[mythtv-users] Looking for clarity on MythTV, to LIRC, or not to LIRC, ir-keytable, and key mappings

[Larry K]

On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 11:31 AM, Eric Sharkey <eric at lisaneric.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 9:10 PM, Larry K <lunchtimelarry at gmail.com> wrote:
> > OK, I played around a bit with the edit keys menu.  What I'm seeing is
> that,
> > even though I have keys that are recognized by ir-keytable -t, many of
> them
> > are not recognized by the mythtv edit keys menu when I push the remote
> > button to program the mapping.  Some work, but many do not.  What is the
> > path forward for keys that are apparently unrecognized?
>
> It's a fundamental problem with X.  X.org currently has no way to
> handle multi-byte key codes (anything larger than 255) but the
> standard key tables shipped with ir-keytable use exactly such codes.
> They work on the console, but not in X.
>
> What I do is load a nonstandard remote keytable.   In
> /etc/init.d/rc.local I have:
>
> logger "Setting IR Keymap..."
> /usr/bin/ir-keytable -c -p RC-5,RC-6 -w /etc/rc_keymaps/rc6_mce
>
> And in /etc/rc_keymaps/rc6_mce I have:
> mythtered% cat /etc/rc_keymaps/rc6_mce
> # table rc6_mce, type: RC-6
> 0x800f0400 KEY_KP0
> 0x800f0401 KEY_KP1
> 0x800f0402 KEY_KP2
> 0x800f0403 KEY_KP3
> 0x800f0404 KEY_KP4
> 0x800f0405 KEY_KP5
> 0x800f0406 KEY_KP6
> 0x800f0407 KEY_KP7
> 0x800f0408 KEY_KP8
> 0x800f0409 KEY_KP9
> 0x800f040a KEY_DELETE
> 0x800f040b KEY_ENTER
> 0x800f040c KEY_KPSLASH                # Power
> 0x800f040d KEY_M                    # Left Meta, Start
> 0x800f040e KEY_MUTE
> 0x800f040f KEY_I                    # Info
> 0x800f0410 KEY_PAGEUP                # Volume Up
> 0x800f0411 KEY_PAGEDOWN                # Volume Down
> 0x800f0412 KEY_CHANNELUP
> 0x800f0413 KEY_CHANNELDOWN
> 0x800f0414 KEY_Z                    # Fast forward
> 0x800f0415 KEY_R                    # Rewind
> 0x800f0416 KEY_PLAY
> 0x800f0417 KEY_RECORD
> 0x800f0418 KEY_PAUSE
> 0x800f046e KEY_PLAYPAUSE
> 0x800f0419 KEY_STOP
> 0x800f041a KEY_NEXTSONG                # Skip Next
> 0x800f041b KEY_PREVIOUSSONG            # Skip Previous
> 0x800f041c KEY_NUMERIC_POUND
> 0x800f041d KEY_NUMERIC_STAR
> 0x800f041e KEY_UP
> 0x800f041f KEY_DOWN
> 0x800f0420 KEY_LEFT
> 0x800f0421 KEY_RIGHT
> 0x800f0422 KEY_ENTER                # Ok
> 0x800f0423 KEY_ESC            # Back / Exit
> 0x800f0424 KEY_DVD
> 0x800f0425 KEY_TUNER
> 0x800f0426 KEY_G
> 0x800f0427 KEY_W
> 0x800f043a KEY_BRIGHTNESSUP
> 0x800f0446 KEY_TV
> 0x800f0447 KEY_AUDIO
> 0x800f0448 KEY_PVR
> 0x800f0449 KEY_CAMERA
> 0x800f044a KEY_VIDEO
> 0x800f044c KEY_LANGUAGE
> 0x800f044d KEY_T
> 0x800f044e KEY_PRINT
> 0x800f0450 KEY_RADIO
> 0x800f045a KEY_SUBTITLE
> 0x800f045b KEY_RED
> 0x800f045c KEY_O                    # Green
> 0x800f045d KEY_YELLOW
> 0x800f045e KEY_Z                    # Blue
> 0x800f0465 KEY_POWER2
> 0x800f046e KEY_PLAYPAUSE
> 0x800f046f KEY_MEDIA
> 0x800f0480 KEY_BRIGHTNESSDOWN
> 0x800f0481 KEY_PLAYPAUSE
>
>
> This mapping only covers the keys that I use and care about.  Some of
> the original mappings > 255 are still in there (e.g. KEY_RED) but I
> just don't use those.  You can customize this table to your liking.
>
> Looks like my MCE remote send mostly multi-byte key codes.  Not sure I can
work around that.


> Eric
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