[mythtv-users] What is "native LIRC"?

Donavan Stanley geckofiend at gmail.com
Sun May 1 16:41:12 UTC 2005


On 5/1/05, Joe Votour <joevph at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Native lirc is when MythTV uses lirc API calls instead
> of relying on the external irxevent program.
> 
> The main advantages would be:
> 1. Not relying on an external program (irxevent).
> 2. When using irxevent, I think that only one program,
> the one with focus can receive the keyboard commands.
> When using native lirc mode, the keyboard command is
> directed to the correct application.

Except that neither is really a downside since you already have
irxevent if you have lirc. Andhow often do you want a keypress to go
to something other than the main window?

The advantages of NOT using native lirc are:
1. You can use any app that accepts keyboard input without having to
worry about it supporting lirc.
2. You can tie scripts to remote keys.


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