[mythtv] Help on changing mythsetup

[Curtis Wood]

That may be a good idea...

Sort of like LIRC:[REMOTE],[OPT2],[OPT3],[OPT4]

I'll do that...

Curtis

On Sun, 2003-12-21 at 17:37, DBakker at arrayasolutions.com wrote:
> How about making it that if the external program in the input setup starts 
> with LIRC then it will use LIRC? So the external program could be "LIRC 
> RCA" to use LIRC and the RCA remote definition in lircd.conf. 
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> Curtis Wood <curtis at penguinbrat.com> 
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> It was in my first reply, but here it is again ;-) It's not in C++, just
> straight C - I hope that isnt going to be an issue (it compiles just
> fine), but it may be... Note, that in the source code the LIRC_WAIT is
> set to 200000, I just had to bump it up to 300000 - something is
> different in the way it changes channels from up/down to something
> completely different.
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> Curtis
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> On Sun, 2003-12-21 at 16:14, DBakker at arrayasolutions.com wrote:
> > easy enough. can you send the patch?
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> > There are 4 settings... 
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> > REMOTE_CONTROL => is the corresponding remote name in the
> > /etc/lircd.conf
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> > LIRC_DEVICE => /dev/lircd or something else for multiple daemons (Im
> > running remoted also, for the transmitter)
> > 
> > LIRC_WAIT => how long to wait between sends, I think this depends on
> > your setup, Im currently at 0.3 seconds
> > 
> > STB_DIGITS => the number of digits for the STB, like if to enter a
> > channel without hitting enter and not waiting for the timeout, 003 =
> > channel 3.... I think satelite has 4 digits, while cable has 3 type of
> > thing.
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> > Now, everything is set as #defines in the source code, but obviously
> > this would have to be configurable for the end user....
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> > On Sun, 2003-12-21 at 15:53, DBakker at arrayasolutions.com wrote:
> > > Sounds like a great patch. I look forward to testing it. How difficult 
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> > is 
> > > it to configure without the setup piece done? If no too hard can you 
> > pass 
> > > it on now?
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> > > Curtis Wood <curtis at penguinbrat.com> 
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> > > Hi,
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> > >   I've come up with a patch to MythTV that changes channels, with an
> > > external changer (lirc), much faster than the default setup. It talks
> > > directly to lirc it self; while at the same time reseting and 
> unpausing
> > > the ring buffer - and doesnt go through an external script. The 
> problem
> > > arrises about configuring it though - you need to set the remote 
> control
> > > out of the /etc/lircd.conf, the device file (for more than one lircd
> > > daemon), and a couple of other user definablable settings. I have no
> > > idea where to start with the configuration, but I know from my setup -
> > > this patch is well worth it, goes from 3+ seconds to change channels 
> to
> > > <1 second. 
> > > 
> > > TIA,
> > > Curtis
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