I've done this a few times and it works well once running but its a bit finicky to setup<br><br>You need to set an external channel changing script for the source in mythtv-setup that executes and calls lirc_send<br><br>
You can then enter dummy channels for the source that map to your external box channels<br><br>A howto for lirc <br><a href="http://flavor8.com/index.php/2010/02/25/how-to-configure-any-remote-control-with-lirc/">http://flavor8.com/index.php/2010/02/25/how-to-configure-any-remote-control-with-lirc/</a><br>
<br>Mythtv (mce instructions but its fairly easy to see whats going on)<br><a href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/MCE_Remote#IR_Blasting">http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/MCE_Remote#IR_Blasting</a><br><br>I'm pretty sure newer mythbuntu control panel has lirc blasting as well... I havn't set it up in a while though<br>
<br>If you cant find a lirc conf file for your remote/device you can create one using irrecord<br><br>
Good luck<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 2 July 2012 17:49, Rock Rodgers <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rock@rockrodgers.com" target="_blank">rock@rockrodgers.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hi there,<div><br></div><div>I've got a Hauppage capture card and an IR blaster that I'm working through setting up. Both sending and receiving using IR.</div><div><br></div><div>Can someone point me in the direction of some general resources about LIRC, as I feel like I'm chasing my own tale engaging in Google searches. Or, and this is the beautiful dream, maybe one of you has had success with this hardware configuration.</div>
<div><br></div><div><b style="text-align:left;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Capture card: model 01288:</b><span style="text-align:left;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> WinTV-HVR-1150</span></div>
<div><span style="text-align:left;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">IR Blaster from here: </span><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.irblaster.info/" target="_blank">http://www.irblaster.info/</a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">OS: 32bit Ubuntu 10.04 with MythTV installed through Synaptic </font></div><div><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I've got as far as being able to get channel listings using some PHP I put together, I can also capture TV/Audio from S-Video or Composite, and the recording works good.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I've got a TeletraClear STB and I want to be able to change channel on there using the IR Blaster.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">And it would be neat if the supplied IR receiver/remote control combo could work.</font></div><div><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
</font></div><div><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Warm regards</font></div><div><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Rock (not his real name)</font></div>
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