[mythtv-users] New guide for controlling external cable/satellite box using an IR Blaster and FC3

[Andy Long]

With the help of Pete Stagman, I have attempted to create a how-to
guide for controlling an external cable/satellite box using an IR
blaster.  What makes this guide different from other guides on this
matter is that this guide shows how to achieve cable/sat box control
WITHOUT compiling a second instance of LIRC.  Both Pete and I have
been using this method for a while now, and it has been trouble free.

At the moment, the guide is currently geared around users who are
using FC3 and followed Jarod's guide to do their myth install. 
However, I would like for it to be more "distro-neutral," so any
community feedback I could get to achieve this would be greatly
appreciated.  Also, info from people using non PVR-x50 cards is needed
as well, especially concerning some of the edits made to the
modprobe.conf file in Step 3 of the guide.

This guide should be useful to FC3 users since FC3 no longer comes
with Kernel source code.  Regardless of that fact, since this process
only involves making changes to a few files (noteably modprobe.conf,
lircd.conf and rc.local), it should be substantially faster than
compiling a second instance of LIRC, and a bit easier for newbies as
well.

This has been a bit of a learning experiment for me, so any feedback
(positive or otherwise) is welcome.

http://comp.uark.edu/~aslong/mythtv.html

Thanks.

-Andy