Hi Jon,

on 04 Dec 09 at 19:28, Jon Smirl wrote:

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BTW, I just came across a XMP remote that seems to generate 3x64 bit
scan codes. Anyone here has docs on the XMP protocol?

Assuming a general purpose receiver (not one with fixed hardware
decoding), is it important for Linux to receive IR signals from all
possible remotes no matter how old or obscure? Or is it acceptable to

[...]

Of course transmitting is a completely different problem, but we
haven't been talking about transmitting. I can see how we would need
to record any IR protocol in order to retransmit it. But that's in the
5% of users world, not the 90% that want MythTV to "just work".  Use
something like LIRC if you want to transmit.

I don't think anyone here is in the position to be able to tell what is  
90% or 5%. Personally I use LIRC exclusively for transmit to my settop box  
using an old and obscure RECS80 protocol.
No, I won't replace my setup just because it's old and obscure.

Cable companies tend to provide XMP based boxes to subscribers more often  
these days. Simply not supporting these setups is a no-go for me.

Christoph