<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 7:04 PM, Brad Fuller <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bradallenfuller@gmail.com">bradallenfuller@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 4:54 PM, Mark Knecht <<a href="mailto:markknecht@gmail.com">markknecht@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> I'd recommend CommandIR ( <a href="http://www.commandir.com" target="_blank">http://www.commandir.com</a> ) for IR control of<br>
>> multiple cable boxes. I've got it controlling two right now with zero<br>
>> issues. USB based, can control up to 4 devices - $69 right now I think.<br>
>> LIRC compatible for send and receive. This would probably be the<br>
>> easiest/cheapest to get you going with the existing PVR-150s. To go the<br>
>> high-def route for non-local/QAM encrypted stuff, you'd need the Hauppauge<br>
>> 1212, and 1 of those per HD cable box, so that would get pricey, although it<br>
>> would be high-def, it does come with an IR controller, and would require you<br>
>> to run SVN trunk at the moment.<br>
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> Nice looking device. The $69 version seems to be the Mini. Is that<br>
> what you are talking about?<br>
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> Looks like a perfect device. Reasonable price. LIRC support. Great info.<br>
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</div>I looked at the instructions, and there are none for gentoo. Is it<br>
hard to update if you're not using Mythbuntu?<br>
<br></blockquote></div><br><div>I'm using what they now call the "mini" which apparently they are eventually going to discontinue, but it works fine. I'm using mine on gentoo. Works great, just set your LIRC_DEVICES="cmdir" in /etc/make.conf and away you go.</div>
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