VLC/LIRC
Setting up VLC to use LIRC (infrared remote controls) is a little tricky because it isn't documented, but it is possible to map a lot of the keys to remote events. First and foremost, make sure you emerge media-video/vlc with the lirc USE flag.
In VLC, go into Settings -> Preferences -> Control interfaces and check the box marked Infrared remote control interface, then hit Save. Once that's done, you need to setup your ~/.lircrc to map the remote keys to VLC key presses.
You can see the keys by running:
They are also all listed in the source code, specifically src/libvlc.h.
To see the names for the keys on your remote, run irw in a terminal and press the keys on your remote.
Here is an example mapping for VLC with a Media Center remote:
begin prog = vlc button = play config = key-play-pause end begin prog = vlc button = pause config = key-play-pause end begin prog = vlc button = stop config = key-stop end begin prog = vlc button = skip config = key-jump+medium end begin prog = vlc button = replay config = key-jump-short end begin prog = vlc button = forward config = key-next end begin prog = vlc button = rewind config = key-prev end begin prog = vlc button = up config = key-nav-up end begin prog = vlc button = down config = key-nav-down end begin prog = vlc button = left config = key-lav-left end begin prog = vlc button = right config = key-right end begin prog = vlc button = volup config = key-vol-up repeat = 1 end begin prog = vlc button = voldown config = key-vol-down repeat = 1 end begin prog = vlc button = mute config = key-vol-mute end begin prog = vlc button = pictures config = key-audiodelay-up end begin prog = vlc button = music config = key-audiodelay-down end begin prog = vlc button = more config = key-crop end
Following is an example for another potential configuration.
begin prog = vlc button = Pause config = key-play end begin prog = vlc button = Stop config = key-pause end # Use this target if you have a combined play/pause button begin prog = vlc button = Ok config = key-play-pause repeat = 0 end begin prog = vlc button = 8 config = key-stop end begin prog = vlc button = Quit config = key-quit end begin prog = vlc button = Channel+ config = key-next repeat = 0 end begin prog = vlc button = Channel- config = key-prev repeat = 0 end begin prog = vlc button = Up config = key-fullscreen end begin prog = vlc button = Red config = key-slower end begin prog = vlc button = Green config = key-faster end begin prog = vlc button = Left config = key-jump-short repeat = 1 end begin prog = vlc button = Right config = key-jump+short repeat = 1 end begin prog = vlc button = Chan-Stop config = key-jump-1min end begin prog = vlc button = Chan+Play config = key-jump+1min end #Audio controls begin prog = vlc button = Vol- config = key-vol-down repeat = 1 end begin prog = vlc button = Vol+ config = key-vol-up repeat = 1 end begin prog = vlc button = SOMEBUTTON config = key-audio-track end begin prog = vlc button = Mute config = key-vol-mute end
As a last step we have to make sure that the file ~/.vlc/vlcrc contains the line:
control=lirc
(On some systems (Ubuntu 10.04 Karmic) this file is .config/vlc/vlcrc)
Alternatively VLC can be started with the option --control lirc in the command line:
This command lists all VLC keys as comments, for inclusion in ~/.lircrc:
