Remote Control for Volumio

[flowolf]

Hello everyone!

I am looking for a remote control solution to control my Raspi 3 without using a smartphone.
I just need the following:

• Volume up/down
• Play/Pause
• toggle input between Aux in (turntable) and a predefined radio station (since you can’t get around a smartphone for dedicated streaming via Tidal anyway)

As I have seen so far, there are two solutions:

• Flirc USB Infrared Dongle with a infraraed remote control
• Bluetooth remote

Does anyone have experience with either solution? Which one works better/is more reliable?

My favourite solution would be an Ortho Remote from teenage engineering, iirc it does not work with volumio?

[SimonE]

Hi @flowolf
I recommend scanning through this thread [PLUGIN] IR Remote Controller feedback thread

I use an Odroid remote, on of several supported by this plugin. Works perfectly.

[Wheaten]

Personally I prefer a BT-Remote. As with IR the receiver and sender needs to see each other.
See:

Added support of bluetooth remote G20BTS PRO to my Volumio on RPI4

Added support for exellent bluetooth remote G20BTS PRO (available on Aliexpress) to my RPI4 based Volumio. Now both playing commands and gyro mouse on screen with touchscreen plugin work perfectly Here are steps Enter your RPI4 via ssh and pair your remote with bluetoothctl (comes with Volumio) Copy file g20.py (below) to /home/volumio and give execution permission: chmod +x g20.py Under sudo create file /lib/systemd/system/g20.service (below) sudo systemctl enable g20 sudo systemctl start g…

Universal Bluetooth and USB remotes support

After I added to my Volumio box a support of bluetooth airmouse (Added support of bluetooth remote G20BTS PRO to my Volumio on RPI4 - #4 by Wheaten) I developed much more sophisticated script. See: Main features: It is universal, must work for all such devices without any code changes. IR based remotes can work via Flirc USB dongle (https://flirc.tv) Multiple connected HID devices are supported, each of them will work Hot plug/unplug of USB devices is supported, after hot plug new device wi…

However using the IR -remote plugin is easier to implement (see link shared by @SimonE ), as the BT requires more programming.
But your case for both solutions you need to program a script to switch between AUX and Radio

[roscored]

i use a spare android tablet. easy and it works

[backenst]

I use the Flirc USB solution and once you train it, it works well.

[dvo]

you could use a pc or streamdeck too it’s what you want

[Andeng_Makulit]

Hello wheatens i am new here, mind me if you can help me how to work with IR from es9023 hifiberrydac and raspberry pi 3b+, I’m having a hard time to find a tutorials using my same devices.
I bought an es9023 dac with remote included.
It says ir receiver pin is gpio26.

Thanks,

[Wheaten]

please have a look here:

Record Infrared Codes of Any Remote Control Unit for Usage With Linux...

I can’t support IR-Remote I don’t have.

[Andeng_Makulit]

Thank you! Appreciate your help.

[tonschmied72]

I have the same kit. Here are my files, hope they work for you. I used only the top 3 line of Buttons. The number keys are free for other options.

lircd.conf:

# Please take the time to finish this file as described in
# https://sourceforge.net/p/lirc-remotes/wiki/Checklist/
# and make it available to others by sending it to
# <lirc@bartelmus.de>
#
# This config file was automatically generated
# using lirc-0.10.1(default) on Tue Jan 28 16:35:44 2025
# Command line used: -d /dev/lirc0 /home/volumio/lircd.conf
# Kernel version (uname -r): 6.6.62-v7+
#
# Remote name (as of config file): carmp3
# Brand of remote device, the thing you hold in your hand:
# Remote device model nr:
# Remote device info url:
# Does remote device has a bundled capture device e. g., a
#     usb dongle? :
# For bundled USB devices: usb vendor id, product id
#     and device string (use dmesg or lsusb):
# Type of device controlled
#     (TV, VCR, Audio, DVD, Satellite, Cable, HTPC, ...) :
# Device(s) controlled by this remote:

begin remote

  name  carmp3
  bits           32
  flags SPACE_ENC|CONST_LENGTH
  eps            30
  aeps          100

  header       9044  4518
  one           568  1671
  zero          568   564
  ptrail        569
  repeat       9032  2248
  gap          108011
  toggle_bit_mask 0x0
  frequency    38000

      begin codes
          KEY_CHANNEL              0x00FF629D
          KEY_CHANNELDOWN          0x00FFA25D
          KEY_CHANNELUP            0x00FFE21D
          KEY_PREVIOUS             0x00FF22DD
          KEY_NEXT                 0x00FF02FD
          KEY_PLAY                 0x00FFC23D
          KEY_VOLUMEDOWN           0x00FFE01F
          KEY_VOLUMEUP             0x00FFA857
          KEY_MUTE                 0x00FF906F
          KEY_0                    0x00FF6897
          KEY_A                    0x00FF9867
          KEY_B                    0x00FFB04F
          KEY_1                    0x00FF30CF
          KEY_2                    0x00FF18E7
          KEY_3                    0x00FF7A85
          KEY_4                    0x00FF10EF
          KEY_5                    0x00FF38C7
          KEY_6                    0x00FF5AA5
          KEY_7                    0x00FF42BD
          KEY_8                    0x00FF4AB5
          KEY_9                    0x00FF52AD
      end codes

end remote

lircrc:

begin
prog = irexec
button = KEY_PLAY
config = /usr/local/bin/volumio toggle
end
begin
prog = irexec
button = KEY_VOLUMEUP
config = /usr/local/bin/volumio volume plus
delay=2
repeat=3
end
begin
prog = irexec
button = KEY_VOLUMEDOWN
config = /usr/local/bin/volumio volume minus
delay=2
repeat=3
end
begin
prog = irexec
button = KEY_CHANNELUP
config = /usr/local/bin/volumio next
end
begin
prog = irexec
button = KEY_CHANNELDOWN
config = /usr/local/bin/volumio previous
end
begin
prog = irexec
button = KEY_MUTE
config = /usr/local/bin/volumio volume toggle
end
begin
prog = irexec
button = KEY_NEXT
config = /usr/local/bin/volumio seek plus
delay=2
repeat=3
end
begin
prog = irexec
button = KEY_PREVIOUS
config = /usr/local/bin/volumio seek minus
delay=2
repeat=3
end
begin
prog = irexec
button = KEY_CHANNEL
config = /sbin/shutdown -h now
end