“It does it's job pretty good, but I found that I had to go back and continually redo some of the buttons, or I had to do my own research with keypresses XMBC accepted, because the defaults that the Flirc delivered (via it's GUI) didn't quite make it. And one of the remotes didn't quite work (though I didn't thoroughly test it...)”
“Works as expected on RPi and on Ubuntu Desktop. Great reception even behind objects. No more looking for my Android phone, bringing up the app for XBMC, going through menus, just to pause or start a movie. A simple IR remote does the trick.
Would be nice to have a VLC profile on the programming application (can be done, but would be faster). The web site needs some work.”
“My TV remote does not work on the Pi ( XBMC ), which is a problem, and short of using a remote mouse or keyboard, I stumbled across this little gem!
Simply plug this into a PC, download the relevant software ( I'm using Ubuntu on a laptop ) and run the application to program FLIRC with your remote control.
I had trouble with pressing keys twice, and a "Freeze" message on my TV, but the support from FLIRC was brilliant, all I had to do was to program each key twice in a row.
The "Freeze" message still happened, but it was only on the "OK" key on the remote, so I used another key instead.
I even used a USB-extension, so I could locate the FLIRC directly under the TV, so I am always aiming my remote towards the TV. Result!”
“For £15 this is an excellent IR dongle receiver. It doesn't just work with the Raspberry Pi but works with any device that takes USB HID devices. This emulates a keyboard. The setup is really straightforward and works with Windows 8 (just make sure you download the fix from the developers website). Well worth the money and I would recommend it.”
“This device works as promised, the basic functions are available, I use it for the XBMC on the Raspberry Pi, I use it for 2 weeks now, and so far no complains”
