##Streamzap

Getting the Streamzap USB remote to work under Linux is currently trivial. The recommended method is to use LIRC as it provides the ability to map the same keypress to different actions under a variety of applications. Alternatively, v4l-utils and any modern Linux kernel works too but can be less flexible.

The repo contains instructions and files to allow operation with LIRC or v4l-utils and also gives specific config files for mythtv, kodi, and mplayer.

Option #1 - Full featured operation of mplayer, mythtv, and kodi using LIRC.

Setup LIRC

• Install lirc for your distro.
• Place 00-Streamzap_PC_Remote.conf in /etc/lirc/lircd.conf.d/ (note this was regenerated using lirc 0.9.4.b to prevent some key doubling observed with the original file).
• If using Xorg, place 90-streamzap-disable.conf in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ to keep the remote from being seen as a keyboard.
• If not using Xorg (for example on some ARM devices such as a Raspberry Pi), blacklist the offending modules by placing streamzap-blacklist.conf in /etc/modprobe.d/ to suppress this behavior.
• With the release of lirc v0.9.4a (June of 2016), users need to edit upstream's provided /etc/lirc/lirc_options.conf with these changes:

driver          = default
device          = /dev/lirc0

• Start lirc using your init system (systemd, openrc, upstart, etc.)

If the included conf does not work for you, consider generating your own with irrecord.

irrecord --device=/dev/lirc0 streamzap --driver default

Follow the included instructions.

For mythtv and mplayer

• Place the .lirc dir from this repo into your homedir.
• Place .lircrc into your homedir.
• For mythtv only, create a symlink in your ~/.mythtv/ to ~/.lirc/mythtv/ ln -s ~/.lirc/mythtv ~/.mythtv/mythtv

For kodi

• Place Lircmap.xml into ~/.kodi/userdata/
• Optionally place remote.xml into ~/.kodi/userdata/keymaps/
• Optionally place audio_switch.py in ~/bin/ (note you likely need to edit the code to match your system, see the thread in the comments).
• Two suggested icons are included. Place them in ~ as shown in the script.

Kodi files and formats

• Lircmap.xml - Maps kodi_buttons to LIRC_buttons. (<kodi_button>LIRC_button</kodi_button>)
• remote.xml - Maps kodi_buttons to kodi_actions. (<kodi_button>action</kodi_button>)

The two together allow for: LIRC_buttons <--> kodi_buttons <--> kodi_actions.

Supplemental info

Mplayer links

• Upstream control file
• mplayer -input keylist
• mplayer -input cmdlist

Kodi upstream links

• keyboard.xml
• remote.xml
• List of built-in function

Option #2 - Basic operation of mplayer using only the v4l-utils package.

• Install the v4l-util package (your distro provides this in all likelihood).
• Modify /etc/rc_maps.cfg so the streamzap line points to /etc/rc_keymaps/streamzap.local

--- a/etc/rc_maps.cfg	2013-10-08 18:10:04.478595923 -0400
+++ b/etc/rc_maps.cfg	2013-10-08 16:19:34.150994862 -0400
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@
 *	rc-npgtech               npgtech
 *	rc-leadtek-y04g0051      leadtek_y04g0051
 *	rc-manli                 manli
-*	rc-streamzap             streamzap
+*	rc-streamzap             /etc/rc_keymaps/streamzap.local
 *	rc-winfast-usbii-deluxe  winfast_usbii_deluxe
 *	rc-behold                behold
 *	rc-gadmei-rm008z         gadmei_rm008z

• streamzap.local should be installed to /etc/rc_keymaps/

Supplemental info

Syntax of /etc/rc_keymaps/streamzap.local

The syntax of the keymap scancode button_name

Show available scancodes

Execute ir-keytable without any arguments. Example:

# ir-keytable
Found /sys/class/rc/rc0/ (/dev/input/event3) with:
	Driver streamzap, table rc-streamzap
	Supported protocols: NEC RC-5 RC-6 JVC SONY SANYO LIRC RC-5-SZ other
	Enabled protocols: RC-5-SZ
	Name: Streamzap PC Remote Infrared Rec
	bus: 3, vendor/product: 0e9c:0000, version: 0x0100
	Repeat delay = 500 ms, repeat period = 125 ms

Execute ir-keytable --read --device=/dev/input/PATH where PATH is what the previous command outputted (event3 in the example above).

Show available button names

The lirc package is likely required. Execute irrecord -l to see a list of all available button names.