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class=781142106-14012004>So will any IR receiver work? I see TONS of dirt
cheap remote setups on eBay....some as low as $1 + $8 shipping. Usually
with a serial interface. I already own a TiVo....so if I replace it with
this Myth box....I've got the remote on hand already. Just don't know much
about IR I guess. Myth has opened up a whole new world of possibilities
(and questions!) for me. haha</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=781142106-14012004>Scott</SPAN></FONT></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>John F
DeLuca<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 13, 2004 6:48 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
mythtv-users@mythtv.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [mythtv-users] Re: Recommended Remote
Controls? <BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>I personally use a Tivo remote as it
is a remote I am very familiar with, has distinctive feel buttons (different
shapes), is well matched for PVR functionality, and can be bought alone ($30).
The TIVO34 in the philips folder at lirc.org works well for the Tivo
remote (the TIVO file did NOT work well....it has to be the TIVO34). But
the IR receiver is the tricky part...not the remote. Since I am not
well versed in resistors, etc, I just went to CompUSA and bought a
SnapStream PC USB remote ($30 with rebate which is now expired I think / $40
now). While the remote is fine and well suited for PVR, I discarded it and
just use the receiver with my Tivo remotes. The only trick is that in
order to get my Snapstream remote to work with lirc, I had to install an lirc
patch as follows:</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Remote control
URL:
http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=303538&pfp=srch1</FONT>
<BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Since I followed Jarod's Fedora Redhat
guide, I installed lirc as per his apt-get commands. Not sure this was
necessary.</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>from
http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/#lirc</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>#
export KERNEL=`uname -r`</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2># apt-get
install lirc-kmdl-$KERNEL</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2># apt-get
install lirc</FONT> <BR><BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>I then needed to
get a CVS version as the StreamZap </FONT><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>from
http://www.lirc.org/cvs.html</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2># cvs
-d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/lirc login</FONT> <BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2>(press enter when prompted for password)</FONT> <BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2># cvs -z8
-d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/lirc co lirc</FONT>
<BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>I then needed to download the patch for
StreamZap</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>from
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/szremote/streamzap-0.04.diff?download</FONT>
<BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>I then applied the patch and compiled the
driver by following the instructions here:</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif
size=2>http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=177518</FONT>
<BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Finally, I edited my /etc/modules.conf to
include</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>alias char-major-61
lirc_streamzap</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>(I also
removed/commented out the other lirc statements in my /etc/modules.conf)</FONT>
<BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>I've sucessfully done it several times as
it needs to be done for each kernel upgrade I do. The only problem I had
was with the KnoppMyth distribution....under Jarod's Fedora Core 1, it works
every time.</FONT> <BR></BODY></HTML>