[mythtv-users] Pinnacle PCTV Remote LIRC weirdness

[jack straw]

this config looks pretty much identical to the one i'm using. it's as if 
mythvideo and mythmusic don't have the keys being passed to them by irxevent 
mapped correctly. is there a way to check/tweak this?

j

>From: Fiepel <mythtv at fiepel.net>
>Reply-To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
>To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Pinnacle PCTV Remote LIRC weirdness
>Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 22:12:01 +0100
>
>You can edit the .lircrc file to your liking
>
>Here is mine:
>
>##########################################
># MYTH                                   #
>##########################################
>begin
>     prog = irxevent
>     button = Power
>     config = Key Escape CurrentWindow

  [CONFIG SNIPPED]

>end
>
>On Fri, 2003-11-21 at 21:50, jack straw wrote:
> > after much trial and tribulation, i've gotten almost everything "mythtv"
> > working- the ONLY thing that is keeping me from disconnecting my monitor 
>and
> > keyboard is strange pinnacle remote behavior. i have a PCTV pro that 
>comes
> > with the 41 button light grey remote. i installed lirc with the included
> > lircd.conf and pinnacle.lircrc files and when i run "irw" the proper 
>labels
> > appear when i push all of the buttons. however, the remote doesn't work
> > properly in the following situations:
> >
> > 1) in "mythvideo": the volume controls seem to be mapped to the "0" and 
>"9"
> > keys, none of the standard movie control keys ("ff", "play", "stop" or
> > "rew") work, except for "pause" and, most disturbingly, the only way to 
>get
> > out of movie playing mode is to hit the "off" key which causes mythtv to
> > lose focus (ie. the bottom toolbar appears on the bottom of the screen
> > forcing me to use the mouse to click on mythtv to get the remote to work
> > again). now i remember seeing some tweak one could make to redhat to 
>cause
> > the toolbar to go away, but i can't seem to find it again and it still
> > doesn't fix the weird button mapping problem.
> >
> > 2) in "mythmusic": same issue. the buttons do not appear to be mapped to 
>the
> > "buttons" on the screen and further only some of them seem to work. i
> > suspect that the problems i am having with both mythvideo and mythmusic 
>are
> > related.
> >
> > i am assuming this is a config issue. has anyone experienced similar
> > problems?
> >
> > j
> >
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