[mythtv-commits] Ticket #13234: Support for Nvidia Shield Remote

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#13234: Support for Nvidia Shield Remote
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 Reporter:  pbennett         |          Owner:  pbennett
     Type:  Developer Task   |         Status:  new
 Priority:  minor            |      Milestone:  30.0
Component:  Ports - Android  |        Version:  Master Head
 Severity:  medium           |     Resolution:
 Keywords:                   |  Ticket locked:  0
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Comment (by Craig Treleaven <ctreleaven@…>):

 Yeah, lhe Apple Remote wiki page has the "Outdate" tag...and really
 deserves it!  There is brief mention on the main Mac page:

 https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/MythTV_on_Mac_OS_X#Apple_Remote

 I don't know the implementation details, but I think the Apple remote
 Play/Pause and Menu buttons are normally passed as the Enter and Esc
 keystrokes, respectively.  The Play/Pause button will start a recording
 playing.  The Menu button exits playback.

 A key difference however, is that a long press on the Apple Remote buttons
 sends different events.  A long press on the Menu button is passed as the
 M keystroke.  Long press on the Play/pause button passes a P keystroke.
 (It is Mac OS X code that interprets long v. short presses and passes
 different events; not MythTV code.)

 In practise, the only long press I use is the Menu key.  Perhaps lacking
 that differentiation is a killer for the Shield remote, however.
 Effectively, each of the Apple Remote's 6 buttons send 2 different key
 codes.

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