[mythtv] [Patch] Support for remote control multimedia buttons (without lirc or xmodmap)

[Damion de Soto]

Micah F. Galizia wrote:
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> Using this patch, mythtv listens to the Linux input layer devices listed
> (by name) in the ~/.mythtv/evdevrc (a sample is also attached) directly.
> It also allows the use of symbolic names for the multimedia buttons,
> such as "Play" and "FastForward" in the database (and with mythweb),
> which eliminates the need for lirc or xmodmap.  The list of symbolic
> names is in eventnames.cpp.
This sounds great.
When I switched to 2.6 kernel, it took me a while to get lirc working
with myth and my DVB card - quite possibly because it seems completely
backwards and far too complicated for such a simple concept.
(especially since i've got a USB keyboard that sends things to evdev as well)

thanks


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