libreElec on X86 with Crestiv Xfi usb 5.1

h3l0lb0y · August 23, 2024 at 11:36 AM

Hi guy's

I wnat to know if and how its possible to use the

Creativ Xfi 5.1 usb with the remote on LibreElec for x86

I only found an how to for lirc it self but cant get it to work

What work right now is the 5.1 audio through Spdif

The how to for lirc i found is hier https://sinustrom.info/2020/11/29/sou…ler-lirc-setup/

Greetings Th3l0lb0y

**HiassofT** · August 23, 2024 at 4:45 PM

I haven't used lircd for ages but I think it should still work, just create lircd.conf and lircd_options.conf files in /storage/.config

See also the info in the wiki https://wiki.libreelec.tv/configuration/…es#lirc-support
and eg in this thread How do I configure LIRC with changing lirc_option file?

Note that you no longer need to enable lirc in the settings (as the Wiki states), just creating the files and rebooting will automatically enable it.

As I never used the alsa_usb driver or the soundcard/remote you mentioned I can't help with that though.

so long,

Hias

h3l0lb0y · August 23, 2024 at 10:09 PM

Thank you 😊

In that how to it say's something like "the remote key config needs to be in "/etc/lirc.lircd.conf.d" but its not there and i cant create that directory 🤔

Greetings Th3l0lb0y

**HiassofT** · August 24, 2024 at 10:23 AM Best Answer

In LibreELEC all config files are in /storage/.config

Copy /etc/lirc/lirc_options.conf to /storage/.config and change the driver and device lines

Then create a file /storage/.config/lircd.conf with the remote key config (the stuff that's stored in RM-850.lircd.conf in the tutorial).

Then reboot and hopefully it'll work.

If something went wrong (eg wrong device name - not sure where that hw:551 in the tutorial comes from) check with systemctl status lircd (or journalctl -u lircd) for errors.

Change the files, then restart lircd with systemctl restart lircd, look for errors again.

If no errors show up you can check the button/key mapping with irw /run/lirc/lircd.socket

If that looks fine, reboot and the remote should work in kodi too

so long,

Hias

h3l0lb0y · August 25, 2024 at 9:14 PM

hi thank you

ive done all that you say´d and so far it works if i tipe irw /run/lirc/lircd.socket i see all the comands but then i reboot the system it wont work in Kodi :-S

did i miss something ?

~th3l0lb0y

**HiassofT** · August 26, 2024 at 11:07 AM

Please post the config files you added and a kodi debug logfile - enable debug logging in kodi, reboot, press buttons on your remote and then upload the logfile (either with "pastekodi" on the command line or with the upload logfile option in LibreELEC settings)

so long,

Hias

Please provide a full debug log.

How to post a log (wiki)

1. Enable debugging in Settings>System Settings>Logging
2. Restart Kodi
3. Replicate the problem
4. Generate a log URL (do not post/upload logs to the forum)

use "Settings > LibreELEC > System > Paste system logs" or run "pastekodi" over SSH, then post the URL link

**HiassofT** · August 26, 2024 at 8:59 PM

Please post the full contents of the lircd.conf and lirc_options.conf files

Code

pastebinit /storage/.config/lircd.conf
pastebinit /storage/.config/lirc_options.conf

so long,

Hias

h3l0lb0y · August 26, 2024 at 10:04 PM

hi Thank you ( i hope my english isn´´´´´`t to bad im from germany )

here are the logs https://paste.libreelec.tv/star-kite.log and the config´s are here

lirc.zip

~Th3l0lb0y

**HiassofT** · August 26, 2024 at 11:36 PM

Your lirc_options.conf file looks wrong, eg output should be /run/lirc/lircd.socket not /var/run/lirc/lircd - did you use some other lirc_options.conf file as a base instead of the /etc/lirc/lirc_options.conf from LibreELEC?

As mentioned in post 4 RE: libreElec on X86 with Crestiv Xfi usb 5.1 copy that to .config

Code

cp  /etc/lirc/lirc_options.conf /storage/.config

and then change the driver and device lines in the file, then it should work.

so long,

Hias

h3l0lb0y · August 26, 2024 at 11:44 PM

If copy'd that files from the tutorial to .config

Were should i change the driver and device In that file ?

The files in that (lirc.zip) are straight from my .config folder

Cand you explane me were i find the lirc_options.conf from libreelec ? So i can edit that file ?

Sry i hope my questions aren't to dumb 🥺

~th3l0lb0y

**Da Flex** · August 27, 2024 at 4:39 AM

Quote from h3l0lb0y

Cand you explane me were i find the lirc_options.conf from libreelec ? So i can edit that file ?

https://wiki.libreelec.tv/configuration/ir-remotes

**HiassofT** · August 27, 2024 at 12:14 PM

See post #9. Run the following two commands and then change the driver and device settings in the [lircd] section in lines 11 and 12 of the file

Code

cp /etc/lirc/lirc_options.conf /storage/.config/
nano /storage/.config/lirc_options.conf

The default lirc_options.conf looks like this - don't change anything else, especially not the output setting or it won't work

Code

# These are the default options to lircd, if installed as
# /etc/lirc/lirc_options.conf. See the lircd(8) and lircmd(8)
# manpages for info on the different options.
#
# Some tools including mode2 and irw uses values such as
# driver, device, plugindir and loglevel as fallback values
# in not defined elsewhere.

[lircd]
nodaemon        = False
driver          = default
device          = /dev/lirc0
output          = /run/lirc/lircd.socket
pidfile         = /run/lirc/lircd.pid
plugindir       = /usr/lib/lirc/plugins
permission      = 666
allow-simulate  = No
repeat-max      = 600
#effective-user =
#listen         = [address:]port
#connect        = host[:port]
#loglevel       = 6
#release        = true
#release_suffix = _EVUP

#logfile        = ...

[lircmd]
uinput          = False
nodaemon        = False

# modinit is not supported in LibreELEC

# [modinit]
# code = /usr/sbin/modprobe lirc_serial
# code1 = /usr/bin/setfacl -m g:lirc:rw /dev/uinput
# code2 = ...


# [lircd-uinput]
# add-release-events = False
# release-timeout    = 200
# release-suffix     = _EVUP

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so long,

Hias

h3l0lb0y · August 27, 2024 at 3:23 PM

im So thankfull It workt like a charme

Thank you

~Th3l0lb0y

h3l0lb0y · August 28, 2024 at 10:52 PM

Little update bevor my vacation

The remote works sort of but now i need to find out how to get the buttons to work

Up down and ok and power are worklich and the rest are not

~th3l0kb0y

**HiassofT** · August 29, 2024 at 8:05 PM

At a second glance I noticed your lircd.conf file uses some invalid/unknown KEY_xxx codes (eg CMSS is completely invalid, everything should start with KEY_, KEY_STOPEJECT should either be KEY_STOP or KEY_EJECTCD etc).

It's best to change those to the ones directly supported by kodi, see the devinput section of Lircmap.xml https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/blob…p.xml#L545-L603

Code

	<remote device="devinput">
		<left>KEY_LEFT</left>
		<right>KEY_RIGHT</right>
		<up>KEY_UP</up>
		<down>KEY_DOWN</down>
		<select>KEY_OK</select>
		<enter>KEY_ENTER</enter>
		<clear>KEY_DELETE</clear>
		<start>KEY_MEDIA</start>
		<back>KEY_EXIT</back>
		<record>KEY_RECORD</record>
		<play>KEY_PLAY</play>
		<pause>KEY_PAUSE</pause>
		<stop>KEY_STOP</stop>
		<forward>KEY_FASTFORWARD</forward>
		<reverse>KEY_REWIND</reverse>
		<volumeplus>KEY_VOLUMEUP</volumeplus>
		<volumeminus>KEY_VOLUMEDOWN</volumeminus>
		<pageplus>KEY_CHANNELUP</pageplus>
		<pageminus>KEY_CHANNELDOWN</pageminus>
		<skipplus>KEY_NEXT</skipplus>
		<skipminus>KEY_PREVIOUS</skipminus>
		<guide>KEY_EPG</guide>
		<title>KEY_TITLE</title>
		<subtitle>KEY_SUBTITLE</subtitle>
		<language>KEY_LANGUAGE</language>
		<info>KEY_INFO</info>
		<display>KEY_ZOOM</display>
		<mute>KEY_MUTE</mute>
		<power>KEY_POWER</power>
		<eject>KEY_EJECTCD</eject>
		<eject>KEY_EJECTCLOSECD</eject>
		<menu>KEY_DVD</menu>
		<menu>KEY_MENU</menu>
		<myvideo>KEY_VIDEO</myvideo>
		<mymusic>KEY_AUDIO</mymusic>
		<mypictures>KEY_CAMERA</mypictures>
		<livetv>KEY_TUNER</livetv>
		<mytv>KEY_TV</mytv>
		<teletext>KEY_TEXT</teletext>
		<one>KEY_NUMERIC_1</one>
		<two>KEY_NUMERIC_2</two>
		<three>KEY_NUMERIC_3</three>
		<four>KEY_NUMERIC_4</four>
		<five>KEY_NUMERIC_5</five>
		<six>KEY_NUMERIC_6</six>
		<seven>KEY_NUMERIC_7</seven>
		<eight>KEY_NUMERIC_8</eight>
		<nine>KEY_NUMERIC_9</nine>
		<zero>KEY_NUMERIC_0</zero>
		<star>KEY_NUMERIC_STAR</star>
		<hash>KEY_NUMERIC_POUND</hash>
		<red>KEY_RED</red>
		<green>KEY_GREEN</green>
		<yellow>KEY_YELLOW</yellow>
		<blue>KEY_BLUE</blue>
		<recordedtv>KEY_PVR</recordedtv>
		<liveradio>KEY_RADIO</liveradio>
	</remote>

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so long,

Hias