diff --git a/python-backend/musicmouse/config.py b/python-backend/musicmouse/config.py
index c97c729..54f268c 100644
--- a/python-backend/musicmouse/config.py
+++ b/python-backend/musicmouse/config.py
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ class LircConfig(_Strict):
     port: int = Field(default=2222, ge=1, le=65535)
     #: Only button events from this remote are acted on - other remotes registered
     #: with the same lircd (an LED remote, say) are ignored.
+    #: Compared case-insensitively: irserver lowercases what lircd capitalises.
     remote_name: str = "Hauppauge"
     reconnect_interval: float = Field(default=5.0, gt=0)
 
diff --git a/python-backend/musicmouse/services/lirc/protocol.py b/python-backend/musicmouse/services/lirc/protocol.py
index 4b0445f..707bf08 100644
--- a/python-backend/musicmouse/services/lirc/protocol.py
+++ b/python-backend/musicmouse/services/lirc/protocol.py
@@ -7,6 +7,15 @@ A line looks like::
 that is ``<code> <repeat, hex> <button name> <remote name>``. ``repeat`` is ``00`` for
 the first press and increments while the button is held - lircd has no separate
 key-up event, just repeats stopping.
+
+irserver (the IRTrans daemon, which serves this protocol on its own port 8765) sends
+the same shape but lowercases the button and remote names and always reports repeat
+``00``::
+
+    b7b2000000000000 00 key_play hauppauge
+
+Button names are therefore uppercased here, so the rest of the code sees lircd's
+spelling either way.
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations
@@ -34,4 +43,4 @@ def parse_line(line: str) -> LircButtonEvent | None:
         repeat = int(repeat_hex, 16)
     except ValueError:
         return None
-    return LircButtonEvent(code=code, repeat=repeat, button=button, remote=remote)
+    return LircButtonEvent(code=code, repeat=repeat, button=button.upper(), remote=remote)
diff --git a/python-backend/musicmouse/services/lirc/service.py b/python-backend/musicmouse/services/lirc/service.py
index 9963fba..9433cff 100644
--- a/python-backend/musicmouse/services/lirc/service.py
+++ b/python-backend/musicmouse/services/lirc/service.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class LircService:
                 if not raw:
                     return
                 event = parse_line(raw.decode(errors="replace"))
-                if event is None or event.remote != self.config.remote_name:
+                if event is None or event.remote.casefold() != self.config.remote_name.casefold():
                     continue
                 self._handle(event)
         finally:
diff --git a/python-backend/tests/test_lirc.py b/python-backend/tests/test_lirc.py
index 1f9574f..82cc7eb 100644
--- a/python-backend/tests/test_lirc.py
+++ b/python-backend/tests/test_lirc.py
@@ -60,6 +60,13 @@ def test_surrounding_whitespace_is_ignored() -> None:
     assert parse_line("  0000000000001781 00 BTN_1 Hauppauge  \n") is not None
 
 
+def test_irservers_lowercase_button_names_are_uppercased() -> None:
+    # Verbatim from irserver's lircd-compatible port on musicdolphin.
+    event = parse_line("b7b2000000000000 00 key_play hauppauge\n")
+    assert event is not None
+    assert event.button == "KEY_PLAY"
+
+
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- service
 
 
@@ -195,6 +202,26 @@ async def test_events_from_another_remote_are_ignored(
     assert not any(isinstance(event, IntentEvent) for event in seen)
 
 
+async def test_irservers_lowercase_lines_are_acted_on(
+    lircd: tuple[ScriptedLircd, asyncio.base_events.Server], sim: Simulation
+) -> None:
+    station, server = lircd
+    port = server.sockets[0].getsockname()[1]
+    seen: list[Event] = []
+    sim.bus.subscribe_all(seen.append)
+
+    # The config still says "Hauppauge" (the default); irserver says "hauppauge".
+    task = await _run_service(sim, _lirc_config(port))
+    try:
+        await station.wait_connected()
+        await station.send("b7b2000000000000 00 key_play hauppauge")
+        await sim.bus.drain()
+    finally:
+        task.cancel()
+
+    assert [type(event) for event in seen if isinstance(event, IntentEvent)] == [PlayRequested]
+
+
 async def test_transport_buttons_only_act_on_the_first_press(
     lircd: tuple[ScriptedLircd, asyncio.base_events.Server], sim: Simulation
 ) -> None: