[mythtv-users] Hauppage WinTV-PVR-150 MCE Kit

Nick Morrott knowledgejunkie at gmail.com
Tue Oct 31 17:17:09 UTC 2006


On 31/10/06, Denny Stamos <denny at stamos.ca> wrote:
> Hello,
>
>  I have been reading the Mythtv(ology) guide from Wilsonet.com (i am
> installing on Fedora Core 5 with his guide) and i just bought a Hauppage
> WinTV-PVR-150 MCE Kit. This kit comes with a USB remote control
> receiver/blaster that you connect the IR transmitter cable into.
>
>  Is this hardware supported with Linux/MythTv ?

Should be supported in LIRC for both IR transmission and reception
since lirc-0_8_1pre2.
(http://lirc.cvs.sourceforge.net/lirc/lirc/drivers/lirc_mceusb2/lirc_mceusb2.c?view=log)

>  At the end of chapter 11 in Jarod Wilsons guide he briefly mentions the USB
> MCE remote drivers using lird_mceusb & lird_mceusb2 are these the drivers
> that will make the USB remote control receiver/blaster and IR transmitter
> work ?

The newer lirc_mceusb2 is likely the one you want.

Nick

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