[mythtv-users] MythTV & EPIA MotherBoards Suggestion

Paul Bender pbender at qualcomm.com
Thu Jan 27 23:15:47 EST 2005


I use an ME6000 (with a custom distribution) so the M10000 should be 
fine. For LIRC, I chose not to mess with the CIR and FIR connectors. 
Instead, I purchased an Ira (IRMAN compatible) receiver that connects to 
the serial port. Sure, it cost $20 dollars, but I knew it would work 
with LIRC.

Ow Mun Heng wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> 	Appreciate some help on choosing a EPIA MB that has the best
> probability of success with running MythTv.
> 
> The choices I have are
> 
> M1000 
> MS1200
> V800
> 
> I'm hoping to set it up as follows:
> LIRC
> Gentoo Linux
> TV-Out
> IDE Hard Drive.
> 
> The thing which worries me now is how to get LIRC as well as TV-out to
> work. I've noted that the EPIA comes with
> 
> 1x CIR Connector
> 1x FIR Connector
> 
> Is there a difference between these 2 different connectors? I believe
> that CIR is preferred right? (consumer Infra Red?) I've not been able to
> get my Laptop's (Dell D600) to work with it's internal IrDa and LIRC. 
> 
> I'm hoping that I will get more luck with this. Would Appreciate a
> response.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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