[mythtv-users] USB IR Receivers For LIRC

Tom Bongiorno tbjr at bongohut.com
Thu Oct 8 16:49:38 UTC 2015


On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 12:43 PM, Al Esch <colonelguf at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 10/8/2015 12:29 PM, Kirk Bocek wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On 10/8/2015 9:15 AM, Tom Bongiorno wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> 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.
>
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Flirc is also available from the flirc.tv.
I am using just as you suggest. I have special shell scripts that restarts
my frontend software and the entire computer when things go wrong. Both are
mapped to different key combos. It all just works.
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