[mythtv-users] Sapphire remote-control driver for Mythtv: v3.0 released

[Mark Lord]

On 12-04-11 05:45 PM, Mark Lord wrote:
> I've updated the Sapphire Remote Control kernel (hid) driver for Linux again today.
> The new version 3.0 sports a couple of nifty new features:
> 
> --->>> Macro capability:  have a single button press send up to 8 keys.
> 
> I use this first feature here to quickly access/set a desired AudioSync
> value that about half of my videos require.  The CLEAR key on the remote
> now defaults to sending KEY_F15, KEY_DOWN, KEY_LEFT, which on my system
> adds 90 milliseconds to the AudioSync value.
> 
> If you don't like my appropriating the CLEAR key by default,  :)
> then the second feature may be of interest:
> 
> --->>> External keymaps, and a way to load them at start-up.
> 
> The driver still has a fully defined built-in keymap for simplicity,
> but I'm willing to bet that at least some of you may want different
> mappings for some buttons than what I've put there as the defaults.
> 
> So now you can maintain an external keymap file, and use an included
> script to load it at run time.  Details are in a README.txt file
> included with the driver.
> 
> Source available freely as always:  http://rtr.ca/sapphire_remote/

Oh, missed a feature:

--->>> Buttons can now be defined with a RAMP_REPEAT option,
whereby the auto-repeat kicks in slowly at first, and gradually
speeds up as the button is held for a few seconds.

This is set up by default for the Up/Down keys, so that menu
navigation doesn't happen too quickly, but scrolling among large
lists of videos/recordings is still quick.

In conjuction with this, the "repeats=nn" module parameter has
been completely removed, and the FAST_REPEAT option has been
set to a higher speed than before.  FAST_REPEAT is the default
for the Volume up/down buttons, and one should notice those being
more responsive now than before.

Cheers