[mythtv-users] ir-kbd-i2c Driver

[Calvin Harrigan]

Michael T. Dean wrote:

> Calvin Harrigan wrote:
>
>> Has anyone tried using the ivtv driver and the ir-kbd-i2c driver to 
>> make remote keypresses show as regular keyboard keypresses?
>> ...
>> It all but eliminates the need for lirc, which in my opinion is a 
>> good thing.  No worrying about having lirc support compiled into 
>> other packages.  e.g; Mplayer, xine, zsnes, and what ever other 
>> add-ons you might use.
>
>
> Yeah, instead, you can worry about remapping the keys for MPlayer, 
> xine, zsnes, MythTV, and ...  (Just the reason why I use LIRC with my 
> ATI Remote Wonder--for which there is also a kernel keyboard driver.)
>
> Mike
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I've just not had very good luck with lirc, most of the problems stem 
from focus issues, who gets the key press.