Finally got sick of the FireTV so I plugged a mini PC into a dumb TV. It’s kinda sad to have to use a keyboard instead of a controller, but it was a minor tradeoff for a much better experience.
You should be able to use something like Flirc if you want to use a TV remote to control your mini PC.
The OSMC remote would probably also work. It also comes with an RF receiver (doesn’t use IR). I got an OSMC box with accompanying remote and I’m very happy. If need be I can plug it into one of my non OSMC devices and test it out with a specific media app.
Finally got sick of the FireTV so I plugged a mini PC into a dumb TV. It’s kinda sad to have to use a keyboard instead of a controller, but it was a minor tradeoff for a much better experience.
You should be able to use something like Flirc if you want to use a TV remote to control your mini PC.
The OSMC remote would probably also work. It also comes with an RF receiver (doesn’t use IR). I got an OSMC box with accompanying remote and I’m very happy. If need be I can plug it into one of my non OSMC devices and test it out with a specific media app.
Honestly this is what I would do if I didn’t have a partner to worry about. They wouldn’t like that but yeah, it’s the cleanest way, if not odd.
It’s certainly odd but my wife doesn’t mind it because she just makes me operate it 😅