Re: [PATCH 3/6] V4L/DVB: smsusb: enable IR port for Hauppauge WinTV MiniStick

[Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>]

Em 03-08-2010 11:46, Richard Zidlicky escreveu:
> On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 10:32:15AM -0300, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> 
>> The model number is on a label at the back of the stick (at least, mine have it).
> 
> ah.. I was wondering whichever magical tool you are using. So here is my number:
> 55009 LF Rev A1F7

Ok, so it is close to mine. 

>> Btw, you don't need to use lirc if all you want is to replace the IR keycodes. You can use, instead,
>> the ir-keycode program, available at http://git.linuxtv.org/v4l-utils.git. There are several keycode
>> tables already mapped there. Of course, lirc offers some extra features.
> 
> thanks for the tipps.. the userspace configuration seems more confusing than the kernel
> internals. So far I get keycodes that work nicely in an xterm and for controling firefox
> but not much else.

Yes, that's the expected results without lirc. It will just use the RC as if it were a keyboard.
You can play with the IR, via ir-keycode, to use a different remote controller, or to reassign a
different keycode to a key. For example, reassigning the scancode for channel up as KEY_UP.


With lirc, you can also associate a keycode to an specific application, using for example, one key
to open your favorite TV application. There are some discussions about having a similar support
directly into X window managers, and direct support for RC into media applications, but, there's
no current patches for that, afaik.

Cheers,
Mauro.