[mythtv-users] Button feedback in Myth UI

Sat Feb 25 06:46:57 UTC 2006

> although I can think of a few times I've been kissing my girl on the
couch while navigating the UI, and
>  I didn't know if the remote was going anywhere because I could not
hear it

That is just wrong in so many ways.;)

G

-----Original Message-----
From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Steve Dorsey
Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 1:05 AM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Button feedback in Myth UI

I totally agree. It's not so important in the main interface of MythTV,
where you get button feedback in the form of menu options being
highlighted or chosen (although I can think of a few times I've been
kissing my girl on the couch while navigating the UI, and I didn't know
if the remote was going anywhere because I could not hear it). 

  Audio feedback is a very basic element in any media UI. Optional, of
course. You'd need to be able to shut it off if it annoys you).

  I'd be happy to create beep sounds if needed. I work with audio and
waveforms regularly.

Thanks,

----------------------S

On Feb 24, 2006, at 9:52 PM, Dave Hofstra wrote:

mine plays those sounds simultaneously, but then I am using the default
oss device.. Pretty funny how things work different for different
people...

There really should be a button feedback option in the myth setup menu
at this point, I have a really fast computer, and there is still lag
when opening mythmusic or something, and it would sure be nice to have
feedback on the buttonpresses so that you know when you hit a keystroke.

On 2/24/06, Steve Dorsey <info at dorseygraphics.com> wrote:
your solution works great, except that it does not beep when I FFWD or
RW during playback or live TV. The aplay app stores the keypresses and
plays them back when I jump back into a MythTV menu.

beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep
beep beep beep  

heh - pretty funny.

thanks,

-----------------------------S

On Feb 24, 2006, at 2:25 PM, Dave Hofstra wrote:

Per something I found on the wiki somewhere, in the 'General' setup
section you can put something like "aplay -q
/path/to/sound/file/soundfile.wav" in the 'keypress application' area.
This is a hack, but now that I have done it it works quite well.  Note
that I had to restart the frontend application to notice the change.
Also note that it works for LIRC keypresses, not the ones on the
keyboard. 

The knoppmyth link led me to a thread with some pretty cool sounds, but
they were a little obtrusive while browsing music.

I use the mediaportal software for myth-like functionality on my M$
Laptop.  Mediaportal ( http://www.team-mediaportal.com/) has a really
nice little click sound for their cursor movements.  I tried it in myth
and it works beautifully. 

You can download thier butcher 2 theme at
http://www.team-mediaportal.com/component/option,com_remository/Itemid,3
5/func,select/id,11/
and find the cursor.wav file in the sound directory (it is the same
sound as in the main program's theme, just a smaller download.) 

I will also host the file for anyone that is too lazy, but please email
me right away if you think it is some kind of violation.  I dont think
so cuz the project is open-source, and the dev's have been nice to me
with other things in the past. 

http://lisadaveh.home.comcast.net/myxer/cursor.wav

let me know what you think about possibly putting this in the wiki.  I
suppose I could ask permission from one of the MediaPortal dev's and see
if they'd allow our wiki to host the file or something. 

Dave Hofstra
On 2/22/06, Steve Dorsey < info at dorseygraphics.com
<mailto:info at dorseygraphics.com> > wrote:
Hello

   Is there a way to assign a beep sound to the button selections in 
the MythTV UI? So that when I  select items in a menu, I get a
"click" or "beep"? I loved this feature in my Tivo because I got 
audible confirmation when I pressed a button (very handy when forward- 
searching using 3 speeds of search).

   I'd be happy to create some nice audio files to use for this
feature if need be.

Thanks, 

----------------------S

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