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[Suggestion] LibCEC for BPM #520

Open HereInPlainSight opened 8 years ago

HereInPlainSight commented 8 years ago

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

It would be nice for those with CEC capabilities (admittedly, https://www.pulse-eight.com/p/104/usb-hdmi-cec-adapter is the only way I know of) to be able to use our TV remotes to browse the store / libraries. I don't expect it to replace controller function in games, but if I'm not sure what I want to play yet, I already had to use the remote to switch inputs, I'd rather browse with my remote before I go for my controller or keyboard / mouse. It would also be nice to work with the audio section of the client.

http://libcec.pulse-eight.com/ for reference.

I feel like I can't be the first one to suggest this as the Steambox is being made for a living room scenario. I didn't find it in a search though, sorry if I missed it somewhere.

mdeguzis commented 8 years ago

I don't know what is all involved with getting this to work in SteamOS BPM, but I do host CEC packages, since it is required to build Kodi for my repository. I don't know if this would help you, but if you want to try, of course make sure you backup your system.

https://github.com/ProfessorKaos64/SteamOS-Tools packages.libregeek.org

HereInPlainSight commented 8 years ago

Hey, Professor! Big fan. :) Alright, so I got home, installed libcec through your Stuffs, and I can confirm that with BPM -- nothing happens. Kodi still works fine with the remote (as it did prior to, installed thanks to your repo), but I suspect it takes more than just the package being installed for it to work with BPM. I admit to having no idea on where to begin with something like that, though I'd be happy to help in any way that I could, but I admit that my coding / script skills are way below yours.

mdeguzis commented 8 years ago

Hmm, not sure. I'll check around tomorrow if I remember, see what I can find out.

HereInPlainSight commented 8 years ago

Thaaat would be awesome! Thanks for taking the time! :D

Juppstein commented 7 years ago

Has there ever been progress on this? I got stuck at the same place as HereInPlainSight back then. The adapter is able to switch my TV on/off but Steamos and Kodi do not show it anywhere to be connected.

Juppstein commented 7 years ago

Correction to the above. The adapter does work in Kodi but not in BPM. Kodi responds to TV remote inputs but BPM does not.

wallzero commented 5 years ago

I would also like to see Consumer Electronics Control support in Big Picture Mode.