Re: uestion about remotes for pc

  • From: "The Elf" <inthaneelf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 02:50:53 -0700

Alex, many of the media version of vista computers come with a remote just for this, and this card may well have one also, take a look. 


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----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Hall" <mehgcap@xxxxxxx> 
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 2:37 PM
Subject: e: uestion about remotes for pc
I will look at this, thanks. Any way of doing it without the tuner, relying on the broadcast of the device connected to the router and programming a remote? The purpose of the pc is to act as a recorder, but it cannot have a normal keyboard and mouse since the user is not comfortable with them (plus will forget any instructions the next day) but a remote is fine. 

Have a great day,
Alex


----- Original Message -----
From: Trouble <trouble1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date sent: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:24:49 -0400
Subject: Re: uestion about remotes for pc



This and others in its brand can do what you want, its called

Haup

Pauge PVR 250 TV tuner card.
Also now someone that wrote some scripts for a few programs he

uses with it.


At 03:58 PM 6/13/2009, you wrote:

Hi all,
I am trying to convince my family that we should go with a device
that broadcasts TV signals over the wifi network, instead of

buying

new TV units and a DVR or two.  I have two questions about this,

the

first of which is somewhat off topic for this list:



1.  Can someone watching TV on a laptop or desktop record what

they

are watching to a video file, preferably with a free program? No

one

here has XP Media Center or anything above Vista Home Basic.



2.  My grandmother, who lives with us, hates to use a computer

but

has an intuitive grasp of all things TV/VCR-related that are
controlled by a remote.  Could I set up a computer so that she

can

record shows at anytime (live or on a schedule), and control it

with

a remote? We have plenty of remotes around, and I know I have

seen

USB/IR converters before, so could I write (or better yet,

download)

a program that will let her just record, play, pause, stop, and

so

on with a remote? She does not need music playing, internet, or
anything else; the pc would basically emulate a DVD recorder,

except

with a LOT more storage space and without the annoying messing

with

disks, erasing disks when they get full, and so on.
Thanks for any help or advice.



Have a great day,
Alex
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