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Gpio receivers suck Any way. The number buttons don't work on mce remotes.
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I considered flirc but I just cannot justify clogging a USB port for an IR solution that is already supported elsewhere. Flirc is a fine product. I am planning to just have the IR receiver on a small wire attached to the top/side/front of my entertainment center. Nobody will see it.
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Another upvote for GPIO from me - I have two Pi's with them (for a sum total of about £3 each in components) and they work just fine. And are extremely simple and easy to hide away, as the IR receiver diodes are tiny and are on the end of 3 wires that you can trace and tuck away quite easily.
If you want a case with one build in (plus a powered USB hub and SATA adaptor too), look at a Plusberry Pi.
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I managed to reuse an old HDPlayer Box, connected the front IR receiver of the previous HW via GPIO, connected the front Power button to the reset line of RPi,
and finally remapped all keys of the HDPlayer's Remote to be used with OSMC.
It works like a charm, and the cost was virtually zero.
If you wish I can share some pictures