XBMC IR Remote Setup

[bugeyewrx]

I've got an old remote that works with XBMC apart from I need to swap the actions for a couple of buttons around .

I've had a try with LIRC but failed to get anywhere ( apart from stopping it working altogether ) , reinstall of XBMC later and it's working again .

As it's just swapping two actions is it as simple as editing the right configuration file ?

Any ideas on where to start ?

 

[bugeyewrx]

So a bit more .....

I tried editing the keymap file - remote.xml but my changes didn't seem to have any effect

I also tried the remote on my windows 7 pc works perfectly with XBMC .... starting to wonder if it's an Ubuntu problem ??

I'm downloading a copy of XBMC and I'll try booting straight to that and see if it makes any difference .

 

[bugeyewrx]

Thanks for your replies

As the htpc I'm trying to sort this out on is not set up right now I've been trying out the XBMC Live CD on another pc and the remote seems to work perfectly with it .

I'm going to try unistalling Ubuntu on my htpc and just run it with XBMC and see how that works .

Fingers crossed

 

[bugeyewrx]

You can install xbmc live to the hdd, which is what i've done and it works great.

Thats the plan ... going to try this weekend if I get a chance

 

[bugeyewrx]

I would have thought that any Windows Media Centre Remote Control would work ..... info from xbmc site here.

Teach the harmony from the WMC remote . Remote & reciever seem to be about £15 .