[mythtv-users] IR Control of new Myth box

[J. Donavan Stanley]

Patrick Reynolds wrote:

>On Fri, 5 Mar 2004, J. Donavan Stanley wrote:
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>>Michael Segulja wrote:
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>>>_any_ remote with Myth.  I'm not sure what IR hardware I need to
>>>connect to the computer to use a remote.  I looked at lirc.org, and
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>>ahhhh much different question.
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>>I use a Tira2 from http://www.home-electro.com.  It's a nice USB unit.
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>That's a bit pricey.  If you're deft with a soldering iron you can build a
>homebrew serial one (like the Ira2) for about ten bucks or buy it prebuilt
>here for $14:
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Except that you then have a receiver only where as the Tira2 is a 
transmitter as well.   If you only need to receive then yeah a Tira2 is 
overkill.