On Fri, Nov 8, 2019 at 2:40 PM Tim Hamilton via luv-main < [email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Brian, > > I use a combination of a HP USB(1) and a Logitech universal remote to > control my Kodi instance, which runs on top of Ubuntu Mate 18.10. > > This works well but took a quite a lot of fiddling around with config > files, choosing a suitable remote to emulate, customising the buttons and > ensuring USB ports remained powered on in hibernate so key presses wake the > box. > > I've also heard good things about Flirc(2) when combined with a universal > remote. From reports Flirc is much easier to set up initially and is > essentially plug and play, though I've not tested it myself. > > One other thing to note if you don't have a remote (though it sounds like > you do) is Logitech remotes require Windows to run their (terrible) > proprietary software, which can be done in a VM but not using Wine. > > I can confirm Flirc works great. I use it, plugged into a Vero 4K, running OSMC. However it'd be essentially the same on whatever platform you're running (this is essentially debian). I also use a Harmony remote, and can also confirm the horrible-ness of their UI. It does also work on MacOS, so 'requires windows' isn't quite correct. https://osmc.tv/vero/ Cheers, Brett
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