Attached is a new ebuild for livetools-1.1. Livetools lets you use the IR port/remote that comes with the SoundBlaster Live!Drive as well as the Audigy Ex. It includes a plugin for xmms to control xmms with the remote as well as a library/API for talking to the hardware and a daemon that watches the device for you (no auto startup script. Not sure of the policy on this, especially since this daemon can run as any user who can read /dev/sequencer). It's compatible with OSS and ALSA, so no need for differentiation there. I'm guessing it belongs in media-plugins, but technically it's not really a media program it's an IR program. Your call.
Created attachment 6288 [details] livetools-1.1.ebuild
Built and test. Commited with minor modifications for testing as ~x86. Thanks for the ebuild Caled!