I use the original XBOX dongle modded and connected to the usb ports, been working for a couple of years, still works in the sense normal commands work, play, pause, FFWD etc.
Remote is a Logitech Harmony remote but it simulates a original XBOX remote. XBOX remote is selected in OSMC, whatever I select say Apple remote etc, it still works the basic commands.
February 2018 update issue - #2 by hal8000 is my own post
I think Iāll just reinstall and then avoid updating for a while.
Ah good, Iām not the only one with this issue. 
Luckily my CEC seems to be working fine so the remote isnāt useless. I lose some functionality not being able to use the xbox IR but Iāll survive. Subscribing just in case a resolution comes of this.
Iām a baller on a budget, so Iām still using a large CRT TV with an RCA to HDMI converter, so no CEC for me :ā(
Thank goodness for Kore
Nevermind, I just ordered another nVidia Shield, later virgins!
But if anyone tries to fix this problem, let me know Iāll still provide info, or that $25 to sam
Yes I have the same issue after the most recent update my original Xbox DVD dongle and remote do not operate at all. I have been trying to read on the web any changes that may have been made. I did see on another software platform that they said āIt looks like the kernel detected the dongle but didnāt load any driverā and the ālirc_xbox driver was missingā
Has there been any changes to LIRC in Kodi?
Hi,
I had a chance to look at this today. The lirc_xbox module hasnāt been updated since 2012 and Iāve been maintaining it downstream out of tree for several years. Not many users use this module anymore.
Hopefully the issue is now addressed with the following commit:
Unless the original maintainer comes back to maintain the driver; this is the last update it will receive. This means it should work for the next year or so, with support ending in March 2019. After this point, I wonāt be able to trivially update and maintain it as it will have fallen far behind from the V4L2 stack.
Iād appreciate it if you could test this and provide feedback before we potentially release this as an update to other users. To test this update:
/etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://apt.osmc.tv stretch-devel main
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade && reboot
Please see if the issue is resolved.
I also recommend you edit /etc/apt/sources.list again and remove the line that you added after updating. This will return you to the normal update channel.
Sam
Followed your instructions and after reboot I can confirm it is working.
Thanks Sam! Offer still stands to send you money!
Thanks for confirming that things are working as expected.
If you want to contribute to the further development of OSMC, you can make a donation at About - OSMC.
Cheers
Sam
There was no option to take the $33 and put it into singles and stick it into your waist though. #broken Please fix this
Sam
Hopefully this will work for me as well. You mention support ending, so instead I need a different remote receiver (??) or turn the HDMI CEC back on and use that.
Next year, youāll want to pick up a TSOP receiver. These are about a dollar and can sit on the GPIO of your Pi.
Hi Sam,
Its not a simple a purchasing a TSOP receiver. This normally means cutting a hole in PI case (depending on case) and it looks downright ugly.
In addition, the feek of the xbox remote is much better than any other remote I have tried (and I have tried lots) and the ease of choosing the remote in OSMC is much simpler that other distributions (that I wont name).
Please, please, please dont give up on the Xbox DVD remote as we are a small but loyal group
Thanks
Unfortunately I donāt really have a choice. Using a TSOP would let you continue using the Xbox Remote.
Sam
Thanks Sam for the March update my xbox DVD remote is working fine again. I have also placed an order for a TSOP31256 (xbox remote uses 56KHz carrier) I will try that out too, ready for a years time
Sam
The context menu buttons have stopped working after the October 2018 update a couple of days ago. Is this finally the end and I have to switch over to TSOP receiver as mentioned above. I have bought a receiver, just need to find it again and get it working !!!
The module is still working. Check Kodi log to see if the keypress is registered.
here is an extract
I ran the video for a few seconds, pause it, played it again and then tried the context button
no response so just stopped the video and got the log file
18:14:55.649 T:1925982720 NOTICE: VideoPlayer: Opening: smb://BUFFALO/Main/AVI/qqq.x264-KILLERS-postbot.mkv
18:14:55.649 T:1925982720 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(player)::Put MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
18:14:55.650 T:1378874112 NOTICE: Creating InputStream
18:14:55.669 T:1378874112 NOTICE: Creating Demuxer
18:14:55.710 T:1378874112 NOTICE: Opening stream: 0 source: 256
18:14:55.711 T:1378874112 NOTICE: Creating video codec with codec id: 28
18:14:55.724 T:1378874112 NOTICE: Creating video thread
18:14:55.724 T:1399845632 NOTICE: running thread: video_thread
18:14:55.724 T:1378874112 NOTICE: Opening stream: 1 source: 256
18:14:55.724 T:1378874112 NOTICE: Finding audio codec for: 86019
18:14:55.727 T:1378874112 NOTICE: Creating audio thread
18:14:55.727 T:1332736768 NOTICE: running thread: CVideoPlayerAudio::Process()
18:14:55.738 T:1332736768 NOTICE: Creating audio stream (codec id: 86019, channels: 6, sample rate: 48000, no pass-through)
18:14:59.256 T:1399845632 WARNING: CRenderManager::WaitForBuffer - timeout waiting for buffer
18:15:08.299 T:1925982720 WARNING: Previous line repeats 1 times.
18:15:08.299 T:1925982720 NOTICE: CVideoPlayer::CloseFile()
18:15:08.299 T:1925982720 NOTICE: VideoPlayer: waiting for threads to exit
18:15:08.303 T:1378874112 NOTICE: CVideoPlayer::OnExit()
18:15:08.303 T:1378874112 NOTICE: Closing stream player 1
18:15:08.303 T:1378874112 NOTICE: Waiting for audio thread to exit
18:15:08.303 T:1332736768 ERROR: Got MSGQ_ABORT or MSGO_IS_ERROR return true
18:15:08.304 T:1332736768 NOTICE: thread end: CVideoPlayerAudio::OnExit()
18:15:08.304 T:1378874112 NOTICE: Closing audio device
18:15:08.353 T:1378874112 NOTICE: Deleting audio codec
18:15:08.353 T:1378874112 NOTICE: Closing stream player 2
18:15:08.354 T:1378874112 NOTICE: waiting for video thread to exit
18:15:08.399 T:1399845632 NOTICE: thread end: video_thread
18:15:08.401 T:1378874112 NOTICE: deleting video codec
18:15:08.417 T:1925982720 NOTICE: VideoPlayer: finished waiting
18:15:09.092 T:1925982720 NOTICE: CVideoPlayer::CloseFile()
18:15:09.092 T:1925982720 NOTICE: VideoPlayer: waiting for threads to exit
18:15:09.092 T:1925982720 NOTICE: VideoPlayer: finished waiting
18:15:09.092 T:1925982720 NOTICE: CVideoPlayer::CloseFile()
18:15:09.092 T:1925982720 NOTICE: VideoPlayer: waiting for threads to exit
18:15:09.092 T:1925982720 NOTICE: VideoPlayer: finished waiting
18:16:49.043 T:1925982720 NOTICE: Samba is idle. Closing the remaining connections
18:18:43.397 T:1299182336 WARNING: CSkinInfo: failed to load skin settings
You need to enable debug logging to see if the key is being sent through.