[mythtv-users] Why do I need an IR blaster?

[Richard J. Finn]

	Why is it so hard?

	I was reading up on the idea, and it *reads* like it wouldn't be any 
more difficult than getting MythTV to work in the first place.  Sending 
is handled by the "rc" command line program 
(http://www.lirc.org/html/rc.html).  You do have to define two remotes 
in the lird.conf, but that seems to be supported.  The MythTV docs give 
instructions for both recieving and sending commands.

	Is the tricky part having to IR devices defined in the same lird.conf file?

Ray Olszewski wrote:
...
> 
> Because running LIRC to both send and receive is tricky ... I don't 
> actually recall ever seeing a working setup described, either here or on 
> the LIRC list, in the sort of detail needed to allow someone to 
> replicate it ... this sort of setup is easier to construct if you have 
> separate backend and frontend hosts.
> 
> BTW, an IR Blaster doesn't just "re-transmit" the signal. In principle, 
> it sends its own set of codes, allowing  the possibility  for the code 
> set used by the Myth host to be different from the one used by the 
> digital-cable box.
>