2009-12-29, 06:24
1st a shout out to all the experts here: Thanks a million for this great free system, group effort and all your assistance!
Now one question: What is the best/recommended & CHEAP hardware to run XBMC (Linux) on, that has a real IR remote control (not some USB add-on) and can be powered on/off even if Linux or XBMC crashes?
I got the Revo R1600 and it is great (especially at the $200 price-point) and even with 1GB RAM it seems to work great with the 185.18.36 drivers that fix the LPCM bitstreaming issues of 190.53 that ships with XBMCLive 9.11 Camelot.
My problem is the remote control, I got an MCE compatible remote (see HERE) and it is OK for most part, however power On/Off does not work right due to the IR sensor being USB and thus not a true hardware tie-in to 5v or 3v standby power. Plus sleep does not work (I did follow the tutorial HERE), since as soon as I try to sleep it in XBMC it wakes up probably due to background IR radiation.
Does anyone know of a real IR controlled box similar to the Revo R1600 and with the ION chip?
Thanks!
Now one question: What is the best/recommended & CHEAP hardware to run XBMC (Linux) on, that has a real IR remote control (not some USB add-on) and can be powered on/off even if Linux or XBMC crashes?
I got the Revo R1600 and it is great (especially at the $200 price-point) and even with 1GB RAM it seems to work great with the 185.18.36 drivers that fix the LPCM bitstreaming issues of 190.53 that ships with XBMCLive 9.11 Camelot.
My problem is the remote control, I got an MCE compatible remote (see HERE) and it is OK for most part, however power On/Off does not work right due to the IR sensor being USB and thus not a true hardware tie-in to 5v or 3v standby power. Plus sleep does not work (I did follow the tutorial HERE), since as soon as I try to sleep it in XBMC it wakes up probably due to background IR radiation.
Does anyone know of a real IR controlled box similar to the Revo R1600 and with the ION chip?
Thanks!