[mythtv-users] More Cheap Remotes

[Greg Oliver]

On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 10:13 PM, blake <dsblakewatson at gmail.com> wrote:
> OK, not having a lot of luck here... I can't install mythcontrols on
> mythbuntu. It sort of acts like it's there then says there's no installation
> candidate.
> But, cool, I figure I'll just use IRW. But what I'm getting out of IRW
> is--well, it's the actual character represented by the binary (this is
> keyboard behavior, I've read?) Anyway, it's ^[[A for up and ^[[B for down,
> "OK" actually causes a carriage return/line feed (13/10?)....
> Can't quite figure out how to proceed....

Huh?

Your irw output should be like:

[greg at backend-0 ~]$ irw
000000037ff07be0 00 Down mceusb
000000037ff07be0 00 Down mceusb
000000037ff07be0 01 Down mceusb
000000037ff07be1 00 Up mceusb
000000037ff07be1 01 Up mceusb
000000037ff07be1 00 Up mceusb
000000037ff07be1 01 Up mceusb
000000037ff07bde 00 Right mceusb
000000037ff07bde 01 Right mceusb
000000037ff07bde 00 Right mceusb
000000037ff07bdf 00 Left mceusb
000000037ff07bdf 01 Left mceusb
000000037ff07bdf 00 Left mceusb
000000037ff07bdf 01 Left mceusb
000000037ff07be6 00 Stop mceusb
000000037ff07be6 01 Stop mceusb

If you are not getting something similar, then your remote config is wrong..


> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 6:31 PM, Glen Hawksworth <glenhawk at optusnet.com.au>
> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, 2010-10-20 at 18:08 -0700, blake wrote:
>> > Speaking of cheap remotes, I bought this one:
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > http://www.buy.com/prod/mce-remote-control-black-mouse-emulating-capability-with-backlight-49/q/loc/101/216431214.html
>> >
>> >
>> > Less because it was cheap and more because it was backlit. It says
>> > it's an MCE remote aaand well it almost works. Well, no, it works for
>> > changing channel and adjusting volume. I have to use the power button
>> > for what I'd normally use "stop" for (going up a level or stopping a
>> > playback or whatever).
>> >
>> >
>> > Directly across from the power button is the standby button, which
>> > also works, but only one way--putting the machine to sleep. Those are
>> > the only buttons that work with Mythbuntu's MCE remote setting.
>> >
>> >
>> > I know all this stuff can be programmed, but I'm not sure how. Am I
>> > down to tweaking cfg files? Is there an app for building the files.
>> > (If not, should there be?)
>> >
>> >
>> > ===Blake===
>>
>> I think you will find that a lot of the buttons already work but are not
>> assigned to a key press in mythtv.
>>
>> Open a terminal and type "irw" and hit enter. Then press all the buttons
>> on the remote and see what you get in the terminal.
>> If you look at the files in /home/user/.lirc/ you can see which of the
>> buttons you saw in "irw" are mapped to keystrokes for different
>> applications. If some of the buttons are missing from the file you can
>> add them and assign them keys (I think you need to restart lirc before
>> you try to use those buttons or maybe you just have to restart
>> mythfrontend).
>> The next thing you can do is install the "MythControls" package to edit
>> the keybindings. Go into the edit keys window select a control you want
>> to bind to a button and then press the button on the remote. You should
>> get a keystroke assigned and then when you click ok it will lock in that
>> setting or tell you if there is a conflict with another control. Then
>> you exit and save the settings and your system will respond to the
>> button you set up.
>>
>> I have played with a few generic MCE remotes and should have an LIRC
>> file somewhere along with a picture showing what keys are mapped to each
>> button. If you'd like me to send it to you let me know and I'll hunt it
>> down for you.
>>
>> Glen
>>
>>
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