[mythtv-users] MythTV on Mac with apple remote

[Atlanta Geek]

OK. Thanks.  I think I want to dig up a white remote from a friend
first.  It that is it I will send a note to the -dev team.

On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 2:13 PM, Dan Wilga
<mythtv-users2 at dwilga-linux1.amherst.edu> wrote:
> 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.
>
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