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0 pointsRobertRoberts6y ago0 comments

Media player connected to tv. (Kodi or Elec, I can't recall which)

What I found really neat about this is that if you use the HDMI connection, there is some automated setup/control that allows my tv remote to control the PI. (through the HDMI connection)

But also, the smart phone app for Kodi remote control added a new layer of interaction with the media player that is just sort of unique and unexpected. (everything worked so easily)

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colechristensen6y ago

The remote control tech is CEC.

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Electronics_Control

RobertRobertsOP6y ago

Thanks, forgot what it was, and didn't have time to dig around in the docs where I first ran into it.

The fact that this is not widely advertised as a feature is surprising. It made remote control automatic instead of having to hack something together.

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