[mythtv-users] lirc and Xine

[Steven Cruysberghs]

if i remember corectly (unf. my source folder has been deleted) running
configure detected lirc on my system (Slackware) and automaticly included
it.

If it doesn't try running configure --help | grep lirc

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steven Cruysberghs" <steven.cruysberghs at pi.be>
> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 8:47 AM
>
>
>> this is my ~/.lircrc file for mplayer (with I use for mythvideo) and
>> xine
>> (mythdvd)
>>
>> I recomplied xine-lib and xine-ui myself to get lirc working.
>
> When you recompiled xine-lib and xine-ui did you have to give it any
> special
> parameters or options to get it working?  I've recompiled my xine-lib and
> xine-ui from source and it still does not attempt to find lirc.
>
> Thanks
> Malcolm
>
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "DanM" <dan at milkcarton.com>
>> >> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 9:44 PM
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > do you have something like
>> >> > begin
>> >> >   prog = xine
>> >> >   button = Play
>> >> >   config = Play
>> >> > end
>> >> >
>> >> > in your .lircrc file?
>> >> >
>> >> > -dan
>> >
>> >>>----- Original Message -----
>> >>>From: "malcolm" <mythtv at lds.dyndns.org>
>> >>>Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 10:48 PM
>> >>
>> >> Dan, I have that type of .lircrc file in ~ but I noticed while
>> watching
>> >> /var/log/lircd that Xine is not even connecting to the lircd daemon.
>> >> When
>> > I
>> >> fire up Myth or mplayer I see a "client connected" in /var/log/lircd.
>> >> I'm
>> >> using the default xine that came with Mandrake 10.0.  Is there a
> command
>> >> line option to tell Xine to use lirc?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks
>> >> Malcolm
>> >
>> > OK I got Myth's native lirc support working and I got lirc working
>> with
>> > mplayer like this:
>> > mplayer -lircconf ~/.mythtv/lirc-mplayer (used google to figure out
>> > contents
>> > of lirc-mplayer)
>> >
>> > Xine however is not even connecting to lircd.  I can check
> /var/log/lircd
>> > and check that.  I finally decided perhaps my xine that comes with
>> > Mandrake
>> > 10.0 might not be compiled with lirc support.  So I downloaded
>> xine-lib
>> > and
>> > xine-gui source and compiled my own.  While compling xine-gui I got
>> this
>> > while running ./configure
>> >
>> > checking for lirc_init in -llirc_client... yes
>> > checking lirc/lirc_client.h usability... yes
>> > checking lirc/lirc_client.h presence... yes
>> > checking for lirc/lirc_client.h... yes
>> > checking for "/lib/liblirc_client.a"... no
>> > checking for "/usr/lib/liblirc_client.a"... no
>> > checking for "/usr/local/lib/liblirc_client.a"... yes
>> >
>> > Now that leads me to believe xine has found all the lirc libraries and
>> > will
>> > compile with lirc support right?
>> > "./configure --help" only shows an option to disable compiling lirc
>> > support.
>> > Nothing to enable it.
>> > Yet even after compiling my own xine-lib and xine-gui it still does
>> not
>> > even
>> > connect to the lircd and I see no traces of it in the logs
>> > (/var/log/lircd).
>> >
>> > I also saw on the web that if you get errors about lirc when starting
>> up
>> > Xine that you can use -L to disable support for it.  So I shutdown
>> lircd
>> > and
>> > rmmod lirc_i2c and lirc_dev.  Now I have NO lirc stuff running.  I
>> fire
> up
>> > Xine and no errors or complaints about lirc not been there.
>> >
>> > I'm at a loss here.  What's the trick to xine and lirc?
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> > Malcolm
>> >
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