Vlc and lirc

Question

Hi guys!
I need some help getting my remote to work with vlc. I configured lircd and have entries for mythtv, mplayer and vlc in my ~/.lircrc. The remote works fine with mplayer (after rebuilding using abs) and mythtv but not with vlc.
So far, I downloaded the vlc PKGBUILD using abs and added --enable-lirc:
#PKGBUILD
./configure --prefix=/usr \
--enable-dvdread \
--enable-lirc \
--enable-dvdnav \
--enable-madi \
--enable-ffmpeg \
--disable-rpath \
--enable-qt4 \
--enable-faad \
--enable-alsa \
--enable-skins2 \
--enable-dvb \
--enable-dmo \
--with-ffmpeg-faac \
--with-ffmpeg-vorbis \
--with-ffmpeg-dts \
--with-ffmpeg-ogg \
--with-ffmpeg-theora \
--enable-v4l \
--enable-theora \
--enable-flac \
--enable-snapshot \
--enable-hal \
--enable-dbus \
--enable-ogg \
--enable-dbus-control \
--enable-shared \
--enable-nls \
--enable-lirc \
--enable-shout \
--enable-pvr \
--enable-release \
--program-suffix= \
--with-dv-raw1394=/usr/include/libraw1394 ${EXTRAFEATURES} || return 1
I rebuilt vlc using makepkg and pacman -U'd the new package. I added entries like
#~/.lircrc
# Mute
begin
prog = vlc
button = mute
repeat = 3
config = key-vol-mute
end
for vlc in my ~/.lircrc and restarted lircd. Somehow, im still missing something. Could you please give me a hint?
Cheers
zimt

Answer 1

Thank you for the hint. I did not find specific debugging utilities, but I did something else. I did
sudo /etc/rc.d/lircd stop
sudo /usr/sbin/lircd -n
to prevent lircd from going in the background. After starting, lircd prompted
lircd: lircd(all) ready
Then I started an .avi movie with vlc. The prompt did not show any output while startup or pressing any buttons of my remote control. Then I stopped vlc and opened the same movie with mplayer. This made lircd prompt
lircd: accepted new client on /dev/lircd
and
lircd: removed client
after I killed mplayer. I guess this is the correct output that should also be there when I start vlc. So it's not a button specific problem and rather me not being able to build vlc in a way that it supports lirc. Anyone any idea?
Last edited by zimt (2008-12-26 12:23:35)