[mythtv-users] Blasting to STB,using a MCEUSB

[Dave Pearson (Lists)]

I’m so close it hurts! 

Ok, so my ~/.lirc/mythtv file looks like this:

begin
     remote = devinput-32
     prog = mythtv
     button = left
     config = left
end 

Etc.

My ~/.lircrc file looks like this:

include ~/.lirc/mythtv

And I can see the key presses in irw

I’ve restarted my front end and it’s still not working - there’s got to be something else, obvious, that I’m just not spotting - any ideas?

(Just noticed, this thread is actually about controlling a set top box, not controlling the frontend, sorry about hijacking it - this should have stayed in the other thread)

Regards,
Dave

Sent from my iPad

> On 5 Oct 2018, at 02:59, Stephen Worthington <stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz> wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, 4 Oct 2018 21:19:37 +0100, you wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Stephen,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Like Greg, I can see all the keypresses in IRW, as you can see:
>> 
>> 0000000080010067 00 KEY_UP devinput-32 
>> 0000000080010067 01 KEY_UP devinput-32 
>> 000000008001006c 00 KEY_DOWN devinput-32 
>> 000000008001006c 01 KEY_DOWN devinput-32 
>> 000000008001006a 00 KEY_RIGHT devinput-32 
>> 000000008001006a 01 KEY_RIGHT devinput-32 
>> 0000000080010069 00 KEY_LEFT devinput-32 
>> 0000000080010069 01 KEY_LEFT devinput-32 
>> 0000000080010201 00 KEY_NUMERIC_1 devinput-32 
>> 0000000080010202 00 KEY_NUMERIC_2 devinput-32 
>> 0000000080010202 00 KEY_NUMERIC_2 devinput-32 
>> 0000000080010203 00 KEY_NUMERIC_3 devinput-32 
>> 0000000080010203 01 KEY_NUMERIC_3 devinput-32 
>> 0000000080010160 00 KEY_OK devinput-32 
>> 0000000080010160 01 KEY_OK devinput-32 
>> 0000000080010077 00 KEY_PAUSE devinput-32 
>> 0000000080010077 01 KEY_PAUSE devinput-32
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> But I cannot get mythtv to respond to any of them. I have put my lircrc file in ~/.mythtv/lircrc, and any number of other suggested locations, but nothing happens in mythfrontend.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Getting irw to see the key presses is a MASSIVE step forward, thanks to your other post and your script, I'm just missing this final step.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Dave.
> 
> The file $HOME/.lircrc is where you put lirc config for programs like
> mythtv.  The default .lircrc file contains "include" lines for other
> files put in $HOME/.lirc which is where you put your actual lirc
> config for each program:
> 
> include ~/.lirc/mythtv
> include ~/.lirc/mplayer
> 
> So for MythTV, you put the lirc config in $HOME/.lirc/mythtv, which
> should already have the default config.
> 
> But, the file name does not actually have any meaning.  You can have
> lirc config for any program in any of the included files, or directly
> in $HOME/.lircrc.  What tells lirc which program the config applies to
> is the "prog =" line in each rule in the config.  Here is an example
> from my $HOME/.lirc/mythtv file:
> 
> begin
>    remote = devinput
>    prog = mythtv
>    button = KEY_EXIT
>    config = Escape
>    repeat = 0
>    delay = 0
> end
> 
> So, the "remote = devinput" line must match the remote configured in
> /etc/lirc/lirc.conf.d/devinput.lircd.conf, and the "prog = mythtv"
> must match the lirc name used by the program.  All MythTV programs
> (mythfrontend, mythtv-setup.real, mythavtest) use the lirc name
> "mythtv".  If the remote and prog lines match, then the "button ="
> line can be matched against an incoming keystroke, so if KEY_EXIT
> arrives, it will match this rule and then the "config = Escape" line
> will be used to tell lirc to pass on the string "Escape" instead of
> KEY_EXIT.
> 
> In your case, as with me, irw is showing that your remote is matching
> the "devinput-32" config in /etc/lirc/lirc.conf.d/devinput.lircd.conf.
> Since your $HOME/.lirc/mythtv file will almost certainly be using
> "remote = devinput" instead of "remote = devinput-32", there will not
> be a match and lirc will not send mythfrontend any keystrokes.  As I
> explained in my other post, you need to edit
> /etc/lirc/lirc.conf.d/devinput.lircd.conf and change the "name
> devinput-32" line to "name devinput" and restart lircd:
> 
> sudo systemctl restart lircd
> 
> Then restart mythfrontend.  Or you can also test using an "ircat
> mythtv" command (while mythfrontend is not running).
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