On Sat, 24 Sep 2011, albunda suggested that this page or content is incomplete and needs to be expanded to  explain the way of mapping winlirc commands to MP functions.

WinLIRC allows you to transmit and receive standard infrared remote control signals. This allows you to control your computer using almost any standard infrared remote control. It also allows your computer to control other equipment which uses these signals (stereo equipment).

MediaPortal can use WinLIRC in order to send and to receive remote IR codes.

WinLIRC Receiver

MediaPortal supports receiving remote commands from the WinLIRC server through the use of the WinLIRC Plugin. WinLIRC requires a very simple IR detector that allows you to decode infra-red signals of many (but not all) commonly used remote controls. There exists a full list of supported remotes.

WinLIRC is an application that runs seperately from MediaPortal and listens to an IR detector on your serial port. When it receives a recognized signal it sends out a socket packet to all listening applications. The WinLIRC Plugin listens to these packets and converts them into something that MediaPortal understands.

See also WinLIRC plugin documentation

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