[mythtv-users] Frontends all around the house

Russ Dill russ.dill at gmail.com
Mon Jan 3 14:41:53 EST 2005


> I'd be interested to know exactly what part you used and why you did
> not use the onboard CIR header of the EPIA board. Since, after all, it
> is already wired to the PS/2 port...
> 

Because its much easier from a driver and hardware point of view. I
don't figure out what hardware works with the CIR port, and I can use
the LIRC serial driver. Not only that, but I can use it on any
machine.

> 
> On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 12:39:42 -0700, Russ Dill <russ.dill at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I use a fanless via epia for my frontend. It has just enough
> > horsepower to decode mpeg4. I picked up a couple cir receivers from
> > digikey for a little more than a buck a piece, I wired one of them up
> > to the serial port, and got 5v from an old ps/2 mouse cable.
> >
> >
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