I have used different keyboards to control a computer connected to the projector. A separate mouse is a nuance if you ask me, and remote is the default here but so far I had no luck finding a decent cordless keyboard with a build in mouse. My first trial was a no-name one. I see [...]
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THE source of information and tricks in the HTPC topic, is the DVBN forum at http://dvbn.happysat.org/ Naturally, the forum requires that you register, but having done that you can speak with the people interested. Even coders of the key tools you need hang out here. Anyway; I had colleague Daniel controlling my PC over VNC [...]
It has to be said; things don’t work! – My MythTV set-up fails in a very early stage. The Twinhan 3030 card isn’t properly detected and never becomes operational. The Linux driver on the Twinhan web are for Fedora and I had Ubuntu. There are alternative ones but I failed to get them operational. Even [...]
It seems that MediaPortal har prerequisites that are somewhat strange. You need to have the DVB hotfix installed if you run MP under XP. Check the reference here I also purchased a Microsoft remote. It was TRULYT plug and play. Inserted the USB cable to the receiver, booted up the machine and it worked from [...]
It’s obviously so that setting up a PC with the opportunity to obtain card information from a reader on another unit is more of a challenge than anticipated from start. These things are not typically done by the people who are big fans of bling bling and fancy user interfaces. Three letter abbreviations, ranges of [...]
I have planned to set up a Home Theatre PC for years now but never done so, for several reasons. There are many options but let’s start with my choices; basing it on Linux or Windows. Mythbuntu is a Linux distribution that is supposed to facilitate a HTPC via a plug and play installation. For [...]