In Kodi I have programmed the following keys from my remote control: up, down, left, right, enter, back, prev, next, play/pause. The infrared receiver is very sensitive ( with ir lens ) that provide great operation range and angle e.g you dont need to point the remote control toward the unit in order to be able to control your HTPC which is absolutely great! The unit stored my remote control buttons in its non-volatile eeprom memory and the procedure is carried just once, then it is ready for use. Kodi addon for applying shortcut mappings I have also tested the Irdroid-HTPC on my Macbook PRO and on another laptop with MS Windows, both worked properly.īelow is a screenshot showing “dmesg” and device enumeration after insertion: The Irdroid-HTPC enumerates via USB as a standard USB Keyboard, and pairing my TV Remote control with it was easy, by simply clicking the pair / program button and assigning my remote keys one after the other. The unit has also Velcro dots with stiker-like pads which allow for easy fixing to any surface. The unit is equipped with long enought USB cable, directly attached to it and in my case it eased my installation. I have tried using an HDMI CEC adapter, but with no success as HDMI CEC isnt’ properly supported in all manufacturers in my case I was experiencing significant issues with HDMI CEC remote control on Samsung with Anynet+, so I have decided to check the possibilities with infrared remote control and decided to design one of my own – the Irdroid-HTPC USB Infrared Remote Control Receiver, that can be used to pair your existing TV remote, or any other TV Remote in order to control both your TV and Kodi media center at the same time. All was working very well except that I needed to use my TV remote with the the newly installed Kodi Media center and be able to control both the TV set and the media center from the same remote control.

Recently I have installed the Kodi media center on an old thin client HP t620 computer. The Irdroid-HTPC Universal USB Infrared Remote Control Receiver for Kodi / HTPC media centers

Kodi remote control for mac