VLC HowTo/Use with lirc

This HowTO is made to use VLC media player with an infra red remote control the same way as I use remote control for a television: program +/-, volume +/-, jump to position 3 when button 3 is pressed,...

Build-in lirc commands are only for basic control in the movie-playing mode, but I need to use other commands from rc interface - mainly "goto x" function. So the goal was to be able to use goto function with lirc.

VLC

Use a VLC version with lirc enabled.

Start-Up Script

#start/stop script for lircd+vlc for Kubuntu 6.10
start() {
   echo "Starting lirc support..."
   sudo setserial /dev/ttyS0 uart none       #serial port down
   sudo /sbin/modprobe lirc_serial           #load module
   sudo /sbin/modprobe lirc_dev           #load module
   sudo /usr/local/sbin/lircd --driver=default --device=/dev/lirc0 --output=/dev/lircd --pidfile=/var/run/lircd.pid --listen  #run lirc daemon
   sudo chmod 666 /dev/lircd                 #access
   sudo irexec -d   #daemon to pass ir commands
}

stop() {
   echo "Stoping lirc support..."
   sudo /usr/bin/killall -w lircd                #kill lirc daemon
   sudo /sbin/rmmod lirc_serial              #unload module
   sudo /sbin/rmmod lirc_dev                 #unload module
   sudo setserial /dev/ttyS0 uart 16550A     #serial port up
}

restart() {
   stop
   sleep 2
   start
}

case "$1" in
'start')
  start
  ;;
'stop')
   stop
   ;;
'restart')
  restart
   ;;
*)
echo "usage $0 start|stop|restart"
esac
exit 0