[mythtv-users] Ortek IR Receiver

[faginbagin]

On 5/10/2016 5:54 PM, Kirk Bocek wrote:
> You need
> 
> On May 10, 2016 1:58:28 PM PDT, "Peter Bennett (cats22)" <cats22 at comcast.net> wrote:
>> On 05/10/2016 12:20 PM, Kirk Bocek wrote:
>>> I hesitate to bring this subject up again, it went nowhere for me
>> some
>>> seven months ago. However...
>>>
>>> Is anyone successfully using the Ortek IR receiver with LIRC:
>>>
>>>
>> http://www.amazon.com/Ortek-Windows-Infrared-Receiver-Ultimate/dp/B00224ZDFY
>>>
>>>
>>> I've been hunting for a commercially available IR receiver.
>>>
>> I have five of those. I do not use LIRC, just plug it in and it
>> emulates
>> a keyboard. They work fine for me.
>>
>> Peter
> 
> Groovy. I am most familiar and comfortable with LIRC but I'll learn anything. Seems like a complete wiki page. One is on the way. Caved to Amazon's new shipping minimums and signed up for Prime.

Like Peter, I use these receivers and don't use lirc. In fact, I wrote the wiki article:
https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Adesso_ARC-1100
which is mentioned in:
https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/VRC-1100_Ortek_Technology_MCE_Clone_Remote
as an alternative to using the receiver without lirc.

Back then, I found using a receiver that looked like a keyboard to the kernel worked better (faster, more responsive and accurate) than using a receiver that required lirc (think Hauppauge PVR-150).

HTH,
Helen