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Re:VLC removed from Amazon Fire TV store by VLC developers by mseebach on Sunday April 22, 2018 @04:26AM (#16895262)
The pause and other playback control buttons on my TV remote works with the Chromecast. It somehow gets passed on through the HDMI port.
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Re:VLC removed from Amazon Fire TV store by VLC developers by isaack on Sunday April 22, 2018 @04:35AM (#16895288)
You should thank HDMI CEC [1] for that.

[1] https://support.google.com/chromecast/answer/7199917

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Re:VLC removed from Amazon Fire TV store by VLC developers by bebna on Sunday April 22, 2018 @04:37AM (#16895292)
U must be my soul buddy...
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Re:VLC removed from Amazon Fire TV store by VLC developers by bebna on Sunday April 22, 2018 @04:35AM (#16895289)
It is HDMI CEC channel (existing since 1.1) that allows the TV to control its source.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Electronics_Control

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Re:VLC removed from Amazon Fire TV store by VLC developers by baddox on Sunday April 22, 2018 @04:09PM (#16898282)
That’s a great tip! I’ll give that a try.
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