[mythtv-users] Remote Control - Time between pressing buttons

[James L. Paul]

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On Monday 02 February 2004 11:32, Ryan Smith wrote:
> I'm not quite sure if this is just how mythtv and irxevent work
> together, but I noticed that when I press buttons on my remote, it will
> only read one 'press' per second or so, and if I press the buttons two
> fast then it won't recognize any more pressing of the buttons unless I
> stop for a second, and then push the button I want.  This causes great
> pain when scrolling through menus (the basic ones and ones such as in
> mythgames when I have 100's of games to scroll through).  I know that
> if I open up irx then if I press buttons rapidly, it recognizes each
> 'press'.  So Ii know it really isn't the remotes fault or the reception
> by the receiver.  I'm assuming its either a setting somewhere in
> .lircrc or lircd.conf or its just the way irxevent works (like it can't
> handle but one press a second).  Either way I'm not sure and I would
> appreciate any help on this.

I had the same problem, but with a generic Philips brand universal remote. It 
was the fault of the remote, not lircd or irxevent. The remote simply 
wouldn't send the codes any faster than that. Some remotes use longer pulse 
sequences, and others simply throttle the rate you can press buttons. It was 
most annoying.

I bought a Tivo remote on eBay, since I noticed that the one I already had was 
able to send very fast sequences. I simply trained lircd for the new remote 
and the same Myth box now has lightening-quick responsiveness to the remote.

> I'm using the Leadtek CoolCommand that came with the Leadtek Winfast
> tv2000 xp deluxe capture card.

I don't know any thing about that remote, but I suspect it's the cause, not 
lircd or irxevent. In my experience, irxevent has no problem sending 
keypresses as fast as it can get them from the remote, there's just no 
bottleneck there. It's all about the length of the IR pulse sequences and how 
fast the remote will let you send them.

>
> Thanks for you help,
> Ryan
>
>
> PS - I sent in a e-mail to the list before I was confirmed, but as far
> as I can see it never got sent in.  So I'm sorry if this is a repost.
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