[mythtv-users] Mythtv on OS X Mplayer apple remote issues

[David Snider]

Robert Gutendorf wrote:
> Hey All-
>
> I'm trying to use mplayer1.0rc2 as my media player in mythvideo
> (MythFrontend-release-0-21-fixes-20081124_Rev.19144 from the Snider
> Pad).
>
> All is well, as I can start the video via -
> "/Applications/MPlayer
> OSX.app/Contents/Resources/External_Binaries/mplayer.app/Contents/MacOS/mplayer"
> -fs -zoom %s
> From both the terminal and the mythfrontend GUI.
>
> When I run the command from the terminal, I can use the apple remote
> without a problem.
>
> When I run the command from the mythfrontend GUI the video starts up,
> but I can no longer use the remote. It's almost like the frontend
> hasn't released control of the remote to mplayer.
>
> Has anyone else seen this issue?
>
> Thanks.
> Bob
> _______________________________________________
>   
Hi Bob,
    I am indeed having the same issue.  I don't know what remote you are 
using, I'm using the keyspan express with the JVC remote config.  I 
didn't have much time to track the issue down.  As a workaround, I 
programed one of the buttons to do a mouse click on the screen.   When 
mplayer is running, it's full screen, so any mouse click shifts the 
focus to it, then the remote works again.   Not the cleanest solution, 
but this frontend really only gets used by me, so there's not WAF...