[mythtv-users] Remote Control Options...

Michael Tiller michael.tiller at gmail.com
Tue Aug 19 20:10:20 UTC 2008


Brad,

On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 1:50 PM, Brad DerManouelian
<myth at dermanouelian.com>wrote:

> On Aug 19, 2008, at 10:33 AM, Michael Tiller wrote:
>
> > The thing that strikes me in looking at all this is that so many of
> > the non PVR-150 approaches seem to require patching LIRC (and when I
> > first built my Myth system so did the PVR-150).  It makes you
> > wonder...what DOES work with LIRC out of the box?  :-)
>
> http://www.lirc.org/
>
> There's a list of supported remotes and supported hardware on the home
> page.


Yes, I know.  I was sort of joking because all the hardware that I see or
people suggest doesn't seem to be supported by LIRC out of the box.  I
realize it supports quite a few things (and I don't mean to diminish the
efforts of the LIRC people).  I just found it somewhat funny that it always
seems to require a patch.

The UDP connection with the HDHR is really slick and it makes you wonder why
people don't use that when they add new hardware instead of hacking the
source for LIRC and sending out patches.  Seems like a very clean interface
between the device specific I/O code and the IR interpretation stuff...but
what do I know.


> > I keep hoping there is some really nice easy to install piece of
> > hardware out there that I wasn't previously aware of... :-)
>
> I use the streamzap remote on my AppleTV. Plugged in the USB receiver,
> chose StreamZap from the IR config in Mythbuntu and it worked. I
> modified the buttons to my tastes, but the default worked ok.
> I think I paid $25 at Fry's for it.


OK, that looks promising.  They imply on their web site that this should
work "out of the box" with LIRC.  Can anybody confirm that? :-)  Can the IR
receiver be used with other remotes (universal remotes as well)?

Thanks for the tips.

--
Mike
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