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<blockquote data-quote="PoloMint" data-source="post: 59704" data-attributes="member: 175235"><p>iMON is this <a href="http://www.ahanix.com/imon.html" target="_blank">http://www.ahanix.com/imon.html</a> it gives you complete control of your PC from the remote, it even has a tiny joystick in the centre that moves the mouse. </p><p></p><p>I have always imagined (but never actually tested it) that you would need two controls, one for the DVB card(s) and software, and one for windows (in this case iMON). The reason being the DVB card remote control will have shortcuts and controls that the iMON won’t, and using the mouse function to get to them, while it would work, would really slow things down.</p><p></p><p>I’m not sure what remote controls MythTV can handle, it could be that you will have to configure one manually by editing a text file (that’s how other applications controls can be changed, but it is very time consuming) in which case the control that comes with your DVB card might be fine.</p><p></p><p>However I think it would really be worth getting the iMON (or another similar thing) to give you complete control of windows, or whatever OS you are using. While there are plugins and tweaks that let nearly any TV card remote control work with other programs, they do not work well. For example my Hauppauge analogue terrestrial remote has plugins that enable it to control programs other than the TV viewing software, but it is clumsy and unreliable, in Power DVD it will do the volume and that’s about all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PoloMint, post: 59704, member: 175235"] iMON is this [url]http://www.ahanix.com/imon.html[/url] it gives you complete control of your PC from the remote, it even has a tiny joystick in the centre that moves the mouse. I have always imagined (but never actually tested it) that you would need two controls, one for the DVB card(s) and software, and one for windows (in this case iMON). The reason being the DVB card remote control will have shortcuts and controls that the iMON won’t, and using the mouse function to get to them, while it would work, would really slow things down. I’m not sure what remote controls MythTV can handle, it could be that you will have to configure one manually by editing a text file (that’s how other applications controls can be changed, but it is very time consuming) in which case the control that comes with your DVB card might be fine. However I think it would really be worth getting the iMON (or another similar thing) to give you complete control of windows, or whatever OS you are using. While there are plugins and tweaks that let nearly any TV card remote control work with other programs, they do not work well. For example my Hauppauge analogue terrestrial remote has plugins that enable it to control programs other than the TV viewing software, but it is clumsy and unreliable, in Power DVD it will do the volume and that’s about all. [/QUOTE]
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