[mythtv-users] IR receiver alternatives

[J. Joseph Benavidez]

On Thursday 21 June 2007, William Munson wrote:
> Craig Huff wrote:
> > I am STILL going to build a new FrontEnd box despite the last few days uproar ;-).
> >
> > Now the issue I have is that I either have to sacrifice a PC card slot (PCI/PCIe) to put 
> > a serial port backplate in or go with some kind of USB-based IR receiver to "listen" to
> > my handheld remote.
> >   
> One rather expensive option would be to buy a HDHomeRun and use its IR 
> receiver. As a plus, you gain 2 HD capture devices. ;-) ("Honey I HAD to 
> buy this to make the system work!")
> 
>  Last time I checked, there were several commercial options available 
> but that was over a year ago.
> 
> PS - Dont worry about Z2I going away, there are plenty of other options. 
> Some will just require more frequent updates to the code as the sources 
> attempt to limit the "abuse" of their web servers.
> 

Apologies to Craig, I just joined the list and don't have your original post. I will say that I went with the "dvico fusion mce remote control and usb ir receiver" (actually, I got 2 of 'em... I've got two frontends), and it works great. 
$24.99/each here...
http://www.cyberestore.com/dvico-remote-control-with-receiver-p-189.html

In case this helps anyone, I run mythtv on centos boxes (one's a centos 4.3 box, the other's at v5) using the ATrpms. With lirc-0.8.2-68.el5, I stick the following in /etc/sysconfig/lircd:

LIRCD_OPTIONS="--driver dvico --device=/dev/hiddev0"

I use my harmony remotes to send the dvico signals, and everything works fine.

j.joseph