[mythtv-users] ir-kbd-i2c Driver
Michael T. Dean
mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Tue Nov 8 21:17:32 EST 2005
Calvin Harrigan wrote:
> Michael T. Dean wrote:
>
>> Calvin Harrigan wrote:
>>
>>> Has anyone tried using the ivtv driver and the ir-kbd-i2c driver to
>>> make remote keypresses show as regular keyboard keypresses?
>>> ...
>>> It all but eliminates the need for lirc, which in my opinion is a
>>> good thing. No worrying about having lirc support compiled into
>>> other packages. e.g; Mplayer, xine, zsnes, and what ever other
>>> add-ons you might use.
>>
>> Yeah, instead, you can worry about remapping the keys for MPlayer,
>> xine, zsnes, MythTV, and ... (Just the reason why I use LIRC with my
>> ATI Remote Wonder--for which there is also a kernel keyboard driver.)
>
> I've just not had very good luck with lirc, most of the problems stem
> from focus issues, who gets the key press.
So, either you didn't worry enough about having LIRC support compiled
into other packages or you just never re-configured your ~/.lircrc for
"native LIRC" support. ;)
The focus issues are /only/ possible when using irxevent. If using
"native" LIRC support (i.e. "prog = mythtv" instead of "prog =
irxevent"), focus can never an issue because LIRC transmits the "config"
string to /all/ registered clients. LIRC broadcasts the strings and
it's up to the application to determine if it should react to the
keypress or not.
Mike
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