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Some remote control help, if you please.
raymondjpg:
--- Quote from: bob on November 03, 2016, 03:38:49 pm ---Not sure about this either, we've just started discussing it...
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Personally I wouldn't even consider a media setup for a home theatre pc which does not have some facility for using an ir remote control. Linux is awkward enough already without the added complication of trying to shoehorn ir remote control capability on top of MC.
I cannot find any easy way of implementing ir remote capability through the MC setup. The Wiki says go to Tools > Options > Remote Control. There is no such option in my Linux Mint setup. While I can understand the reluctance of linux and its users to do anything easy and simple like implementing ir remote control, I cannot understand why MC has not implemented something for this that is quick and easy in its linux setup.
Have I missed something somewhere? I would purchase MC in a heartbeat if I could see an easy path to getting it to work with a fully configurable consumer ir controlled device in Linux. That would include key remapping.
JimH:
You might take a look at the Remotes page on our wiki. There are several other ways you can do remote control.
I agree that IR control is important. It's just a question of priorities.
raymondjpg:
--- Quote from: JimH on July 05, 2017, 06:54:53 am ---You might take a look at the Remotes page on our wiki. There are several other ways you can do remote control.
I agree that IR control is important. It's just a question of priorities.
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So am I right that there is no option for configuring a Remote Control in Tools > Options > Remote Control in the Linux implementation?
The option is certainly there in a Windows 10 implementation with the exact same hardware.
blgentry:
I think you are right. I use MC almost exclusively on the Mac. I have a couple of Linux installations too, but I mostly use the Mac. I have not seen IR Remote support on either Mac or Linux. I think it's a Windows MC only feature.
That being said, I have a pretty workable solution going with MC for Mac using the FLIRC adapter. It requires configuration. It took time to make it work correctly. But it does work.
Brian.
raymondjpg:
--- Quote from: blgentry on July 05, 2017, 06:54:03 pm ---I think you are right. I use MC almost exclusively on the Mac. I have a couple of Linux installations too, but I mostly use the Mac. I have not seen IR Remote support on either Mac or Linux. I think it's a Windows MC only feature.
That being said, I have a pretty workable solution going with MC for Mac using the FLIRC adapter. It requires configuration. It took time to make it work correctly. But it does work.
Brian.
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If IR Remote support is indeed a Windows MC only feature, and I cannot see any other easy way to implement IR Remote support in Linux, then MC is not an option for me while I still have other (Windows) options available to me that can use madVR and LAV filters.
I did see the post about FLIRC and MAC, but MAC is not Linux, unless there is some way to implement the FLIRC/MAC combo in Linux. Even if there were it is to my mind an unsatisfactory workaround for a feature that I maintain should be seen as a standard install option for a MC in an HTPC.
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