[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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