[mythtv-users] PVR-250 remote control: compatible with PCTV-800i interface

[Jarod Wilson]

On Mar 29, 2011, at 4:47 PM, Mark Lord wrote:

> On 11-03-29 04:42 PM, Jarod Wilson wrote:
>> On Mar 29, 2011, at 4:07 PM, Mark Lord wrote:
> ..
>>> There are lots of options here, but I do really like the PVR-250
>>> silver remote (the smaller version), and we have a pair of them here.
>> 
>> Wait, what? You *like* those? Heh. I think they're atrocious. :)
> 
> :) Well, they certainly were, until I fixed the drivers for them!
> 
> But they're nice and simple, without zillions of confusing buttons
> to remember, and we've gotten used to them now.  So they stay!  :)
> 
> And they're not nearly as nice through LIRC (responsiveness is much worse),
> so despite having built my own FTDI universal receiver, I prefer the
> dedicated hauppauge ports on the PVR-250 and PCTV-800i cards.

Just fyi, the mceusb and streamzap receivers (as well as a few others)
have in-kernel raw IR decode support, and can be used entirely without
lirc -- they use the same rc-core subsystem as the i2c-based receivers
on Hauppauge (and other) hardware.

-- 
Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com