[mythtv-users] ir-keytables, should I bother?

[Mike Perkins]

On 04/07/15 16:53, Steven Adeff wrote:
> new frontend with Ubuntu 14.04 and the new system uses the
> "ir-keytables" thing. as those that have tried it have noticed, X
> doesn't recognize a lot of remote commands with this system because
> they are out of it's range of recognition. It is possible to remap the
> buttons to something X can recognize, however, it's a bit of a pain,
> and does not seem as flexible as the old LIRC method.
>
> Is the ir-keytable issue with X something that will be resolved in the
> future, or will mythfrontend ever be able to recognize these commands
> regardless of X, such that I should try to get it to work to my
> liking, or should I just abandon the whole endeavor and get LIRC
> running?
>
> I would also like to be able to do something like what irexec does,
> that let's me run a command outside of mythtv/X using a remote control
> button, but I don't see a way to do this. I've tried xbindkeys but it
> does not seem to recognize any buttons on the remote as keyboard
> presses.
>
> thanks!
>
Don't forget that mythtv also recognizes plain alphabetic codes for when a 
keyboard is used.

One solution, therefore, is to make your own keytable up which translates the 
input (8-bit) codes into the corresponding standard keypresses which would be 
acceptable to X.

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Mike Perkins