Hi, I have plex-htpc installed on Lubuntu 22.04 I have an IR remote control from Microsoft model 1039 - RC6, which I believe is pretty common. Using the command ir-keytable I can see my remote is recognized as rc6 and all button are detected and correctly mapped to the right function (OK, PLAY,…) …

This thread may be of help. The issue is the snap can’t open the LIRC socket.

Not sure how I managed to miss pasting the link. Yeah, that’s the thread I was going to paste.

As seen in the other article, I removed liblirc and use ir-keytable, but it doesn’t change anything. I still have the same logs: Mar 11, 2023 11:42:47.801 [0x7fcbb7e48c40] INFO - [InputManager] Loading inputmaps from: /home/player/snap/plex-htpc/common/inputmaps Mar 11, 2023 11:42:47.802 [0x7fcbb7…

So I tried with Flatpak and the behaviour is the same. So snap and flatpak packages do not support IR remote correctly (at least RC6). Is there an alternate install for linux (apt or else ?) Also what are the recommended remotes for linux plex-htpc ? Thanks

[image] A simple how to fix for LIRC with linux HTPC Desktop Players Client version 1.29.1 I haven’t been able to find any information on how to get LIRC working with the latest HTPC. So I spent some time googling a solution I thought I would share. I have tested this wi…

Cannot get my remote control (RC6) work properly with Plex-HTPC

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plexyglass3 March 14, 2023, 8:09pm 3

sorry did you forget the link to the thread ?
Is it this one: Plex HTPC doesn’t work with LIRC ?

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Cannot get my remote control (RC6) work properly with Plex-HTPC

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