[mythtv-users] USB IR receiver with TIVO 34 remote?

[Tom Dexter]

On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 12:47 AM, Mark Wedel <mwedel at sonic.net> wrote:
>
>
>  I'm using an mce usb receiver - it was a while since I set it up.
>
>  I notice I have an /etc/rc_keymaps/rc6_mce file I made at one point, with
> entries like:
>
> 0x800f0400 KEY_0
> and
> 0x1a4904 KEY_5
>
>  for different remotes.
>
>  IIRC, main thing was to map the IR codes to keycodes in that file - that
> isn't that hard to do - hook the unit up, there is some command to watch the
> data, and press a button on the remote and see what you get (actually, first
> I'd search goodle to see if anyone has already made an map for that remote).
>
>  Note that mythtv also supports different keybindings.  At some point, I
> realized it was simpler to just make sure there was a unique binding for all
> the IR codes in that file, and then just rebind them in myth vs fiddling
> with that file and trying to get the entries there to match existing myth
> bindings.
>
>

Yea, is that using ir-keytable? It appears that it is, and that looks
like the format it uses:

https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/User_Manual:IR_control_via_evdev

That's looking like a good option the more I learn about it. Thanks!
Tom