[mythtv-users] Cheap IR Blaster

Tom Lichti redpepperracing at gmail.com
Thu Oct 14 14:52:16 UTC 2010


On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
> On Thursday, October 14, 2010 08:41:40 am Tom Lichti wrote:
>> On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 10:22 AM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
>> > On Thursday, October 14, 2010 08:12:46 am Raymond Norton wrote:
>> >> That would be key, that it works with Myth. Can anyone confirm it does?
>> >
>> > I only know it says:
>> >
>> > "Compatible with Microsoft XP Media Center Edition Software".
>> >
>> > This *might* imply it is the same as the MCE stuff, but that might only
>> > be with some sort of custom driver for Windows.
>> >
>> > If anyone knows more I'm sure we'd all like to hear it.
>>
>> The question is, does it work with LIRC? If so, then it will work with
>> MythTV. I've found even though something may LOOK identical on the
>> outside, the innards can be different, and incompatible. I have three
>> 'MCE' remotes with receivers, two of them work in LIRC, one does not
>> (yet, the support is in LIRC trunk, but hasn't made it to any distros
>> yet).
>
> This is probably the typical Windows philosophy, use whatever chipset is available cheaply that week, and adjust the
> drivers.
>
> Easy when you have NDAs that allow you access to the chip's innards, difficult when you have to reverse engineer things.
>
> Still, the LIRC folks usually do a remarkable job.
>
> Maybe I should order two, and if they don't work ship one to the LIRC project?



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