About

This library provides support for Pulse-Eight's USB-CEC adapter and other CEC capable hardware, like the Raspberry Pi.

A list of FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) can be found on libCEC's FAQ page.

.Net client applications, previously part of this repository, have been moved to this repository.

API documentation

Full API reference — with install and usage guides — for every binding is published at pulse-eight.github.io/libcec:

• C / C++ — the native ICECAdapter interface and the C API
• .NET — the managed LibCecSharp binding
• Node.js — the N-API addon
• Python — the SWIG cec module

The docs are generated from this source tree; see docs/api/README.md.

Supported platforms

Linux & BSD

See docs/README.linux.md.

Apple OS X

See docs/README.osx.md.

Microsoft Windows

See docs/README.windows.md.

Supported hardware

• Pulse-Eight USB-CEC Adapter
• Pulse-Eight Intel NUC CEC Adapter
• Pulse-Eight CEC Adapter for Skull Canyon and Hades Canyon NUC systems
• Raspberry Pi
• Some Exynos SoCs
• NXP TDA995x
• Odroid C2 (Amlogic S905)

Developers

See docs/README.developers.md.

Vendor specific notes

Panasonic

• On Panasonic to enable media control buttons on bottom of the remote, you may have to change the operation mode. To change it, press bottom Power-button, keep it pressed, and press 7 3 Stop. After releasing Power-button, Play, Pause, etc should work in XBMC.

Raspberry Pi

• If your TV cannot detect the Raspberry Pi's CEC, or if the the Pi can't detect the TV, try adding the following line in /boot/config.txt and reboot the Pi: hdmi_force_hotplug=1