IR remote.

[MarmiteSandwich]

There are commercially available USB IR remote devices, which emulate a keyboard, and which work with some media software widely available under Linux (Kodi?). Can't we organise a tweak to rune so that it also recognises this USB input? It is very handy sometimes to just pause the music with a remote instead of hunting around for your phone/laptop/tablet and then mousing around to the right page and location just to pause.
Marmite.

[hondagx35]

Hi Marmite,

the latest images for RP2/RP3 has exactly this implemented (see ).
The used software is called xbindkeys and is made for keyboards with multimedia keys, but can be used for any other keys.

Frank

[MarmiteSandwich]

[hondagx35]

[MarmiteSandwich]

Hi Frank,
I'm not sure I know how to do that. Can you give me some clues? I am generally OK with low level technical stuff, but one of the attractions of Runeaudio was that I didn't need to learn any Linux syntax, so I didn't bother to do that. You can point me to somewhere where this is defined. Can I get to the console from the local webpage?
Marmite

[PeteB]

@Marmite:

I think you will have to use at least some Linux commands to do this.

Can you post some information about your IR remote, and the USB dongle you are using? If someone here has the same one, and has already done it, perhaps you can get more specific help on how to make yours work. And also if you tried it before using it with Rune Audio. (The inexpensive ones sometimes do not work well, so you may want to try it with something else first)

I had a hard time with my Logitech kbd/mousepad combo, it only takes one thing you don't know, or one step you skip, and you can struggle for hours.

Also, I think this thread is mostly about using an IR sensor attached directly to a DAC board, or to the GPIO pins on the Pi (just saying you might get better help if you post a thread with "Installing USB remote" in the title... )

P.

[hondagx35]

[MarmiteSandwich]

pasted debug info here:
http://pastebin.com/mq7UikBr

You will see references to this company: iRFmedia.com
The remote and the USB receiver are shown in the top right of their banner on this page:
http://irfmedia.com/En/Main.asp

Skip forward and skip back work, but no other keys. Pause/play does not work, although it does work with Windows/Foobar.

Thanks for your interest.
Marmite.

[PeteB]

[hondagx35]