > various options for having a server-client vdr setup and it got me > thinking. > > I'm currently using a home-brew LIRC receiver attached to a serial port > which works perfectly. The ION-based boards look very nice as a vdr front > end (using xinelibout or some yet-to-be-written plugin!) because they can > do hardware HD decoding. However, I suspect a lot of these lack a serial > port so my simple LIRC receiver would be no good. > > What are others doing in this sort of situation? USB-based receiver (there > are a couple described at lirc.org), or do most of the ION boards still > have a serial header (must admit, not looked into this properly yet!)? > > Several DVB devices do contain receivers but that pretty much defeats the > object of having a server containing DVB devices and a client just for > viewing. > > It all looks nice in principle but any lack of a remote is a deal breaker! > > Cheers, > > Laz > > > _______________________________________________ > vdr mailing list > vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
