Linux Which USB receiver to buy to use with universal remote?
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Hi, i'm setting up xbmc for my parents and they already have an universal remote for tv/sat/dvd. The remote has a few more available modes for XBMC. In fact, I loaned them my MCEusb receiver and programmed that with the remote. It works!

But, the MCEusb can no longer be bought and the ones that I have from china are HID (kbd+mouse) and cannot be used without their corresponding remote. I had some Usb igor-remote, but that was quite unusable.

So my questions is whether the is some ir USB receiver, which works as MCEusb?
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#2
Get A FLIRC http://flirc.tv/
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#3
Or any MCE compliant USB Receiver.

I got this one --> http://www.ebay.de/itm/Philips-Media-Cen...0820987064
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thank you. I'll order this (http://www.ebay.com/itm/200845763175 ) and let you know. Somehow a FLIRC feels not the right thing, because of the proprietary sw.
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#5
Aren't all MCE USB recievers the same thing? I bought a Chinese authentic-looking one from eBay and it shows up in Linux as:

lspci Wrote:Bus 001 Device 007: ID 0471:0815 Philips (or NXP) eHome Infrared Receiver

AFAIK this is the same reciever as the official Microsoft recievers (it says Microsoft on the label on mine but I doubt it's "genuine").
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(2013-01-06, 18:24)negge Wrote: Aren't all MCE USB recievers the same thing? I bought a Chinese authentic-looking one from eBay and it shows up in Linux as:

do you perhaps have a link? My MCE remote which i bought is a HID keyboard/mouse and acts as one.
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(2013-01-06, 23:22)oernii Wrote:
(2013-01-06, 18:24)negge Wrote: Aren't all MCE USB recievers the same thing? I bought a Chinese authentic-looking one from eBay and it shows up in Linux as:

do you perhaps have a link? My MCE remote which i bought is a HID keyboard/mouse and acts as one.

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Microsoft-MCE-Rem...4aa75a69d2

Mine is grey but this is the same seller so it's probably the same device. Shipping to Finland was less than 10 euros so it was definitely worth it.
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