[mythtv-users] lirc, fastmedia remote - partially working

[William]

Lee Alkureishi wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm setting up my mythbuntu 8.04 box, with a packard bell fastmedia 
> serial remote and lirc. The remote is working well, but I have two 
> issues:
>
> 1. I have added an entry for the Escape key to the .lirc/mythtv file. 
> This works well in the menus (it takes me back to the parent menu), 
> but does not cancel me out of playing videos. i.e. I have no way of 
> stopping a playing video from the remote. Any ideas why this is the 
> case, or any way round it?
> edit: the same thing happens with the other keys I assigned - skip 
> back/forward, and pause.

Change your videos player to "Internal" or add a lirc section for your 
player of choice.