I am by no way an experienced user but after spending literally 2 days trying to figure this out (the documentation is either missing/hard to find/or hard to understand for non-programmers like me) i decided to share what worked for me.
Please if anyone is more experienced please go over this as it maybe full of mistakes..but it worked for me
...so here goes1. the way it works is that you need to create (or better copy from /usr/share/XBMC/system the files keymap.xml and lircmap.xml to /home/USER/.xbmc/usrdata)
3.if not yet known use irw from the CLI to get the remote irw names and codes
(this assumes you installed lirc and have it runing and configured---easly done in ubuntu if you use mythbuntu or its configuration util to setup lirc):
example output:
USER@ztpc:~$ irw
00000000000017bb 00 Go Hauppauge_350
00000000000017bd 00 Power Hauppauge_350
000000000000179c 00 TV Hauppauge_350
2. edit the file lircmap.xml :
a)make sure remote name fits the one you got in irw (Hauppauge_350 in this case)
b)that the name inside brackets fits the name in the irw output ("TV" in this example<mytv>TV</mytv>)
example:
<lircmap>
<remote device="Hauppauge_350">
<pause>Pause</pause>
<stop>Stop</stop>
<forward>Forward</forward>
<reverse>Rewind</reverse>
<left>Left</left>
<right>Right</right>
<up>Up</up>
<down>Down</down>
<select>OK</select>
<pageplus>Ch+</pageplus>
<pageminus>Ch-</pageminus>
<back>Guide</back>
<menu>Radio</menu>
<title>Prev.Ch</title>
<info>Menu/i</info>
<skipplus>Skip</skipplus>
<skipminus>Replay</skipminus>
<display>Go</display>
<start>Back/Exit</start>
<record>Record</record>
<volumeplus>Vol+</volumeplus>
<volumeminus>Vol-</volumeminus>
<mute>Mute</mute>
<power>Power</power>
<myvideo>Videos</myvideo>
<mymusic>Music</mymusic>
<mypictures>Pictures</mypictures>
<mytv>TV</mytv>
<one>1</one>
<two>2</two>
<three>3</three>
<four>4</four>
<five>5</five>
<six>6</six>
<seven>7</seven>
<eight>8</eight>
<nine>9</nine>
<zero>0</zero>
<star>Asterix</star>
<hash>Blue</hash>
</remote>
3. edit the keymap.xml file:
a.look for the remote section and edit the outside brackets to fit the lircmap file (button names can be found at http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=Keymap.xml#U...al_Remotes)
b. modify the inside bracket to whatever xbmc command you want (see http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=Window_IDs for more info/functions)
example:
<keymap>
<global>
<remote>
<three>VolumeUp</three>
<six>VolumeDown</six>
<nine>Mute</nine>
<play>Play</play>
<pause>Pause</pause>
<stop>Stop</stop>
<forward>FastForward</forward>
<reverse>Rewind</reverse>
<left>Left</left>
<right>Right</right>
<up>Up</up>
<down>Down</down>
<select>Select</select>
<pageplus>PageUp</pageplus>
<pageminus>PageDown</pageminus>
<back>ParentDir</back>
<menu>PreviousMenu</menu>
<title>ContextMenu</title>
<info>Info</info>
<skipplus>SkipNext</skipplus>
<skipminus>SkipPrevious</skipminus>
<display>FullScreen</display>
<start>PreviousMenu</start>
<record>Screenshot</record>
<volumeplus>VolumeUp</volumeplus>
<volumeminus>VolumeDown</volumeminus>
<mute>Mute</mute>
<power>XBMC.ShutDown()</power>
<myvideo>XBMC.ActivateWindow(MyVideos)</myvideo>
<mymusic>XBMC.ActivateWindow(MyMusic)</mymusic>
<mypictures>XBMC.ActivateWindow(MyPictures)</mypictures>
<mytv>XBMC.ActivateWindow(Home)</mytv>
<star>XBMC.ActivateWindow(favourites)</star>
<hash>ActivateWindow(PlayerControls)</hash>
</remote>
Hope it help
Zeltak
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