{"id":12627,"date":"2015-05-20T16:12:39","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T15:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12627"},"modified":"2015-05-20T13:16:13","modified_gmt":"2015-05-20T12:16:13","slug":"remote-control-options-for-your-raspberry-pi-media-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12627","title":{"rendered":"Remote control options for your Raspberry Pi media centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-v8gjgEmdmok\/VVregOpTRSI\/AAAAAAAAGzA\/y6b_CVD7S44\/s640\/20150519_074228.jpg?resize=560%2C315\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Richard Saville has done a great round-up\/review of the various options available to you when you&#8217;re using the Pi as a media centre. 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