[mythtv-users] Best (and cheapest) IR receiver

[Travis Tabbal]

This is the one I'm using.

http://flirc.tv/product/flirc/

I like that you can have it learn just about anything, and just emulates a
keyboard to the computer. I'm not using on Myth, XBMC on a RasPi, but
there's no reason it wouldn't work. You just have it learn the codes and
tell it what to send to the computer when it sees them.




On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 9:40 AM, Dave Ulrick <d-ulrick at comcast.net> wrote:

> On Fri, 27 Dec 2013, Michelle Dupuis wrote:
>
>
>> I need to add an IR receiver for another frontend.  I've been using
>> IRTRANS devices which are fantastic, but expensive.  My remotes are not all
>> RC6 compatible (some strange older ones) so I need a very flexible IR
>> receiver.
>>
>> Would this work?  I see RC6 in the description - does that mean only RC6
>> codes are recognized? http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Media-
>> Center-USB-RC6-IR-Infrared-Remote-Receiver-Windows-Vista-
>> WIN-7-XP-/151195461217?pt=US_Remote_Controls_Pointers&hash=
>> item2333f3a661&_uhb=1
>>
>>
>> Would something like this work (below)?  Anyone know if the chips used
>> are supported in linux/lirc? http://www.ebay.ca/itm/
>> Infrared-Remote-Control-Receiver-Emitter-USB-Adaptor-
>> IR-Extender-Repeater-FV88-/130978728295?pt=US_Remote_
>> Controls&hash=item1e7ef0c967&_uhb=1
>>
>> I'm sure someone will comment that best and cheapest are
>> contradictory...but I'd like to see the tradeoffs...
>>
>
> I'm using a USB IR receiver from this company:
>
> http://iguanaworks.net/
>
> I think it's a good value for US$40. It's similar in size to a thumb
> drive. I have it connected to a USB port on a Zotac ID41 mini-PC via a
> short USB extension cable that lets the IguanaIR sit underneath an HDTV's
> table stand. It works well with Linux/lirc/mythfrontend. My remotes are a
> Hauppauge 350 and a Logitech Harmony One that's programmed to emulate the
> Hauppauge remote.
>
> Dave
> --
> Dave Ulrick
> Email: d-ulrick at comcast.net
>
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