[vdr] Re: How to get IR at J2 working?

[JSchneide@t-online.de (Joerg Schneide)]

Rene Bartsch wrote:

> The remote-plugin only works with input-devices (reads from
> /dev/input/eventX), no more with Lirc.
> The DVB-driver has dropped Lirc-support and uses input-device now. That for
> you have to load the keymap, which maps the IR-codes to input-device-codes.
> 
> 
> Who needs Lirc? The idea of the input-device is to have a control-interface
> where you can control any software with any hardware.
> 
> So, if you are having a IR-receiver with support for input-device (what your
> DVB simply is), you won't need Lirc
> 

May be I missunderstand something,
it is possible to use any RC (or one with the same carrier frequ.) on the
IR-receiver of the DVB-s?

My TV set uses the same codes as the bundled RC, so it would be nice to use
different (-to all other RCed devices in my living room) codes for VDR.

Joerg.




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