IR Receiver extension for Ambilight raspberry pi clone (opens in new tab)

After working with my ambilight clone for a few days, I discovered the biggest annoyance was that it wouldn't turn off after turning off the TV. I had some ideas on how I could remotely trigger it from the phone or from an external HTPC but I really wanted a self contained solution in case I decided to swap the HTPC for a FireTV or a Chromecast. This brought me to trying to do it directly via my remote. My HTPC uses a mceusb, so I was tempted to just get another mceusb for the pi. This would ...