I have managed to solve the problem

I needed to edit the FDI for Lirc:

/usr/share/hal/fdi/preprobe/20thirdparty/lirc.fdi
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<deviceinfo version="0.2">
  <device>
     <match key="info.product" contains_ncase="saa7134 ir">
        <merge key="info.ignore" type="bool">true</merge>
     </match>
     <match key="info.product" contains_ncase="bttv IR">
        <merge key="info.ignore" type="bool">true</merge>
     </match>
  </device>
</deviceinfo>

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Please note that the in order to find which IR device you should use, you must type
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lshal | grep IR
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input.product = 'bttv IR (card=139)'  (string)
Note -->  <match key="info.product" contains_ncase="bttv IR"> 

I think that this should be further reviewed and a patch should be supplied for this problem.

I used a second IR device which is the streamzap, which worked out of the box. :)
I hope we can do the same for the BTTV Device


I will include some info for your information about the exact card i have:

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udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_109e_36e'
  info.linux.driver = 'bttv'  (string)
  info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_244e'  (string)
  info.product = 'Bt878 Video Capture'  (string)
  info.subsystem = 'pci'  (string)
  info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_109e_36e'  (string)
  info.vendor = 'Brooktree Corporation'  (string)
  linux.hotplug_type = 2  (0x2)  (int)
  linux.subsystem = 'pci'  (string)
  linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:01.0'  (string)
  pci.device_class = 4  (0x4)  (int)
  pci.device_protocol = 0  (0x0)  (int)
  pci.device_subclass = 0  (0x0)  (int)
  pci.linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:01.0'  (string)
  pci.product = 'Bt878 Video Capture'  (string)
  pci.product_id = 878  (0x36e)  (int)
  pci.subsys_product_id = 16401  (0x4011)  (int)
  pci.subsys_vendor = 'PROLINK Microsystems Corp'  (string)
  pci.subsys_vendor_id = 5460  (0x1554)  (int)
  pci.vendor = 'Brooktree Corporation'  (string)
  pci.vendor_id = 4254  (0x109e)  (int)

udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/temp/179'
  info.ignore = true  (bool)
  info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_109e_36e'  (string)
  info.product = 'Ignored Device'  (string)
  info.subsystem = 'input'  (string)
  info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/ignored-device'  (string)
  input.device = '/dev/input/event8'  (string)
  input.originating_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_109e_36e'  (string)
  input.product = 'bttv IR (card=139)'  (string)
  linux.device_file = '/dev/input/event8'  (string)
  linux.hotplug_type = 2  (0x2)  (int)
  linux.subsystem = 'input'  (string)
  linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:01.0/input/input15/event8'  (string)

udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_109e_36e_video4linux_0'
  access_control.file = '/dev/vbi0'  (string)
  access_control.type = 'video4linux'  (string)
  info.callouts.add = {'hal-acl-tool --add-device'} (string list)
  info.callouts.remove = {'hal-acl-tool --remove-device'} (string list)
  info.capabilities = {'video4linux', 'video4linux.video_capture', 'video4linux.video_overlay', 'video4linux.tuner', 'access_control'} (string list)
  info.category = 'video4linux'  (string)
  info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_109e_36e'  (string)
  info.product = 'BT878 video (Prolink PixelView '  (string)
  info.subsystem = 'video4linux'  (string)
  info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_109e_36e_video4linux_0'  (string)
  linux.device_file = '/dev/vbi0'  (string)
  linux.hotplug_type = 2  (0x2)  (int)
  linux.subsystem = 'video4linux'  (string)
  linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:01.0/video4linux/vbi0'  (string)
  video4linux.device = '/dev/vbi0'  (string)
  video4linux.version = '1'  (string)

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