[mythtv-users] Looking for clarity on MythTV, to LIRC, or not to LIRC, ir-keytable, and key mappings

[Eric Sharkey]

On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 4:45 PM, Larry K <lunchtimelarry at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 9:07 AM, Eric Sharkey <eric at lisaneric.org> wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Larry K <lunchtimelarry at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > In the absence of lirc, how can I tell what keystrokes are being
>> > received on
>> > my MCE USB IR receiver?  For lirc, I use irw to determine this.
>>
>> Use ir-keytable -t in place of irw.
>
>
> Fair enough.  So then, if ir-keytable indicates that Key_xyx was received,
> how do I map that to a particular myth command?

The same way you configure your keyboard.  You go into "edit keys" in
mythtv setup, find the myth command you want, then push the button on
your remote to establish the mapping.

Eric