[mythtv-users] Problem with LIRC: "Advance" does not skip comercials
Zachary Spalding
zspalding at gmail.com
Mon Jul 14 13:16:50 UTC 2008
Alan,
Can you check your Mythfrontend logs to see if you get the same error
message as I have listed below.
2008-07-09 21:46:47.552 Using the Qt painter
mythtv: could not connect to socket
mythtv: No such file or directory
2008-07-09 21:46:47.553 lirc_init failed for mythtv, see preceding
messages
Zack
On Jul 13, 2008, at 11:51 PM, Lists wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> This *may* me a Mythbuntu issue, but I thought I would post here
> first.
>
> I am running Mythbuntu v8.04 and a Harmony 550 remote. Previously I
> was using Mythdora v4. Under Mythdora, my "Advance" or "Skip"
> button would advance through the commercials, but since upgrading
> to Mythbuntu it does not work. My capture card is a PVR-150. If I
> press the "Z" key on the keyboard connected to the PVR, the
> commercial skip *does* work.
>
> The "lircd.conf" file for it has the codes for several remotes in
> it. When I run 'irw', the output indicates that it is using the
> codes for the "Hauppauge_350", and that it is using the specific
> code for "SkipForward". Here is the actual 'irw' output:
>
> --- CODE ---
> 000000000000179e 00 SkipForward Hauppauge_350
> 000000000000179e 00 SkipForward Hauppauge_350
> 000000000000179e 00 SkipForward Hauppauge_350
> 000000000000179e 01 SkipForward Hauppauge_350
> 000000000000179e 02 SkipForward Hauppauge_350
> --- CODE ---
>
> Here is the config line from the .lircrc file in the home directory
> of the "sysadmin" user, under whom the MythTV backend runs:
>
> --- ~/.lirc/mythtv ---
> begin
> remote = Hauppauge_350
> prog = mythtv
> button = SkipForward
> config = Z
> repeat = 0
> delay = 0
> end
> --- ~/.lirc/mythtv ---
>
> I have not yet tried creating a "custom" file from the remote
> buttons on the PVR-150 remote yet; I wanted to see if there was an
> "easier" solution first.
>
> Any ideas? Thanks, in advance.
>
> -Alan
>
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