Using Laptop IR port with a Remote?

[amoeba]

Is it possible to use my laptop IR port, with my hauppauge remote - or do they use an entirely different 'type' of IR?

If so, are their any known remote that use 'laptop IR'?

[stefan]

Laptop ir ports are (usually) of IRDA type, which is not compatible with the Hauppauge remote. You might be able to get it to work with a Palm or the likes.

[A_Brass]

I seem to remember something about IRDA headers while doing some remote control research. I might have found it when I was trying out winlrc. It was info about adapting the IRDA header in a desktop PC so it can receive IR commands from a regular remote. But, I dont think it applies to a Laptop. The IR Port is usually hardwired to the mobo on a laptop.

Sorry