suggestion for USB IR receiver for MythTV?

[jarod-ajLrJawYSntWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org (Jarod Wilson)]

On Jun 15, 2009, at 10:15 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:

> Jarod Wilson <jarod-ajLrJawYSntWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org> writes:
>
>> Nope, its got onboard Intel graphics, and nowhere to put an add-on
>> graphics card. Wouldn't be surprised if there was eventually a  
>> product
>> refresh that included an onboard nVidia option though... Since the  
>> DSH
>> is supposed to be Dell's competitor to the Apple Mac Mini, which is  
>> now
>> decked out with nVidia graphics goodness...
>
> Hmm... Can you run Fedora on a Mac Mini? ;)

Absolutely.

> I wonder how good a Myth Box that would make?

A very good one, actually. I was running Fedora on a Core Duo 1.66GHz  
Mac Mini before I switched to the Dell Studio Hybrid. :)

(The 1.66 was a bit too slow to handle 1080p H.264)


>>> Part of this project is to fix my "two cable boxes on one myth  
>>> backend
>>> cause Firewire bus resets and timeouts in the middle of shows when  
>>> the
>>> second box starts to record" problem. I'm also hoping having the  
>>> boxes
>>> on separate machines will also help fix the "can't open port: -1"  
>>> problem
>>> that I get periodically..
>>
>> Sadly, not enough people w/multiple firewire cable boxes to get  
>> this one
>> figured out proper-like, I'm afraid.
>
> I dont understand why there aren't more people, but whatever.  :)

In my case, digital capture cards handle the bulk of the load,  
recording clear QAM. But since your provider is, well, evil... :)


>>> Yep... No F/W would be a problem for me.
>>
>> It would force me to use my HD PVR for all cable box stuff, and an IR
>> blaster for channel-changing, but I suppose could make do. I suspect
>> there will be more ion boards eventually too though.
>
> So what do you use for the channel changer with your HD-PVR?

Currently, FireWire. I'd have to switch to using a blaster on an MCE  
receiver.


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Jarod Wilson
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