[mythtv-users] LIRC and MacOS X

[scram69]

There is a solution to unleash the full potential of your Harmony
remote on a mac mini-based home theater without Lirc- however it
involves purchasing some 3rd party shareware (Remote Buddy).  You
create multiple instances of your 6-button mac remote and map them (I
have 6 x 6 or 36 buttons) to your Harmony remote.  It's described
here:
http://funwithcomputers.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/using-the-harmony-880-remote-with-your-macs-built-in-ir-port/

Even without Myth, I think Remote Buddy is well worth it.  I use it to
drive iTunes, Firefox, Google Earth, Miro, and more all with my
harmony 550.  The kicker is that using Remote Buddy to assign a global
sleep command, the wife and kids only have to press one button on the
remote when they are done - that will turn off the TV, stereo, and put
the mac mini to sleep.  I figure the savings on the electricity bill
alone have paid for it...

On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 12:10 PM, Craig Treleaven <ctreleaven at cogeco.ca> wrote:
> Hi:
>
>  I'd like (1) to test LIRC on the Mac (2) but I'm having trouble
>  building a version of the frontend with Lirc support.  The problem is
>  that MacPorts (3) installed Lirc under /opt/local/ and
>  osx-packager.pl expects it to be somewhere else.
>
>  If I understand src/myth-svn/mythtv/configure correctly (which is
>  doubtful), it ensures that the Lirc client, libraries and header
>  files are all present before compiling in Lirc support.  How do I
>  tell it to try /opt/local/ ?
>
>
>  Craig
>
>  (1) I'm using a Harmony 880 in my home theatre setup and it doesn't
>  emulate the Apple Remote very well--usually have to press a button
>  twice to get the action to take place.  Besides, the Apple Remote
>  doesn't have enough buttons.
>
>  (2) There is no direct Lirc support for the IR receiver built-into my
>  Mac Mini BUT I have confirmed that Lirc can receive commands from the
>  IR receiver in the HDHomeRun!  I can tell the 880 it is controlling
>  something else (say a DVD player) and then map the buttons to useful
>  actions in Myth.
>
>  (3) http://www.macports.org/
>
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