Re: USB Receiver Advice?

On 10/21/17 01:59, VDR User wrote:

> My point is valid. It's inconvenient and (imo) unreasonable to suggest
> a person should have to use a second system just to create a remote
> config. Aside of that, they may not even have a second/desktop system
> to use.

Ok, I am going to leave it with that.

But the main problem with irrecord is _not_ that it lacks a GUI. The 
program was written around 20 years ago, and we have acquired a lot of 
knowledge since then, knowledge that is not in that program. It is 
essentially the same program as Christoph Bartelmus wrote in 1998. It 
shows its age, and has a lot of problems. That is the problem, not GUI/CLI.

>  I recall an oddity though. The remote I use
> is supposedly 56kHz, but it works perfect with my homebrew serial ir
> which is 38kHz. It also works with a 56kHz ir receiver I have. So is
> the remote 56kHz or 38kHz? Or do I need to crack it open and look at
> the components? :)

You should measure the frequency of the signal. IrScrutinizer does that 
(of course assuming appropriate hardware). irrecord does not -- it 
basically supports demodulating receivers only.

(Caveat: Looking at the Lirc code gives the impression that measuring 
modulation frequency was planned but never really implemented. It may be 
the case that there is a way to get a frequency measurement from 
irrecord (assuming a non-demodulating receiver or course), but I have 
never head of anyone doing it, and the documentation does not mention it.)

Greetz,

Bengt

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