![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() You can use a program to help generate the requisite scripts. Now, you need to tell LIRC which buttons should do what in which programs. If you see indicators, LIRC is communicating with your remote and your remote is communicating with your computer, like this: If the remote is working, when you push a button you should see an indicator in the terminal that the button was pushed. Once the install is complete, you can test to see if the remote is working by plugging it into a USB port, starting a terminal, and typing the following at the prompt: Fill everything out, selecting the Streamzap PC Remote. Once the install is complete, a window will pop up asking for the remote and some additional information. It isn’t the easiest thing in the world to set it up, so I’ve documented here how to do it so I have a future reference and for others (based on these instructions).įirst, install the “lirc” package using the Synaptic Package Manager (or “sudo apt-get install lirc” in the terminal). Like most of Linux, support for the hardware is mostly built in or provided via open-source software packages. The Streamzap ships with software for Windows, but no software for Linux. I ordered it from and once it arrived I faced the next issue: getting it to work with Linux. I found a remote that says it works with Linux – the Streamzap PC Remote. In the spirit of true American laziness, once I realized Boxee would work on our computer connected to our TV I decided I wanted to try a remote to control Boxee. It’s pretty slick, though not without it’s bugs (it is beta software and free, though, so I can’t complain). I found a cool piece of software that is getting a lot of attention – Boxee. We periodically watch videos from the internet on our TV. ![]()
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