[mythtv-users] Can we match this?

Joseph H. Fry joe at thefrys.com
Thu Jul 24 13:47:45 EDT 2003


Looks an awful lot like the ati rf remote that came with my radeon...
maybe a newer version of the same remote...

I think that's all it is... most of the buttons are laid out exactly the
same.

> -----Original Message-----
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> bounces at snowman.net] On Behalf Of Joseph A. Caputo
> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 12:14 PM
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> 
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net]On Behalf Of Obrien,
Haskell W.
> > Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 11:50 AM
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> >
> >
> > The RF remote sounds interesting.
> > $25 gets a remote and a usb rf reciever.
> > Nice deal for a RF remote.
> > Hmmm, I'm gonna google for drivers...
> 
> I wouldn't be surprised if the RF remote was really just a RF
> keyboard/mouse
> device packaged as a remote (i.e., a standard USB HID kernel device).
> This
> is how the Gyration RF keyboard & mouse work, and they also sell that
as
> an
> accessory on their website.  If this was the case, it would mean that,
> like
> Myth, their software is primarily keyboard (& maybe some mouse)
> controlled,
> and the RF devices are really just wireless keyboards as far as the
> software
> is concerned.  Of course, an RF 'keyboard' in a remote control package
> wouldn't have all of the keys a regular keyboard has, and they'd be
> labelled
> appropriately (instead of 'Z' it would say 'Comm Skip'), but in the
end
> they'd be the same keycodes.
> 
> I don't know if this is indeed the case, but if it is then you
wouldn't
> need
> any special drivers to use the remote under Linux.
> 
> -JAC




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