Yesterday after working for more than twelve hours on plasma theory (still not done today!) I took a break to tinker with my MythTV box. I had gotten to the point where I could record a program via my hardware TV tuner card, but couldn't change channels, etc. due to the fact that I use a satellite box.
Well it turns out there's been a devoted bunch of hackers that have written experimental drivers for my card's infrared remote. Moreover, it's kind of two remotes in one -- one for receiving commands, another to send commands to an external box. Yesterday, I got the IR sending (aka channel changing) to work. (Yes, I had to write a shell script to do this -- but hey, it's experimental for a reason!)
When that power button first flashed on and off by hitting the Enter key at 1:47 AM, I'll admit it: I giggled like a schoolgirl. There's nothing better than controlling blinking lights with a keyboard. :P
I'll write up a MythTV guide when I get things settled down and I get some free time. I earnestly recommend building one of these things!
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