[mythtv-users] Cheap USB IR receivers on ebay

[Larry K]

I've bought several of these and they work great:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00123UGWQ/ref=pe_175190_21431760_cs_sce_dp_1


$22 may not look cheap, but if it works without headache, it's worth it to
me.

On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 12:38 PM, Jeremy Jones <jeremy.dwain.jones at gmail.com
> wrote:

>
>
> On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 3:54 AM, Kenni Lund <kenni at kelu.dk> wrote:
>
>> 2012/8/17 Bryan Cromwell <bcromwell.mailinglists at gmail.com>:
>> > Has anyone tried some of the cheap ir receivers on ebay such as:
>> > http://www.ebay.com/itm/271000300944
>>
>> I haven't tried that one, but I always use the HP-branded ir receivers
>> from eBay. They're quite a bit larger, but they are fully LIRC and MCE
>> compatible. They use the default mceusb driver in a recent Linux
>> kernel (I think it's 2.6.35+), so no additional drivers are needed. In
>> Mythbuntu you just plug it in, select the MCE receiver option and
>> you're done.
>>
>>
>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-HP-Wireless-MCE-USB-Infrared-Receiver-VISTA-MCE2005-/350520576726?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item519ca78ad6
>>
>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/OEM-HP-MCE-KIT-REMOTE-CONTROL-USB-IR-RECEIVER-EMITTER-/270709728089?pt=US_Remote_Controls_Pointers&hash=item3f078ea359
>>
>> Best regards
>> Kenni
>>
>
>
> I've been using this:
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sapphire-DVD-VCD-MCE-Remote-Control-USB-Receiver-/270742743388?pt=US_Remote_Controls_Pointers&hash=item3f0986695c#ht_1319wt_1186
>
> While that is the same remote, it is not who I bought mine from.  I just
> did a search and grabbed the first one I found.
>
> Mark Lord, one of the users on this list wrote a replacement driver, and
> it works great with all the 'stock' keys in myth.  It does not use LIRC,
> and it is extremely easy to setup.  You also have customizations available
> such as long key presses, accelerated repeats, etc.
>
> Driver and Mark's description is here:
> http://rtr.ca/sapphire_remote/
>
>
> Mark:  I noticed that the wiki page for remotes does not list the sapphire
> explicitly, but I assume this remote would fall under this category from
> the wiki.  http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Generic_HID_%22MCE%22_Remotes  Care
> to weigh in?
>
> Jeremy
>
>
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