xine can be remotely controlled with an infrared control. For this, you should
have LIRC installed. See http://www.lirc.org/ for details.

You should add some entries in your ~/.lircrc file, like this:

       begin
               remote = SAMSUNG
               button = Button_Play
               prog   = xine
               repeat = 0
               config = Play
       end
       begin
               remote = SAMSUNG
               button = Button_1
               prog   = xine
               repeat = 0
               config = SetPosition10%
       end

xine can self generate a lirc entries draft, using 'xine --keymap=lirc',
then you can redirect the output to a file and polish the settings there.

Each entry will look like this:

       # Reduce the output window size.
       begin
               remote = xxxxx
               button = xxxxx
               prog   = xine
               repeat = 0
               config = WindowReduce
       end

It's yours to specify the remote name, and assign the button.


To Retrieve an autoscan playlist from a given input plugin, you can use the
special 'PlaylistFrom:' keyword, followed by the plugin name (the same as the
button label in the xine panel):

       # Retrieve playlist from DVD plugin.
       begin
               remote = xxxxx
               button = xxxxx
               prog   = xine
               repeat = 0
               config = PlaylistFrom:DVD
       end