[mythtv-users] Controlling MythTV with Flirc: Assigning multiple buttons to same key

[Ian Evans]

On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 4:46 PM, Mark Perkins <perkins1724 at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> On 4 October 2017 6:52:08 am Jay Foster <jayf0ster at roadrunner.com> wrote:
>
> > On 10/3/2017 1:10 PM, Hika van den Hoven wrote:
> >> Hoi Ian,
> >>
> >> Tuesday, October 3, 2017, 9:49:21 PM, you wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 3:19 PM, Jay Foster <jayf0ster at roadrunner.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 10/3/2017 12:13 PM, Ian Evans wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> To my fellow Flirc'ing MythTVers
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Just trying to configure the Flirc  and I'm a little confused
> >>> as how to assign multiple buttons on my remote to the MythTV
> >>> keybindings using the Full Keyboard setup.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> For example, Both the left arrow key and the circular arrow
> >>> key in Myth are "left" but I can only assign the left arrow
> >>> key on the flirc setup keyboard to one button. Or how Pause
> >>> and Play are both P but again can't seem to do that in Flirc.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>   Or am I missing something?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I had the same issue with the flirc that you are having.  IMHO, it
> >>> is designed backwards.  It should work where you press a key on the
> >>> remote and then assign which keyboard character (key) to use for
> >>> it.  But I seem to recall that the configuration was the other way
> >>> around (you selected a keyboard key and then which remote button to
> use
> >>> for it).
> >>>       Then again, I might have been doing it wrong.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> That's what I'm facing. If I load the Full Keyboard I can only
> >>> assign one button to, say, P. But both Pause and play can be P. I
> >>> know Flirc is supposed to be easier than ir-keytables but unless I'm
> >>> missing something terribly simple, I'm stalled.
> >> P is the toggle between play and pause
> >> ctrl-P = play
> >>
> >> So put P under pause and ctrl-P under play
> >>
> >> Tot mails,
> >>    Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com
> >>
> >> "Zonder hoop kun je niet leven
> >> Zonder leven is er geen hoop
> >> Het eeuwige dilemma
> >> Zeker als je hoop moet vernietigen om te kunnen overleven!"
> >>
> >> De lerende Mens
> >>
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> > When I tried using the flirc, I wanted to use the P key for more than
> > one button on the remote.  The remote had more than one play and pause
> > buttons.  Also, there are other keys with similar issues, such as the
> > arrow keys (used for navigation, skip forward/back, etc.).
> >
> Sorry but I just don't remember if I had that problem and how I got around
> it. I definitely have both play and pause on my tennis working and IIRC  I
> just mapped them both to p. But it was a long time ago.
>
> A quick work around would be to add a new unused key to the myth keybinding
> and then map that. ie so play = p, pause = q. (presuming q is currently
> unused I don't recall).
>
>
And boy, is the Flirc sensitive. Hitting an arrow key in the guide or a
menu is jumping three or four steps. I see that's being mentioned in their
forums.
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