[mythtv-users] Running MythTV on CentOS ir-keytable

[Another Sillyname]

You might find this useful......

On 19 October 2015 at 17:20, Kirk Bocek <t004 at kbocek.com> wrote:
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> On 10/18/2015 2:11 PM, rod wrote:
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> Thought this might be a good thread to ask about IR remote controls for a
> CentOS 6.6 machine.
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> Q1 )   does anyone have ir-keytable  compiled for 6.6 where  scan codes that
> start with 0x8????????  (that is a hex code starting with 8 and followed by
> 7 digits) doesn't result in an "Invalid argument"?  My two media center
> edition, mce remotes have scan codes that start with this high value.
>
> Seems my installed version from v4l-utils is has a bug.
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> I've been using lirc on CentOS 6 for quite awhile now. The ir-keytable from
> the packages I use (see below) seem to work fine:
>
> $ir-keytable
> Found /sys/class/rc/rc0/ (/dev/input/event12) with:
>         Driver mceusb, table rc-rc6-mce
>         Supported protocols: NEC RC-5 RC-6 JVC SONY LIRC
>         Enabled protocols: LIRC
>         Name: Media Center Ed. eHome Infrared
>         bus: 3, vendor/product: 0471:0815, version: 0x0000
>         Repeat delay = 500 ms, repeat period = 33 ms
>
> However, I never really used ir-keytable extensively so I can't say how well
> it works.
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> Q2) Is there a known rpm somewhere that works?
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> I'm using lirc 0.9.0 from EPEL:
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> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL
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> My upgrade from fine working Fedora 12 with LIRC recognizing 3 remotes (most
> importantly the remote that came with the plasma TV) has been a disaster.  I
> finally gave up on LIRC on centOS thinking the ir-keytable would work,  it
> sort-of works.   Hours and hours have been spent trying to get back
> functionality that I previous enjoyed and took for granted.  I thought going
> to  centOS would give me stability.  Nothing but a headache.
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> I'm using the kernel driver and lircd. Been working for me.
>
> However my experience on my ECS Liva with Fedora 22 has been miserable. But
> that's for another thread.
>
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