2009-05-25, 04:36 AM
This will be kind of long-winded, so my apologies.
Currently I have my GB-PVR 1.3.11 set up and working happily with a cheap RCA universal remote. A serial IR receiver, WinLIRC and Autohotkey.
Current goal: replace fragile, eventually-obsolete serial receiver with USB, and still use one inexpensive universal remote for all home theater components.
Research has yielded no satisfactory answers to the following.
1: I want to still be able to control my TV, audio receiver, cable box, and GBPVR with a single remote. Is there no such thing as a universal MCE remote that doesn't cost $50+?
2: I have seen HP receivers on eBay for about $15. Can a USB MCE Receiver receive signals from a standard universal remote?
3. WinLIRC (as far as I can tell) doesn't work with USB, only serial. If #2 is possible, which software would work best for interpreting uni-remote signals? EventGhost? HIP?
If you have endured my ramblings this far and have any workable solutions, I thank you in advance.
Currently I have my GB-PVR 1.3.11 set up and working happily with a cheap RCA universal remote. A serial IR receiver, WinLIRC and Autohotkey.
Current goal: replace fragile, eventually-obsolete serial receiver with USB, and still use one inexpensive universal remote for all home theater components.
Research has yielded no satisfactory answers to the following.
1: I want to still be able to control my TV, audio receiver, cable box, and GBPVR with a single remote. Is there no such thing as a universal MCE remote that doesn't cost $50+?
2: I have seen HP receivers on eBay for about $15. Can a USB MCE Receiver receive signals from a standard universal remote?
3. WinLIRC (as far as I can tell) doesn't work with USB, only serial. If #2 is possible, which software would work best for interpreting uni-remote signals? EventGhost? HIP?
If you have endured my ramblings this far and have any workable solutions, I thank you in advance.