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Looking for a Remote Control Software

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jodhas

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I found a USB IR Receiver (sigmatel USB IrDA receiver). I plugged into my HTPC and Windows picked it up without a hitch!

Now... is there a software out there that will allow me to somehow send signals from my existing remote control to my PC? If such program exists then I am sure that I can "teach" my computer to receive certain signals and behave a certain way.

I already have a mouse and a keyboard to control the HTPC but I just want some flexibility to control certain things with my remote control.

Let me know if this can be done! Thanks!
 
Its pretty easy to do .
I have used lirc or winlirc with autohotkey to do just about anything I wanted to do with the pc and for free.
Your usb interface might not work with the above setup though.
Most people use a serial port interface or one built into a video capture card.
The serial interface is VERY easy to make though and works great.

http://winlirc.sourceforge.net/
http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/scripts/WinLIRC.htm

It takes some playing with to get it to work like you want, but its free.
There are commercial programs like girder from www.girder.nl for 50.00 that make it a lot simpler.
 
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