[mythtv-users] MythTV on Mac with apple remote

[Dan Wilga]

On 8/30/10 11:25 AM, Atlanta Geek wrote:
> Thanks Guys.
> Looking at the code of other applications I noticed that the select
> and 'play/pause button' on the new aluminum remote sends a different
> code than the original white remote.
>
> I'm using the Aluminum remote.
> My MythTV is running 0.23 as well.
> So those who have it working.  What version of MFE are you running and
> which remote are you using.
>
Ah, that would explain it. I'm using an old, white remote. Leave it to 
Apple to change things without adding any functionality.

IIRC, the reason changing the mapping at the keycode level doesn't work 
is that the Apple Remote code is hard-coded into Myth, as an alternative 
to other forms of input. It's not doing any sort of IR code to keypress 
mapping, it's directly saying, "this IR event does this in MFE".

You could probably put some sort of debugging code into MFE to find out 
what system event is sent when clicking the button, and then modify the 
code to act appropriately. Instead, you might have better luck if you 
report this in mythtv-dev; the patch's author might even be aware of the 
issue.

-- 
Dan Wilga                                                        "Ook."