[mythtv-users] Mythtv on OS X Mplayer apple remote issues

[Robert Gutendorf]

On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 9:33 AM, David Snider <dsnider at thesniderpad.com> wrote:
>
>
> Robert Gutendorf wrote:
>> Hey All-
>>
>> I'm trying to use mplayer1.0rc2 as my media player in mythvideo
>> (MythFrontend-release-0-21-fixes-20081124_Rev.19144 from the Snider
>> Pad).
>>
>> All is well, as I can start the video via -
>> "/Applications/MPlayer
>> OSX.app/Contents/Resources/External_Binaries/mplayer.app/Contents/MacOS/mplayer"
>> -fs -zoom %s
>> From both the terminal and the mythfrontend GUI.
>>
>> When I run the command from the terminal, I can use the apple remote
>> without a problem.
>>
>> When I run the command from the mythfrontend GUI the video starts up,
>> but I can no longer use the remote. It's almost like the frontend
>> hasn't released control of the remote to mplayer.
>>
>> Has anyone else seen this issue?
>>
>> Thanks.
>> Bob
>> _______________________________________________
>>
> Hi Bob,
>    I am indeed having the same issue.  I don't know what remote you are
> using, I'm using the keyspan express with the JVC remote config.  I
> didn't have much time to track the issue down.  As a workaround, I
> programed one of the buttons to do a mouse click on the screen.   When
> mplayer is running, it's full screen, so any mouse click shifts the
> focus to it, then the remote works again.   Not the cleanest solution,
> but this frontend really only gets used by me, so there's not WAF...
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I'm currently using the apple remote. I'll continue to mess around and
see if I can come up with a workaround. Thanks again for all your work
at the SniderPad!

Bob