[mythtv-users] mythfrontend keybindings

[Stephen Worthington]

On Mon, 18 May 2020 06:58:51 -0400, you wrote:

>I'm 99% complete with getting mythfrontend setup on a Core i7 
>development system, stuck in a closet and connected to my 4K UHD TV.
>
>I'm having to use RF wireless keyboard, mouse, and remote control. Using 
>IR is not easily done in the application.
>
>Since I'm using Xubuntu 20.04 I have certain keybindings that are tied 
>to XFCE and can't be used by mythfrontend by default.  I have edited 
>Settings -> Keyboard to fix most of these.  However, pause/play are not 
>configured in those settings, so I don't know where to fix these.
>
>I do know that when I use mythfrontend Edit Keys that I can't change 
>pause or play. In fact Edit Keys doesn't even seen them when pressed.
>
>However, when I use the default media app, Parole, the remote pause and 
>play do work.
>
>Any idea on where I can remote the keybinding for pause and play so 
>mythfrontend can grab them.
>
>Jim A

Whenever I need to find keybindings, I resort to database searches:

MariaDB [mythconverg]> select * from keybindings where
hostname='mypvr' and description like '%pause%';
+-------------+------------+----------------------------------------------------------+---------+----------+
| context     | action     | description                                              | keylist | hostname |
+-------------+------------+----------------------------------------------------------+---------+----------+
| TV Playback | PAUSE      | Pause                                                    | P       | mypvr    |
| TV Playback | FFWDSTICKY | Fast Forward (Sticky) or Forward one second while paused | >,.     | mypvr    |
| TV Playback | RWNDSTICKY | Rewind (Sticky) or Rewind one second while paused        | ,,<     | mypvr    |
| Music       | PAUSE      | Pause/Start playback                                     | P       | mypvr    |
| Weather     | PAUSE      | Pause current page                                       | P       | mypvr    |
+-------------+------------+----------------------------------------------------------+---------+----------+
5 rows in set (0.01 sec)

The p key for pause is used in the "TV Playback" and "Music" contexts
- if you change it in one, you probably should change it in both.  I
ignore "Weather" as I do not have it installed.  Do not forget to also
search the jumppoints table when looking for keybindings:

MariaDB [mythconverg]> select * from jumppoints where hostname='mypvr'
and description like '%pause%';
Empty set (0.00 sec)

I would not have thought there was any problem with XFCE and the p key
though - so I obviously am missing something about how your RF remote
works.