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Very useful post, thanks a lot.
It's posible the same for "irwi", (Irreco widget).
Thanks again.

what should I do? I can't download remotes. I extract qtirreco.gz with winrar in my pc and then replaced it with filebox in opt/maemo/usr/bin. but after I replaced it I can't open qtirreco

I have the same problem here, I can't open it now after replacing the file.
help please.

i had the same problem, its because the qtirreco file has no executing permission.

solution: as a root

cd /opt/maemo/usr/bin/
chmod 1 qtirreco


good luck

THANK YOU.
It work now.

But how to download the whole database on my phone?

device:
Nokia-N900-51-1 2.6.28-omap1 armv71 (Nokia Kernel); Maemo 5; Version 21.2011.38-1 (I don't know what firmware - should be PR1.3 - where can I find the info?)

I downloaded QtIrreco v0.3.0-1 -> started but I could not download anything. Error: 3, Error: 8, Error: 11; the mesage was allways the same : HTTP request failed
I updated to QtIrreco v0.3.1-1 -> same error

irreco-for-n900 and the irreco widget also do not work
(see http://irreco.garage.maemo.org/)

(I used the N900 Program-Manager and downloaded from
http://repository.maemo.org/extra-devel; fremantle; free non-free
- for other noobs like me: don't forget to deactivate this catalog after download and don't do the proposed updates - this would be dangerous)

- downloaded the "qtirreco.gz (345.9 KB)" from tcm34riu234h (big thanks) to my PC (Win7 x64 Home Premium)

- unziped it using http://www.7-zip.org/ 7-zip
- renamed the original file for backup-reasons to qtirreco_org_not-fixed (location: /opt/maemo/usr/bin/)
for this I used URL="http ://winscp.net/" WinSCP
(I don't know if you need URL="http ://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/" PuTTY - don't think so)
Be careful: now you are root!
on your device you need rootsh and openssh
- copied it to the device using WinSCP
- don't forget to give run/eXecute permissions (right click - properties or F9) for all 3


now I'm able to download remotes in the main menu

PS: Sorry-but I'm not allowed to do more links so delete the space in "http ://"

- but it is still not possible to "download themes" or to "download from DB"
- I can't use the Themes from http://irreco.garage.maemo.org/themes.html#themes
- it is not possible to change the background color (only black)
=> only the default buttons are possible

irreco-for-n900 and the irreco widget still do not work - they use an other executable file

unfortunately there is only a remote-control for my radio (SHARP RRMCGO229AWSA) and not for my tv - but it works up to 2.00m

I'm searching for:
TV: Samsung BN59-00936A for UE46B6000VPXZG
DVD: elta 8848MP4M
SAT: Octagon SF118 Free-To-Air
I can't find them on http://lirc.sourceforge.net/remotes/
is there an other database?
I don't have an IR-receiver to record them on my own.

Yeah, unfortunately, LIRC is not a very complete or comprehensive source for IR information, but it seems to be the best out there right now. (I feel your pain -- I'm in the process of writing my own little IR control app right now, and am just dying for some better data...)

I think I can help in one way, though; although nobody seems to have encoded an Elta or Octagon remote yet, there are a lot of Samsung config files available. Most of Samsung's current crop of TVs appear to be using the same remote protocol (the "NEC" space-encoded system with a device prefix of 0xE0E0), so many of the config files end up containing identical commands. I'll bet that the "BN59-00940A" config file will be able to control your TV.

If you don't find your remote, you could try similar type which probably use the same IR codes. In your case I would start with BN59-00937A, which is in database. There is also it's picture and if you find that it looks similar or identical to 936A, then most probably you have what you need.

Yeah, that's something I wanted to do too, but Irreco/QtIrreco isn't built to work that way -- it only supports one config file at a time (at least as I understand it).

That's part of the reason I started my own IR app.