[mythtv-users] USB IR Receivers

[Kirk Bocek]

As part of getting my ECS Liva working, I plugged in an old Microsoft 
branded IR receiver and it worked great with Fedora 21's mceusb driver. 
When I moved the Liva to the TV location I swapped in the 
off-brand/generic IR receiver that had been working for years with 
CentOS 6 and the mceusb driver therein.

Guess what? Nothing.

So I swapped the old Microsoft receiver to get things working. But why 
didn't the other receiver work? I had also purchased an inexpensive HP 
receiver and in a fit of pique threw it in the trash when it didn't work 
with the Liva. I think I was rash.

Can anyone provide any guidance on getting an off-brand receiver working 
with newer kernels? I assume support for older hardware has been 
removed. I recall the HP receiver did load mceusb and identify it as the 
usual "eHome receiver" I've always seen. Just no output from irw.

Can anyone point to USB IR receivers available that work with current 
kernels? Obviously the old Microsoft receivers are long out of stock.