2019-05-01, 19:44
I'm glad you got it working but the thing I always wonder about this is whether the implementation is as complete as it was using lirc. Do all the buttons on your remote work exactly as they should, or do you find that certain buttons either don't work at all, work only sometimes, or deliver double button presses when pushed?
The other problem with ir-keytable is that I have yet to find instructions for using it outside of a program such as Kodi, for example to start Kodi from the Linux desktop, or run some other piece of software or a bash script. In lirc you could do this using a .lircrc file to define what you want each button to do, but so far I haven't seen any clear instructions for that using ir-keytable.
Ultimately I wound up going back to the older version of lirc that still works, as described in Make LIRC work in Ubuntu 18.04, so that you can use your infrared remote in Kodi but I realize this method has a shelf life (hopefully it will keep working for many months or years though, as it is working quite well for me now).
The other problem with ir-keytable is that I have yet to find instructions for using it outside of a program such as Kodi, for example to start Kodi from the Linux desktop, or run some other piece of software or a bash script. In lirc you could do this using a .lircrc file to define what you want each button to do, but so far I haven't seen any clear instructions for that using ir-keytable.
Ultimately I wound up going back to the older version of lirc that still works, as described in Make LIRC work in Ubuntu 18.04, so that you can use your infrared remote in Kodi but I realize this method has a shelf life (hopefully it will keep working for many months or years though, as it is working quite well for me now).
