[mythtv-users] Live TV with DCT2000 cable box and IRBlaster...

[Adrian Burden]

'irsend' replaces 'rc' in the latest CVS snap shots.
Not sure why, but it surprised me when things did not work at first. 
And again I repeated to myself 'RTFM'!.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net 
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net] On Behalf Of Ray Olszewski
> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 10:45 AM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV with DCT2000 cable box 
> and IRBlaster...
> 
> 
> A comment and question on this.
> 
> The comment: Debian-Sid uses the name "irsend" for the 
> program "rc". No 
> indication why, though in a Unix/Linux context, "rc" has 
> another common 
> meaning.
> 
> The question: where does one get the Perl script? The Myth 
> HowTo says this:
> 
>          "See contrib/channel.pl for the actual file. Copy it to 
> /usr/local/bin/".
> 
> Where is "contrib/channel.pl"?
> 
> (Robert - I've suggested before that this is a style problem 
> that pervades 
> the HowTo -- specficiation of relative paths with 
> insufficient context to 
> deduce the absolute path. In this instance, I can't even 
> determine from 
> context if I should be looking for a path on my host or one 
> on the MythTV 
> Web site, or perhaps even on the LIRC Web site.)
> 
> At 12:01 PM 6/6/2003 -0500, Carlos Talbot wrote:
> >Calvin,
> >
> >I obtained this from someone on the list a while back. It's 
> basically a 
> >c
> >program to replace the shell and perl script. Just compile 
> and install in 
> >your path. Make sure to update your external command path 
> within MythTV 
> >setup. Since it makes usleep calls it can decress the delay 
> between digits 
> >to less than a second.
> [program deleted]
> 
> 
> 
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