[mythtv] advice wanted - building my own remote control

Simon Kenyon simon at koala.ie
Tue May 22 19:25:03 UTC 2007


On Tuesday 22 May 2007 20:02, ryan patterson wrote:
> On 5/11/07, Simon Kenyon <simon at koala.ie> wrote:
> > David Asher wrote:
> > > what about a thumbwheel for volume control...  that might be cool.
> > >
> > > David.
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> > the advantage of an encoder is that there are no endstops.
>
> This sounds like a neat project.  I suggest that the remote's receiver
> should connect to the computer as a USB HID (human interface device)
> keyboard.  This would remove any required software setup that 99% of the
> remotes on the market require.  Personally I think lirc is a horrible
> program.  Way too complex for what it actually does.

that should be possible
although i use lirc and lcdproc myself
--
simon


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