HD-PVR IR Blaster

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HD-PVR IR Blaster

Post by jstgtpaid » Mon Nov 09, 2009 5:44 am

I get the impression that linux cannot use the IR Blaster in the Hauppauge 1212 yet. HD-PVR IR blaster (sigh)

I am just going to hang tight for now. I ordered a couple of HP IR receivers and they appear to have a spot to plug in an IR blaster. When they come in I will try again using those rascals.

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Re: HD-PVR IR Blaster

Post by Patrick » Mon Nov 09, 2009 10:11 pm

Jarod Wilson (of Mythdora fame) got the PVR-1212's irblaster tentatively working back in early September:
http://mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-user ... 63197.html

I'm not sure if his patches have made it into the mainline code yet. It's only a matter of time.
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Re: HD-PVR IR Blaster

Post by Patrick » Wed Nov 18, 2009 12:24 am

Based on this message it sounds like the patch hasn't made it into the mainline MythTV code yet:
http://mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-user ... 71139.html

It does sound like Jarod is planning on including them in the next Mythdora release which should be coming out very soon. Fedora12 was just released yesterday.
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Re: HD-PVR IR Blaster

Post by Patrick » Tue Dec 29, 2009 8:02 am

Unless you're using Fedora 12 you'll have to do some compiling on your own to get the IR blaster working. The wiki has been updated with instructions:
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Hauppauge_HD ... er_Support

I'm sure by the next release of Mythbuntu and LinHES this will be supported out of the box.
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