Re: [Hampshire] Remote Controls

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Author: Leo
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To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Remote Controls
On 12/04/12 12:32, Leo wrote:
> On 12/04/12 11:20, Tony Whitmore wrote:
>> Hi Leo,
>>
>> On 12.04.2012 10:45, Leo wrote:
>>> Can anyone recommend a USB remote control (i.e. a remote with a
>>> receiver that plugs into a USB port) that works with Linux?
>>
>> I have one of these Media Center MCE PC Remote Controls and it works
>> absolutely fine with Linux. :) I use it with MythTV and it just appears
>> as a USB HID.
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/cl6fztl
>>
>> Tony
>>
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>
> Looks good, thank you.
>
> Leo
>
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Hmmm, I clearly should have read your email better. It does indeed show
up as an HID. However that means that lirc doesn't find it, which is
what I wanted to use, rather than have it treated as a keyboard.

Time to go a-googling methinks, to see if I can persuade lirc to work...

Leo

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