Getting the Streamzap USB remote to work with Kodi under Linux is fairly straight forward.
My recommended method for using this remote with Kodi is no longer via lirc. Doing so presents disconnects in functionality running kodi-x11 vs kodi-gbm. The most general implementation for using this remote with Kodi, is to allow the kernel driver to see it as a keyboard, not a remote, and to adjust the keymapping to suit Kodi.
- The really old (details for mythtv, mplayer, other) has been archived in streamzap/old for those interested.
- The method using lirc (works fine for x11 but not for gbm) has been archived in streamzap/lirc for those interested.
- On Arch/Arch ARM, install the
v4l-utilspackage. - Users of other distros may also need to install the
ir-keytablepackage (Ubuntu has this requirement). - Place kodi/keyboard.xml into
~/.kodi/userdata/keymaps/ - Place streamzap.toml into
/etc/rc_keymaps/ - Modify
/etc/rc_maps.cfgso the streamzap line points to/etc/rc_keymaps/streamzap.toml
# * rc-streamzap streamzap.toml
* rc-streamzap /etc/rc_keymaps/streamzap.local
- First time setup only: reboot your system or re-initialize the keycode mapping to use the custom file:
# ir-keytable -c -w /etc/rc_keymaps/streamzap.toml
- THERE IS NO NEED TO RUN LIRC AT ALL so disable lircd in your init system if you previously had it enabled.
- Optionally place
kodi/audio_switch/audio_switch.pyin~/bin/(note you likely need to edit the code to match your system, see the thread in the comments of the file). - Optionally place the two suggested icons into
~as shown in the script.
