[mythtv-users] Setting up USB MCE remote in LIRC?

[Meatwad]

Lee wrote:
> Having just got my new MythTV install running nicely, I'd like to 
> integrate my (old style) Windows MCE remote into the set up. I've 
> googled for ages and there are lot's of people that seem to have got it 
> working (include Jarod), but I can't find any how-to's or crib sheets. 
> Being a total Linux noob, this leave  me at a loss, can anyone point me 
> in the right direction?

All I ever needed to do is extract the file lircd.conf.mceusb from the 
/remotes directory in the lirc source tarball to /etc and rename it 
lircd.conf

There should be no reason to compile lirc from source to use the remote 
and receiver if have installed lirc from a binary package (eg. followed 
Jarod's guide). It just not intuitive what needs to be done to get it 
working.

For the finishing touches, open your lircrc file in ~/.mythtv (or 
wherever it may reside on your particular boxen) and season to taste. 
Don't forget to make a symlink /home/<homedir>/.lircrc from your real 
lircrc file because mplayer and xine expect to see it there. NOTE: the 
symlink is a hidden file whereas the one myth expects is not.

Credits go to Dan Conti of this august list for authoring the conf file. 
NOTE: Dan's conf only works for the original USB receivers, not the ones 
that shipped after November '04. Read here for that discussion: 
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=6130396&forum_id=5339

If you want to run xine rather than mplayer, you'll need to append an 
additional section of keymappings in ~/.mythtv/lircrc (or wherever). If 
you already have xine installed, just issue...

$ xine --keymap=lirc

...and you'll have an exhaustive list of mappings straight from xine.

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Meatwad