[mythtv-users] Running MythTV on CentOS ir-keytable

[Another Sillyname]

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http://lists.mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2015-February/376311.html

On 19 October 2015 at 18:17, Another Sillyname
<anothersname at googlemail.com> wrote:
> You might find this useful......
>
> On 19 October 2015 at 17:20, Kirk Bocek <t004 at kbocek.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 10/18/2015 2:11 PM, rod wrote:
>>
>> Thought this might be a good thread to ask about IR remote controls for a
>> CentOS 6.6 machine.
>>
>> Q1 )   does anyone have ir-keytable  compiled for 6.6 where  scan codes that
>> start with 0x8????????  (that is a hex code starting with 8 and followed by
>> 7 digits) doesn't result in an "Invalid argument"?  My two media center
>> edition, mce remotes have scan codes that start with this high value.
>>
>> Seems my installed version from v4l-utils is has a bug.
>>
>>
>> I've been using lirc on CentOS 6 for quite awhile now. The ir-keytable from
>> the packages I use (see below) seem to work fine:
>>
>> $ir-keytable
>> Found /sys/class/rc/rc0/ (/dev/input/event12) with:
>>         Driver mceusb, table rc-rc6-mce
>>         Supported protocols: NEC RC-5 RC-6 JVC SONY LIRC
>>         Enabled protocols: LIRC
>>         Name: Media Center Ed. eHome Infrared
>>         bus: 3, vendor/product: 0471:0815, version: 0x0000
>>         Repeat delay = 500 ms, repeat period = 33 ms
>>
>> However, I never really used ir-keytable extensively so I can't say how well
>> it works.
>>
>>
>>
>> Q2) Is there a known rpm somewhere that works?
>>
>>
>> I'm using lirc 0.9.0 from EPEL:
>>
>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL
>>
>>
>>
>> My upgrade from fine working Fedora 12 with LIRC recognizing 3 remotes (most
>> importantly the remote that came with the plasma TV) has been a disaster.  I
>> finally gave up on LIRC on centOS thinking the ir-keytable would work,  it
>> sort-of works.   Hours and hours have been spent trying to get back
>> functionality that I previous enjoyed and took for granted.  I thought going
>> to  centOS would give me stability.  Nothing but a headache.
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm using the kernel driver and lircd. Been working for me.
>>
>> However my experience on my ECS Liva with Fedora 22 has been miserable. But
>> that's for another thread.
>>
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