[mythtv-users] HDPVR IR blaster slow

[Joseph Fry]

On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 3:29 PM, Larry Kennedy <lunchtimelarry at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 12:46 PM, Joseph Fry <joe at thefrys.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 3:12 AM, Joseph Fry <joe at thefrys.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I am almost done building out my new capture setup (going from HDHR
>>> Prime on cable, to 4xHDPVR on fiber IPTV).
>>>
>>> My channel change script works great, except it seems as though the
>>> HDPVR is adding a 1 second delay to every irsend command.  I removed all
>>> sleep statements from my script and it made no difference.
>>>
>>> Does anyone know anything i can do to speed this up?
>>>
>>> It appears that the delay is in the beginning...as I run the irsend and
>>> it's almost a second before I see the emitter flash.  Perhaps I can tell
>>> irsend not to wait on completion before sending the next button press?
>>>
>>
>> Here is what I have tried today to make this faster... without success:
>>
>> - Put an & at the end of each irsend line so that the script doesn't wait
>> for the send to complete before issuing the next, This resulted in a
>> timeout error
>> - sent all of the button presses in a single irsend command, this
>> resulted in the same 1sec per button press.
>>
>> I suspect its something about the HDPVR, but I'm not finding many similar
>> complaints?
>>
>> I am confused by your question.
>
> I run an HD-PVR on my mythtv system and I have no need for irsend, nor
> does the HD-PVR get involved with channel changes.  In my case, I have a
> STB fronting the HD-PVR, and I use a firewire cable from myth to the STB to
> change channels.  I use a script derived from 6200ch or something similar.
> The PVR doesn't get involved in this activity and only captures whatever
> the STB sends it.
>
> Is your setup different?
>

Yes... my STB's have no firewire so I am using the IR Blaster's in the
HD-PVRs.
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