[mythtv-users] New guide for controlling external cable/satellite box using an IR Blaster and FC3

[Pete Stagman]

Hi Andy,

I just read through the iwamble howto,(I had never seen it before) the
steps from yours should work just as well.

--P


On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 01:50:51 -0600, Andy Long <andymyth at gmail.com> wrote:
> With the help of Pete Stagman, I have attempted to create a how-to
> guide for controlling an external cable/satellite box using an IR
> blaster.  What makes this guide different from other guides on this
> matter is that this guide shows how to achieve cable/sat box control
> WITHOUT compiling a second instance of LIRC.  Both Pete and I have
> been using this method for a while now, and it has been trouble free.
> 
> At the moment, the guide is currently geared around users who are
> using FC3 and followed Jarod's guide to do their myth install.
> However, I would like for it to be more "distro-neutral," so any
> community feedback I could get to achieve this would be greatly
> appreciated.  Also, info from people using non PVR-x50 cards is needed
> as well, especially concerning some of the edits made to the
> modprobe.conf file in Step 3 of the guide.
> 
> This guide should be useful to FC3 users since FC3 no longer comes
> with Kernel source code.  Regardless of that fact, since this process
> only involves making changes to a few files (noteably modprobe.conf,
> lircd.conf and rc.local), it should be substantially faster than
> compiling a second instance of LIRC, and a bit easier for newbies as
> well.
> 
> This has been a bit of a learning experiment for me, so any feedback
> (positive or otherwise) is welcome.
> 
> http://comp.uark.edu/~aslong/mythtv.html
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -Andy
> 
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