[mythtv-users] USB IR Receivers

Tom Bishop bishoptf at gmail.com
Wed Aug 12 19:19:03 UTC 2015


On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 2:10 PM, Kirk Bocek <t004 at kbocek.com> wrote:

> As part of getting my ECS Liva working, I plugged in an old Microsoft
> branded IR receiver and it worked great with Fedora 21's mceusb driver.
> When I moved the Liva to the TV location I swapped in the off-brand/generic
> IR receiver that had been working for years with CentOS 6 and the mceusb
> driver therein.
>
> Guess what? Nothing.
>
> So I swapped the old Microsoft receiver to get things working. But why
> didn't the other receiver work? I had also purchased an inexpensive HP
> receiver and in a fit of pique threw it in the trash when it didn't work
> with the Liva. I think I was rash.
>
> Can anyone provide any guidance on getting an off-brand receiver working
> with newer kernels? I assume support for older hardware has been removed. I
> recall the HP receiver did load mceusb and identify it as the usual "eHome
> receiver" I've always seen. Just no output from irw.
>
> Can anyone point to USB IR receivers available that work with current
> kernels? Obviously the old Microsoft receivers are long out of stock.
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>
>
Best one I have found and have been using them for quite some time, they
work really well -
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-RC2604315-01BG-Media-Center-Remote-Control-USB-IR-Receiver-OVU710018-01-/251421736049

ymmv, etc
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