[mythtvnz] MythTV + MPlayer + Xine + Remote - A Solution

[phlux0r]

Steve, those general mappings make sense... I had my Hauppauge remote
mapped in a similar fashion but then I did a KnoppMyth re-install and
blew my old settings away. However, I never sorted out the Xine mappings
for DVD operation. I'm definitely interested in getting a decent remote
config working!

One thing I noticed with the remote is when I watch a DVD then go back
to the Program Schedule, the remote keys don't seem to work properly any
more. For example, I can't navigate with the arrow keys through the
schedule. Did you encounter this sort of behaviour but I can back out
with the Exit button?

Robert

Open Media Support wrote:
> Ok i'm starting this thread to kick things off, and then i'll try and post
> or provide links to the various files/scripts required to set this up if
> people are interested.
>
> A common complaint is how to use lirc with MythTV such that MPlayer and
> Xine work correctly with the remote. Now for myPVR I've invested quite a
> lot of time to get all of these working so that customers get the
> behaviour that they would expect from an "appliance".
>
> First a quick warning. This is designed for MCE2 USB remotes, like the
> newer Hauppauge remotes. It provides support for the extra hotkeys etc.
> I'm sure it can be easily modified to work with other remote controls.
>
> There are four components that make this up.
>
> 1. Keymap modification for MythTV to support the new hotkeys
>
> I've pushed this to Issac as a potential MythTV standard, but it hasn't
> generated enough interest to be included at the moment. I can provide a
> SQL script to load this or take a look at
> http://openmedia.co.nz/openmedia/content/view/27/59/ for an idea of what
> i've done.
>
> 2. Custom MPlayer input.conf
>
> To remap a couple of keys to align with MythTV
>
> 3. Custom Xine keymap
>
> Changes a couple of keys to require Meta or Control to prevent conflicts
> with lirc commands. Only an issue if you are a big keyboard user of Xine.
>
> 4. lircrc file
>
> Contains a base setup using irxevent to control MythTV or MPlayer, plus an
> additional section specific to Xine to map some additional keys etc.
>
>
> Now I know I could have re-mapped all of Xine's keymap to be closer to
> MPlayer and MythTV, but I tried to minimise my changes.
>
> So what does this buy you? Well for a start DVD Menu navigation with Xine,
> and sensible mappings to keys like DVD Menu and Info etc. Skip/Repeat will
> chapter jump through a DVD, or track jump through an Audio CD.
>
> Right so thats what I have got to offer. Any takers? Only requests is to
> help make this even better. Think i'm pretty close to getting it right,
> but some of you might have other ideas :)
>
> Steve
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