Crystalbuntu: control VLC via Apple Remote

[gsi095]

Hi,

I have Crystalbuntu (Ubuntu aimed at AppleTV with Crystal HD drivers) running on my Gen 1 AppleTV and I have installed VLC (via terminal) and set it as an external player to play certain file types that the default XBMC plyer wont play.

The problem is that I cannot control the playback using the AppleTV IR remote as VLC wont respond to IR input and as the OS is running off a USB stick and the AppleTV only has 1 USB port I cannot plug in anything to control it.

What I would need to do is be able to via terminal, set the apple remote to control VLC.

is this possble? I can ssh into the AppleTV and use terminal but I cannot exit XBMC as Crystalbuntu uses XBMC Live and is set to reboot into XBMC if logged out and I cannot add a keyboard and mouse due to no free USB ports.

Dave

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

AppleTV has crystalhd chips?
Did you activate the lirc interface?

[gsi095]

AppleTV has crystalhd chips?

I replaced the wifi module in the Apple TV with the crystalHD card, it plugs straight in. XBMC is one of the apps that takes advantage of it but then you need ethernet.

Did you activate the lirc interface?

I think this is what I need to do. The remote works in xbmc but not for VLC. how do I do this?

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

AppleTV has crystalhd chips?

I replaced the wifi module in the Apple TV with the crystalHD card, it plugs straight in. XBMC is one of the apps that takes advantage of it but then you need ethernet.

Great. VLC 1.2 should have some crystalHD support...

Did you activate the lirc interface?

I think this is what I need to do. The remote works in xbmc but not for VLC. how do I do this?

Preferences -> All -> INterfaces

[gsi095]

Preferences -> All -> INterfaces

The only problem is as per my first post Crystalbuntu runs xbmc from a version of xbmclive so that when you boot into Crystalbuntu it goes directly into xbmc. When you log out or close it reopens xbmc because of xbmclive. I also am running Crystalbuntu off the only usb port on the AppleTV so I cant navigate the ubuntu gui as I cant plug in a keyboard or mouse.

Everything I've done so far has been via ssh and terminal.

is there a way in the terminal to activate the interfaces to make this work? (it has been a great linux eductation so far )

Dave

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

--extraintf lirc