I have just bought a Android TV box X96 and it works quiet well with Android 6. However, I decided to use it with LibreELEC 8.x including with Kodi 17.6. This is how I managed to get the remote X96 TV Box running LibreELEC 8 working..
What do I expect to?
- Have all the button work.
- The Power button will show Power Menu.
- Press KD button for codec info, long press KD button for debug info.
- Press Setup for Setting section, press App for Video section.
- Mouse button works.
What currently my system is on?
- LibreELEC 8.2.4.2 from wrxtasy post, download: LibreELEC-S905.arm-8.2.4.2-S905Test-1529136339.img.gz. Running Kodi 17.6.
- Pretty much that’s all.
What I have done?
There is 2 files that I need to copy and overwrite: remote.conf and keyboard.xml.
First off, I login to my TV box with SSH (root:libreelec). I then run cd /storage/.config, create or edit the remote.conf : nano /storage/.config/remote.conf with this content:
Click to show remote.conf content.
######################################################################
# This file is configuration for each factory remote device
# work_mode 0: software mode - 1: hardware mode
# repeat_enable 0: disable repeat - 1: enable repeat
#
# factory_code each device has it's unique factory code.
# pattern:custom_code(16bit)+index_code(16bit)
# examble: 0xff000001 = 0xff00(custom code) 0001 (index)
#
# release_delay unit:ms.release will report from kernel to
# user layer after this period of time from press or repeat triggered.
#
# debug_enable 0: debug disable - 1: debug enable
#
# SW MODE:
# bit_count how many bits in each frame
# tw_leader_act time window for leader active
# tw_bit0 time window for bit0 time.
# tw_bit1 time window for bit1 time
# tw_repeat_leader time window for repeat leader
# REG
# reg_base_gen set value for PREG_IR_DEC_BASE_GEN
# reg_control set value for PREG_IR_DEC_CONTROL
# reg_leader_act set value for PREG_IR_DEC_LEADER_ACTIVE
# reg_leader_idle set value for PREG_IR_DEC_LEADER_IDLE
# reg_repeat_leader set value for PREG_IR_DEC_REPEAT_IDLE
# reg_bit0_time set value for PREG_IR_DEC_BIT0_TIME
#
# X96 Remote Amlogic LE8 from aplaceto.win
factory_code = 0xfe010001
work_mode = 0
repeat_enable = 1
release_delay = 150
debug_enable = 1
fn_key_scancode = 0x00
left_key_scancode = 0x51
right_key_scancode = 0x50
up_key_scancode = 0x16
down_key_scancode = 0x1a
ok_key_scancode = 0x13
mouse_begin
0 0x51
1 0x50
2 0x16
3 0x1a
mouse_end
key_begin
0x40 143 # 143 - KEY_WAKEUP / 116 - KEY_POWER
0x44 21 # KEY_Y (PlayerDebug mod in keyboard.xml) / 24-KEY_O (CodecInfo)
0x55 168 # KEY_REWIND
0x5a 164 # KEY_PLAYPAUSE
0x52 128 # KEY_STOP
0x54 208 # KEY_FASTFORWARD
0x43 45 # KEY_X (ActivateWindow(Settings) mod in keyboard.xml)
0x0f 30 # KEY_A (ActivateWindow(Videos) mod in keyboard.xml)
0x10 114 # KEY_VOLUMEDOWN
0x18 115 # KEY_VOLUMEUP
0x11 102 # KEY_HOME
0x19 158 # KEY_BACK
0x16 103 # KEY_UP
0x51 105 # KEY_LEFT
0x13 28 # KEY_ENTER
0x50 106 # KEY_RIGHT
0x1a 108 # KEY_DOWN
0x4c 139 # KEY_MENU
0x00 63 # KEY_F5 (FN)
0x4e 2 # KEY_1
0x0d 3 # KEY_2
0x0c 4 # KEY_3
0x4a 5 # KEY_4
0x09 6 # KEY_5
0x08 7 # KEY_6
0x46 8 # KEY_7
0x05 9 # KEY_8
0x04 10 # KEY_9
0x41 113 # KEY_MUTE
0x01 11 # KEY_0
0x42 14 # KEY_BACKSPACE
key_end
repeat_key_begin
0x16 103 # KEY_UP
0x51 105 # KEY_LEFT
0x13 28 # KEY_ENTER
0x50 106 # KEY_RIGHT
0x1a 108 # KEY_DOWN
repeat_key_end
Save it.
Then create keyboard.xml file in ~/.kodi/userdata/keymaps/ folder:
nano ~/.kodi/userdata/keymaps/keyboard.xml
with this content: Click to show keyboard.xml content.
<keymap>
<global>
<keyboard>
<y>PlayerProcessInfo</y>
<y mod="longpress">PlayerDebug</y>
<x>ActivateWindow(Settings)</x>
<a>ActivateWindow(Videos)</a>
<home>ActivateWindow(Home)</home>
</keyboard>
</global>
</keymap>
Save it. Then run
remotecfg /storage/.config/remote.conf systemctl restart kodi
After that, Kodi will restart and the remote is surprisingly working very well. In my case, when I restart the box (power off then on), I have to run remotecfg command again, so I have put it in autostart.sh file to make it run that command on every boot.
Enjoy, cheers.