[mythtv-users] Not happy with StreamZap remote

[Scott Johnson]

After giving up on LIRC with my TV Tuner remote I bought a StreamZap USB 
receiver and remote and it worked right away on my Fedora Core 4 MythTv 
box.  My problem is that it is tricky to use.  You have to press and 
hold each button for just the right amount of time.  Too long and it 
repeats the press.  Too short and it skips it.   I can tolerate it but 
it nags me.  So that is my first problem.  The second is that the IR 
receiver flashes its bright red LED in my living room 24 hours per day.  
The LED flashes in Windows too but the remote is much more responsive in 
Windows.

I hoped that the problems were the Streamzap receiver and after it 
annoyed me enough I bought a second StreamZap remote and receiver to 
test that theory.  At least maybe the red LED wouldn't flash any more, 
or so I hoped.  Wrong, the new receiver still flashes its LED and is 
just as sluggish in MythTv.

The StreamZap is a part of the reference KnoppMyth hardware (Dragon) so 
people must be getting better results from it than I am.  I just want to 
confirm this before I spend my precious free time on something LIRC 
related.  I blew weeks of my free time trying to get the TV tuner remote 
to work.  I can't imagine that people are paying $1150 for Dragon 2.0 
and then have to put a piece of tape over the LED.


Scott