[mythtv-users] Remote Control Setup

Jarod Wilson jcw at wilsonet.com
Sat Sep 18 23:42:06 EDT 2004


On Saturday 18 September 2004 20:05, Chris LaForce wrote:
> On Sat, 2004-09-18 at 21:05, 1canuck2 wrote:
> > Have you configured or downloaded the correct .lircrc and lircd.conf file
> > (and put them in the correct location, and restard lircd)?
> >
> > You can download the ones for the Hauppage remote from Jarod's site.
> > Without these, irw will show nothing as it does not know how to interpret
> > the input it receives. It took me a little while to grasp lirc, and I am
> > still no expert. But basically, as I understand it (in simple terms), one
> > file tells lirc which remote commands to expect and one file tells it
> > which mythtv command to interpet the input to.
> >
> > I am sure better experts can explain it more completely, but thats the
> > basics...
> >
> > Robin
>
> Hey,
>    I think my capture card/remote(Hauppauge WinTV Theatre) falls under
> the second area from Jarod's site labeled "For those with bttv-based
> cards:".  In this area he says nothing of an .lircrc file.  Do I need
> one? I did follow the instructions for the lircd.conf file.  I chose the
> /usr/share/doc/lirc-0.7.0/remotes/hauppauge/lircd.conf.hauppauge file.
> Let me know what you think.
> Thanks,

I'm guessing maybe Hauppauge is standardizing on the grey remote, so I'd 
suggest giving the lircd.conf for the PVR-x50's remote a shot. Ya got nothing 
to lose. What lirc kernel module are you loading up?

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Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE
jcw at wilsonet.com

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