irpty and mpg123

[rainkid <ra...@ra...>]

LIRC list,

I am trying to set up LIRC for use with mpg123.
Hardware is working fine, things work fine with irexec.

However, since i want mpg123 to be interactive, I believe i need to use
irpty program.

I start irpty at a shell like so:
irpty .lircrc `mpg123 -C "my song.mp3"` &

In .lircrc i have a test button defined as:
begin
        remote = Packbell
        button = Right
        prog   = irpty
        repeat = 1
        config = .  <== '.' in mpg123 will forward song play
end

Song will start, but keys will not work.

Am i using irpty correctly?

How do the rest of you out there use lirc to interact with mpg123?

Thanks for any help.
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