[mythtv-users] Myth Remote Control

[Phill Edwards]

> Its RC6 based so I had to build up a new receiver for lirc as the one
> on my nova-t card did not work with it. I also experienced an
> interesting problem. To start with I could not get it to work at all
> with lirc. The config file checking into cvs did not work for it and
> I could not get irrecord to pick it up, it kept thinking it was an
> RC5 unit, or it wanted to record in raw mode then woudl not work.

Does anyone know how to tell whether your IR receiver is RC5 or RC6? I
have 2 I could use - a home made one off eBay or a packard Bell PC
remote receiver.