[mythtv-users] Keybinding for volume controls

[Paul Harrison]

On 28/12/17 16:40, Jim Abernathy wrote:

>> On Dec 28, 2017, at 11:20 AM, Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com 
>> <mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Hoi Jim,
>>
>> Thursday, December 28, 2017, 1:55:47 PM, you wrote:
>>
>>> Having issues with volume control buttons locking up Mythtv Frontend.  I
>>> have to CTL-ATL-DEL to get back to logging out.  This is on a Ubuntu
>>> 16.04 LTS system with mythtv 0.28.
>>
>>> If I use the [ or ] keys the volume changes as expected. However, I'd
>>> like to use the volume-, volume +, and mute buttons on this keyboard
>>> since that is what I used to use for mythtv and still do for all other
>>> programs and system sound functions.
>>
>>> I first noticed this when I added a NVidia GT 710 card to my Core 2 Duo
>>> system to improve the video playback.  I first tried HDMI audio to the
>>> builtin monitor speakers and the system locked up as soon as the volume
>>> buttons were pressed.  Switching to analog audio out for external
>>> speakers now only occasionally locks up, plus I can use the volume
>>> controls on the external speaker amps. so I have a work around.
>>
>>> I need to figure out how to change the keybindings so I can use the
>>> volume buttons on the keyboard instead of [ and ] or retrain myself and
>>> wife not to use the normal keyboard volume control buttons. I'm
>>> concerned about changing buttons that are system wide assigned like the
>>> vol-, vol+, and mute buttons.
>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>
>>> Jim A
>>
>> Extra buttons on a keyboard like the volume buttons are keyboard
>> specific. So any configuration there should be done through a keyboard
>> configuration. You can of cause see if you can link those to volume
>> control through "Setup > Edit Keys". Those are under "Music", "TV
>> Frontend" and "TV Playback”
>>
>
> I tried the edit keys as you suggested, but when I try to press the 
> button for Volume up on the keyboard.  The system intercepts it and 
> mythtv never see it’s, so Ubuntu seems to have it locked for it’s use.
>
> Jim A
>

It's probably whatever window manager you are using is intercepting 
those key presses not allowing MythTV to see them. I use KDE and that 
has global shortcuts settings that allow the keys used to be changed. 
Maybe you have something similar in your window manager?

Paul H.
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