2021-11-17, 11:28 PM
Board,
I have been at this a while and have done a lot of digging. I am still at a crossroad and could use some insight if you all have some time.
As the subject implies, I am working to have a Colossus 2 card capture HDMI from a set top box with IR channel changing. From there the plan is to use nextpvr, xteve and plex to DVR the content. I have been working with windows 10 thus far but have also worked with ubuntu.
My hardware:
My findingss are as follows:
I was unable to get nextpvr5 running with xteve due to the lack of config options so went back to v4 which works perfectly. Ubuntu seems like a lost cause at this point but I wish it were not!
At this point I am ready to commit to windows 10 but the last issue I have is that the Colossus blaster. I have channels configured and am able to stream whatever the HDMI input to the colossus card but I am not able to change the channel. I believe this is a blaster and receiver frequency range issue, using older ranges that my newer STB does not use. Because of this, I ran out and got an old MCE blaster and in linux with LIRC, I am able to make channel change calls reliably. Using this blaster in windows 10 seems unsupported due to MCE being all but abandoned, having tried WinLIRC and IRSS. Assuming the MCE blaster is a lost cause I went out and got a broadlink blaster which works but making calls from nextpvr would need to be run in python on a docker or by writing code which I am not able to do in windows.
I guess my question is: is there a blaster out there that works with more systems than the built in colossus 2 blaster that nextpvr can communicate with an executable? If not, has anyone worked with broadlink or another to have an executable for windows that nextpvr can call? Would USBIRT work? Does it have an executable that NPVR can call easily? Can I assume it will learn my remote because it supports both IR Freq ranges?
Anyway, thanks much for the feedback. I plan on sharing all of my config for those that want to do the same in the future IF I can overcome this last hurtle!
I have been at this a while and have done a lot of digging. I am still at a crossroad and could use some insight if you all have some time.
As the subject implies, I am working to have a Colossus 2 card capture HDMI from a set top box with IR channel changing. From there the plan is to use nextpvr, xteve and plex to DVR the content. I have been working with windows 10 thus far but have also worked with ubuntu.
My hardware:
- esxi 6.5 host
- colossus 2 PCI card
- HP MCE IR blaster
- Evolution DMS2344UHDS set top box
- Broadlink Network IR blaster
My findingss are as follows:
- Nextpvr 5 for ubuntu is missing channel IR control. I am sure this is due to the newness of the build.
- Nextpvr 5 for ubuntu does not seem to play nicely with Xteve with stream access. Again, I am sure this is due to its age
- Nextpvr 5 for windows lacks many of the config options you get in v4.
I was unable to get nextpvr5 running with xteve due to the lack of config options so went back to v4 which works perfectly. Ubuntu seems like a lost cause at this point but I wish it were not!
At this point I am ready to commit to windows 10 but the last issue I have is that the Colossus blaster. I have channels configured and am able to stream whatever the HDMI input to the colossus card but I am not able to change the channel. I believe this is a blaster and receiver frequency range issue, using older ranges that my newer STB does not use. Because of this, I ran out and got an old MCE blaster and in linux with LIRC, I am able to make channel change calls reliably. Using this blaster in windows 10 seems unsupported due to MCE being all but abandoned, having tried WinLIRC and IRSS. Assuming the MCE blaster is a lost cause I went out and got a broadlink blaster which works but making calls from nextpvr would need to be run in python on a docker or by writing code which I am not able to do in windows.
I guess my question is: is there a blaster out there that works with more systems than the built in colossus 2 blaster that nextpvr can communicate with an executable? If not, has anyone worked with broadlink or another to have an executable for windows that nextpvr can call? Would USBIRT work? Does it have an executable that NPVR can call easily? Can I assume it will learn my remote because it supports both IR Freq ranges?
Anyway, thanks much for the feedback. I plan on sharing all of my config for those that want to do the same in the future IF I can overcome this last hurtle!
