[mythtv-users] USB IR Receivers For LIRC

[Al Esch]

On 10/8/2015 12:29 PM, Kirk Bocek wrote:
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> On 10/8/2015 9:15 AM, Tom Bongiorno wrote:
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>> Although I agree, I think it is hard to grasp how easy flirc is to 
>> use without having one. There are limitations such as no IR blasting, 
>> special keypress modes, and maybe some other obscure tweaker stuff. 
>> Most irexec stuff could easily be replaced with built-in keyboard 
>> shortcuts. My guess is that 95% of MythTV users would find this to be 
>> the easiest solution that just works. As I read this thread, it is 
>> hard to believe that anyone would consider any LIRC solution to be 
>> easier than flirc.
>>
>> All that said, if I had a reason to use LIRC, I would probably go 
>> down the MCE route. It will probably be the most mainstream and well 
>> supported route long term even though the WMC software is EOL.
>>
>>
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> Rather moot, alas, as the flirc appears to be unavailable.
>
> I disagree with using the built-in keyboard shortcuts as an answer 
> however. My instance of mythfrontend is run from a loop in 
> .bash_profile. If mythfrontend crashes (all too frequent an event), X 
> will exit and everything will be restarted. I use ir-exec to 
> intentionally kill X and thus restart mythfrontend. Very helpful when 
> myth is hung.
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Flirc is available on Amazon.
The flirc can be programmed to sent special keypresses, like CTR-ALT-F2, 
so you can write a shell script to do anything you want and use a key 
combo to run it.