[mythtv-users] lirc_serial: software carrier v hardware carrier

[Dan Wilga]

At 6:40 PM +0800 3/31/08, Adam Nock wrote:
>I dont pretend to know everything about this sort of thing, but 
>would it be correct to assume that the majority of USB/SERIAL based 
>(USB RS232 converter) ir transmitters would use a hardware generated 
>carrier, due to the less reliable timing between the hardware and 
>host system?

Quite the reverse, actually. IMHO, software-generated carriers are 
more common, but some people (like me) run into problems with them 
and end up getting HW-carrier devices like the one from 
myblaster.info or the USB_UIRT2. The former doesn't use lirc, but the 
UIRT does.
-- 
Dan Wilga                                                        "Ook."