I recently got an Acer Aspire Revo to use as a FE/BE combo. My previous MythTV system used firewire to change channels which worked great. Sadly, the Revo doesn't have any provision for Firewire so it looks like I have to switch to an IR blaster :-(<br>
<br>I have an HD-PVR and I've managed to get the patched HDPVR driver and updated LIRC drivers built, but I couldn't get them to work (MythBuntu 10.04, see previous post a few days ago). Even if I got it to work, the prospect of having to continually patch the kernel with every release isn't very attractive.<br>
<br>So I'm interested in low maintenance alternatives. I've seen notes that say the MCE-USB IR devices are supported out of the box but I've seen other posts saying they don't have very good transmission strength. I've seen mention of USB-UIRT devices they seem a bit pricey and don't even seem to come with an emitter (just a port for it) and I've not clear how good the support for them is.<br>
<br>My Revo has plenty of USB ports so is there a reasonably priced, well supported (and well performing) IR transmitter for USB out there? Any recommendations?<br><br>Note I don't need the IR receiver because I've got an HDHR and that works quite well so I'm less concerned about the receiver performance.<br>
<br>Comments, suggestions?<br><br>Any help is greatly appreciated.<br><br>Thanks.<br><br>--<br>Mike<br><br>