[mythtv-users] lirc and Xine

[darren.richards at cox.net]

> From: "Peter Valdemar Morch" <swp5jhu02 at sneakemail.com>
> I never had any problems with (xine and focus and lirc). I had problems 
> with focus when xine exits , that mythfrontend never got the focus, but 
> not this. (This is described in docs, e.g. in Jarods Guide (TM?), I believe)
> 
> What happens if you exit mythfrontend, and simply run xine all by 
> itself, as in
> xine -B -pfhq --deinterlace --no-logo some.avi
> ? (It'll use ~/.lircrc)
> 
> If that doesn't work, it has nothing to do with mythfrontend. As far as 
> I know, myth simply launches xine as a new process and relies on X to 
> put xine in front of mythfrontend, so I suspect (xine and lirc) have 
> interoperability problems in your setup.
> 
> Peter
>

Hmmm.  I was launching xine from the command line, but I still had mythfrontend running.  I'll try exiting mythfrontend and see if that makes a difference.  

thanks,
darren