I have no experience of my own with that remote control, but according to the OP the JBM-16 should work.
First, I have my Volumio player setup on a SmartiPi. But, of all of the usb remotes out there, looks like there be a remote out there to work.
Your issue should be solved by the new version 1.4.3 of the plugin. Modifying the plugin’s code shouldn’t be necessary for the Odroid-N2 now.
So, now that i started working on my Raspberry Pi again trying to get a remote to work. i got Apple remote A1156/ Apple remote A1294 ). from the list of remotes from the plugins on Volumio and non of them works.
i just now updated to version 2.909 and i tried using flirc with a remote like the blackweb remote https://www.amazon.com/Blackweb-BWB17AV002-Universal-Remote-Control/dp/B077J9HDQY/ref=sr_1_1_mod_primary_new?dchild=1&keywords=blackweb+remote&qid=1632629105&sbo=RZvfv%2F%2FHxDF%2BO5021pAnSA%3D%3D&sr=8-1 and the flirc wouldn’t work that good.
So with the Justboom IR remote do i need a JustBoom card for the remote to work
Coincidentally yesterday also a Raspberry pi 4 equipped with an infrared module. It works fine for me with an Apple remote. I’m using the alternative Apple remote on gpio 25.
I use this infrared receiver.
pay attention! the pin numbers are different than normal with this one.
https://www.audiophonics.fr/en/electronic-components/infrared-ir-tsop32338-receiver-38khz-directivity-45-p-10821.html
and this setting.
pay attention! I found out that some gpio pins don’t work on a pi 4, so just try different pin numbers for data/out and don’t forget to reboot first after an adjustment.
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You don’t need a JustBoom card but just an IR receiver and connect it as shown here. You might need to choose another GPIO than GPIO18, if this GPIO should already be occupied by other hardware (e.g. some DACs use GPIO18).
I have a Raspberry Pi 4 and i have bought some V1838B sensors will that work
I guess so.
What wires are folks using to connect the IR to the PI?
I just tried to use my JustBoom remote on Volumio.
I did a fresh re-install of Volumio and replaced it back on the Raspberry Pi 4.
Here the thing, after re-installng Volumio on the SmartiPi Touch screen, I went on and updated the player. After updating, I went over to the Plugins and install the IR controller plugin. Once the plugin install i went to settings and selected (JustBoom Ir remote and saved it and did a restart on the player. So, once the player started up I try the JustBoom remote and nothing happen at all
Do i need to install a sensor
Yes, of course. 
Holding the Hifiberry card in my hand, i noticed the three holes for a ir sensor L-Ground-R
After installing the ir plugin choosing JustBoom remote and save. i guest that was my big problem knowing that the remote has to have a sensor in order for it to work Volumio player
In case you are referring to a HiFiBerry DAC+ Pro: No! L-GND-R (“Left”-“Ground”-“Right”) is an analog speaker output! Don’t use these holes for connecting the IR receiver.
Have a look at my earlier post and follow the link for an example of how to connect an IR receiver (sensor) to a Pi.
over looking at the photo above, showing the (GPIO config) in volumio do I just set the GPIO pin to 25 inorder to connect the IR sensor to the GPIO 25 pin.
Yes. GPIO 25 (i.e. physical pin 22 of the header) should work. If you use a HiFiBerry DAC+ Pro, GPIO 25 would at least not be occupied by the DAC.
I have took snapshots of these
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So, i just set the IR remote profile and save.
As for the GPIO configuration, do I just set the GPIO pi of the IR Receiver to #25 and on the board, I just connect the Signal on the IR sensor to the GPIO25 pin on the Raspberry Pi 4 and no worry about config since Volumio has the IR receiver plugin
Exactly.
Of course the IR sensor has to be connected not only to physical header pin 22 (representing GPIO 25), but to GND and Power (3.3V), too.
EDIT: Corrected physical pin number of GPIO 25 (it’s pin 22, not 12)!
Signal GPIO25
Volt 3.3v
Ground
The way i see it, after setting the GPIO pin to 25 of the IR receiver on the volumio plugin
I can connect the 3.3v and ground and still be able to connect my RemotePi board
what is this pin 12
Sorry, GPIO 25 is physical pin 22 of the header. I corrected my post above. The pin is highlighted in this scheme.
Do you have a RemotePi board installed?
If you want to use a RemotePi board and therefore install the remotePi plugin, you will not have the option to select the GPIO on the configuration page of the IR Controller plugin.
This is because the remotePi plugin assumes that you will use the IR sensor built into the RemotePi board and already loads the gpio-ir overlay configured either for GPIO 17 or GPIO 18. Reason is that the built in IR sensor of the RemotePi board is designed to receive IR signals either on GPIO 18 (default) or GPIO 17 (after a small hardware modification).
When using a RemotePi board alongside a HiFiBerry DAC+ Pro, the RemotePi board has to be modified to use GPIO 17 as described here (see paragraph “Changing the GPIO port for the RemotePi Board IR Receiver from 18 to 17”). Accordingly on the remotePi plugin’s configuration page the toggle for using GPIO 17 has to be set.
So: If you use a RemotePi board don’t install another IR sensor but utilize the one that comes with / on the RemotePi board.
I found your other thread where your RemotePi board is visible. Looking at your pictures in that thread the RemotePi you have doesn’t seem to be the model shown in post #223, but this model with external IR and LED.
This variant of the RemotePi board comes with external IR receiver and LED cable assembly which appears to be connected on the picture you posted. So you should already be ready to go hardware wise - at least if you have done the mentioned hardware modification to the RemotePi board.
On the software side you would only have to
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install the remotePi plugin, enable “Use GPIO port 17 for IR receiver” and reboot.
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install the IR Controller plugin and choose your remote control.