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+import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
+from subprocess import call
+from time import time
+
+IR_PIN_INPUT = 15
+
+def setup():
+    GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BOARD)  # Numbers GPIOs by physical location
+    GPIO.setup(IR_PIN_INPUT, GPIO.IN, pull_up_down=GPIO.PUD_DOWN)
+
+
+def binary_aquire(pin, duration):
+    # aquires data as quickly as possible
+    t0 = time()
+    results = []
+    while (time() - t0) < duration:
+        results.append(GPIO.input(pin))
+    return results
+
+
+def on_ir_receive(pinNo, bouncetime=150):
+    # when edge detect is called (which requires less CPU than constant
+    # data acquisition), we acquire data as quickly as possible
+    data = binary_aquire(pinNo, bouncetime/1000.0)
+    if len(data) < bouncetime:
+        return
+    rate = len(data) / (bouncetime / 1000.0)
+    pulses = []
+    i_break = 0
+    # detect run lengths using the acquisition rate to turn the times in to microseconds
+    for i in range(1, len(data)):
+        if (data[i] != data[i-1]) or (i == len(data)-1):
+            pulses.append((data[i-1], int((i-i_break)/rate*1e6)))
+            i_break = i
+    # decode ( < 1 ms "1" pulse is a 1, > 1 ms "1" pulse is a 1, longer than 2 ms pulse is something else)
+    # does not decode channel, which may be a piece of the information after the long 1 pulse in the middle
+    outbin = ""
+    for val, us in pulses:
+        if val != 1:
+            continue
+        if outbin and us > 2000:
+            break
+        elif us < 1000:
+            outbin += "0"
+        elif 1000 < us < 2000:
+            outbin += "1"
+    try:
+        return int(outbin, 2)
+    except ValueError:
+        # probably an empty code
+        return None
+
+def run_command(mpc_command):
+    call(["mpc", mpc_command])
+
+def destroy():
+    GPIO.cleanup()
+
+codes = {
+    "0x5ea110ef": "play",
+    "0x5ea1906f": "stop",
+    "0x2f50c837": "toggle",
+    "0x5ea150af": "next",
+    "0x5ea1d02f": "prev",
+        }
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    setup()
+    try:
+        print("Starting IR Listener")
+        while True:
+            print("Waiting for signal")
+            GPIO.wait_for_edge(IR_PIN_INPUT, GPIO.FALLING)
+            code = on_ir_receive(IR_PIN_INPUT)
+            if code and str(hex(code)) in codes:
+                hex_code = str(hex(code))
+                print(f"{hex_code} ->  {codes[hex_code]}")
+                run_command(codes[hex_code])
+            else:
+                pass
+                print("Invalid code")
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        print("interupt")
+        pass
+    except RuntimeError as e:
+        # this gets thrown when control C gets pressed
+        # because wait_for_edge doesn't properly pass this on
+        print(f"runtime: {e}")
+        pass
+    print("Quitting")
+    destroy()
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