I have been using Volumio on Raspberry Pi since Volumio version Beta 1.1 and I am happy with it that I can play my FLACs and MP3s directly from my home Free4NAS server via SMB mounts.<\/p>\n
With my recent home audio upgrades, I want to control Volumio with remote control so I look for that info on the web.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/volumio.org\/forum\/how-installed-lirc-with-receiver-and-remote-volumio-t360.html<\/a> My MCE remote is Rosewill RRC-126: http:\/\/amzn.com\/B003WM5J0O<\/a><\/p>\n Installing lirc package:<\/p>\n Testing:<\/p>\n Now, if you press any button on the remote, you should see a bunch of pulse\/space messages.<\/p>\n Editing \/etc\/lirc\/hardware.con:<\/p>\n Now we need to learn lirc with IR commands: Now copy this newly created lircd.conf<\/p>\n (for my Rosewill MCE USB dongle remote, I am using mceusb.lircd.conf<\/a>)<\/p>\n Now start lircd<\/p>\n Testing Config file:<\/p>\n Creating .lircrc file:<\/p>\n Running irexec as a background process:<\/p>\n Adding irexec to rc.local to startup after every reboot:<\/p>\n Reboot<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I have been using Volumio on Raspberry Pi since Volumio version Beta 1.1 and I am happy with it that I can play my FLACs and MP3s directly from my home Free4NAS server via SMB mounts. With my recent home … Continue reading
\nhttps:\/\/volumio.org\/forum\/using-remote-with-volumio-t1923.html<\/a><\/p>\n\r\n > ssh pi@volumio\r\n (password is raspberry)\r\n > sudo apt-get update\r\n > sudo apt-get install lirc\r\n<\/pre>\n
\r\n > mode2 -d \/dev\/lirc0\r\n<\/pre>\n
\r\n > sudo vi \/etc\/lirc\/hardware.conf\r\n \r\n # \/etc\/lirc\/hardware.conf\r\n #\r\n # Arguments which will be used when launching lircd\r\n LIRCD_ARGS=\"--uinput\" \r\n \r\n #Don't start lircmd even if there seems to be a good config file\r\n #START_LIRCMD=false\r\n \r\n #Don't start irexec, even if a good config file seems to exist.\r\n #START_IREXEC=false\r\n \r\n #Try to load appropriate kernel modules\r\n LOAD_MODULES=true\r\n \r\n # Run \"lircd --driver=help\" for a list of supported drivers.\r\n DRIVER=\"default\"\r\n # usually \/dev\/lirc0 is the correct setting for systems using udev\r\n DEVICE=\"\/dev\/lirc0\"\r\n MODULES=\"mceusb\"\r\n \r\n # Default configuration files for your hardware if any\r\n LIRCD_CONF=\"\"\r\n LIRCMD_CONF=\"\"\r\n<\/pre>\n
\nhttp:\/\/lirc-remotes.sourceforge.net\/remotes-table.html<\/a><\/p>\n\r\n > sudo \/etc\/init.d\/lirc stop\r\n > irrecord -n -d \/dev\/lirc0 ~\/lircd.conf\r\n<\/pre>\n
\r\n > sudo mv \/etc\/lirc\/lircd.conf \/etc\/lirc\/lircd.conf.orig\r\n > sudo mv ~\/lircd.conf \/etc\/lirc\/lircd.conf\r\n<\/pre>\n
\r\n > sudo \/etc\/init.d\/lirc start\r\n<\/pre>\n
\r\n > irw\r\n<\/pre>\n
\r\n > vi \/home\/pi\/.lircrc\r\nbegin\r\n remote = mceusb\r\n button = KEY_PAUSE\r\n prog = irexec\r\n config = mpc toggle\r\nend\r\nbegin\r\n remote = mceusb\r\n button = KEY_NEXT\r\n prog = irexec\r\n config = mpc next;mpc play\r\nend\r\nbegin\r\n remote = mceusb\r\n button = KEY_AGAIN\r\n prog = irexec\r\n config = mpc prev;mpc play\r\nend\r\nbegin\r\n remote = mceusb\r\n button = KEY_STOP\r\n prog = irexec\r\n config = mpc stop\r\nend\r\nbegin\r\n remote = mceusb\r\n button = KEY_PLAY\r\n prog = irexec\r\n config = mpc play\r\nend\r\n<\/pre>\n
\r\n > irexec -d\r\n<\/pre>\n
\r\n > sudo vi \/etc\/rc.local\r\n (add this before exit 0)\r\n(sleep 3;\r\nsudo -u pi irexec -d\r\n)&\r\n<\/pre>\n