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Using ir-keytable with Mythtv

  • Using ir-keytable with Mythtv is far simpler than using lircd and is the way forward. with ir-keytable there are less files and less configuring to deal with. I use a generic IR remote which is IR6 compatible. It is also a look-a-like for a MCE remote. Similar to the black one on the right but mine is silver 🙂

    I did my testing on a Virtualbox guest running a Minimal Ubuntu Linux 18.04 server and Raspbian Stretch 2018-06-27. Follow that link to see how I did that. The IR sensor is USB so that goes into the host and then when the virtual machine is running use the menu option Devices -> USB -> TopSeed Technology Corp. eHome Infrared Transceiver.

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