Question: use mouse and keyboard

[Le-Juan]

Hi there,

Just a quick question. Would I still be able to use a mouse and keyboard in the menu's for example or changing the subtitle language?

Or should everything be done with the ir receiver/remote? 😅

Thanks in advance!

[chetbox]

Hi! This setup is intended to be headless apart from the remote control. You could map buttons on your remote to enable/disable subtitles with vlc_media_buttons.py but if you want a regular mouse/keyboard style setup I'd recommend using something Kodi or even a more powerful Raspberry Pi with regular desktop VLC.

[Le-Juan]

Thanks for your answer! Will look into vlc then! 😉

[bitdivine]

Thank you for the question, @Le-Juan . In a household of more than four languages, switching languages and subtitles is sine qua non. We currently use VLC powered by a desktop for our main monitor but I was hoping to find something simpler for the children and wife to operate; at the moment I always have to be present. Insert DVD, set language (subtitle; we don't watch dubbed much) and go.

It feels as if Kodi is complicated, so the wrong direction for us.

Do you have a sense of how hard it would be to set that up with flirc?

I am looking forward to using the robot mop IR control. :-D

[bitdivine]

I guess there could be one button on the remote that cycled through all subtitle languages, and none, so just one additional button would suffice.