[mythtv-users] USB IR receiver and TiVO remote

Mark Chang mark.chang at gmail.com
Sat Jun 9 22:45:56 UTC 2007


On 6/9/07, Hamish Moffatt <hamish at cloud.net.au> wrote:
>
> On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 02:08:28PM -0400, Rich West wrote:
> > Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> > > I'm using a TiVO remote with a homebrew serial IR receiver currently.
> > > However I just bought a new frontend which does not have a legacy
> serial
> > > port, so I need USB.
> > >
> > > Are there any USB receivers that work with a TiVO remote?
> >
> > Just buy a USB->Serial adapter and use what you already have.
>
> You can't use those with a homebrew serial IR receiver. The driver
> contains its own driver for the UART, which won't work with the USB.
>
> The homebrew IR works by counting the time between pulses in the
> software driver. USB doesn't work like that.
> http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
>

He is correct. Just get the StreamZap USB IR receiver. I have exactly that
setup: non-legacy Dell, StreamZap, and Tivo S2 remote.

-- 
Mark L. Chang
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