<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">On 20 Jan 2007, at 10:00, David Whyte wrote:</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Verdana; min-height: 16px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#5C1564" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">> On 1/20/07, Michael Lynch <lynchmv[at]gmail.com> wrote:</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#5C1564" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#2B7576" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">>> OK, I couldn't resist this:</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#2B7576" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#2B7576" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">>></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#2B7576" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#2B7576" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">>> </SPAN></FONT><A href="http://www.woot.com/"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#4D2388">http://www.woot.com/</FONT></SPAN></FONT></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#2B7576" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#2B7576" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">>></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#2B7576" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#2B7576" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">>> How much simpler could a remote get, any wife would love one.</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#2B7576" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#5C1564" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#5C1564" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#5C1564" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">> True, whilst it is simply, I don't think it is overly practicle. What</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#5C1564" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#5C1564" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">> do you have to do to bring up the menu? Tap play, pause and stop?</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#5C1564" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#5C1564" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">> And to bring up the guide you tap stop, pause, play?</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#5C1564" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Verdana; min-height: 16px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">I mentioned the Apple Remote in a previous post, but only as an aside</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">and I didn't hear from anyone using one with a MythTV system. It is</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">twice the price, but has 50% more buttons, 6 in all. Might these</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">additional buttons be sufficient for bringing up the menus & guide?</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Funny enough, I just spent a bunch of time tweaking the Apple Remote for use with MythFrontend on my MacBook Pro. I wasn't too crazy about the default configuration of the buttons, so I used Remote Buddy (<A href="http://tinyurl.com/22susm">http://tinyurl.com/22susm</A>) to create my own behaviour for MythFrontend. Its just my first attempt, but it seems pretty good to me so far. Its not so much that the Apple Remote is limiting, its mostly that the MythTV UI has been built around the assumption of a keyboard or button-laden remote. For example, I don't understand why pressing "M" brings up one menu and pressing "I" brings up another... I would think they could be combined into one menu. That said, changes to the UI have made it much easier to cursor around lately... in fact, on my "full" remote (on my linux box), I'd say that I only use about 9 buttons for 98% of its usage. So I set the Apple Remote to provide basic arrow key support and a few "special" commands if you hold the button down. Here's a graphic with my current configuration: </DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://tinyurl.com/37ugpv">http://tinyurl.com/37ugpv</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">If anyone is interested, you can download the behaviour here:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2r5p8d">http://tinyurl.com/2r5p8d</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Unzip it and put the resulting file in ~/Library/Application Support/Remote Buddy/Behaviours</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Anyone with feedback, drop me a note at inquiry {at} braddolman /dot/ com</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Thanks.</DIV></BODY></HTML>