Re: [mythtv-users] ir-kbd-i2c Driver
Calvin Harrigan wrote: Michael T. Dean wrote: Calvin Harrigan wrote: Has anyone tried using the ivtv driver and the ir-kbd-i2c driver to make remote keypresses show as regular keyboard keypresses? ... It all but eliminates the need for lirc, which in my opinion is a good thing. No worrying about having lirc support compiled into other packages. e.g; Mplayer, xine, zsnes, and what ever other add-ons you might use. Yeah, instead, you can worry about remapping the keys for MPlayer, xine, zsnes, MythTV, and ... (Just the reason why I use LIRC with my ATI Remote Wonder--for which there is also a kernel keyboard driver.) I've just not had very good luck with lirc, most of the problems stem from focus issues, who gets the key press. So, either you didn't worry enough about having LIRC support compiled into other packages or you just never re-configured your ~/.lircrc for "native LIRC" support. ;) The focus issues are /only/ possible when using irxevent. If using "native" LIRC support (i.e. "prog = mythtv" instead of "prog = irxevent"), focus can never an issue because LIRC transmits the "config" string to /all/ registered clients. LIRC broadcasts the strings and it's up to the application to determine if it should react to the keypress or not. Mike ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] ir-kbd-i2c Driver
Joe Votour wrote: Two questions: 1. Are you using a window manager? 2. Are you using irxevent? Not using a window manager would cause a focus problem, which combined with using irxevent would cause the keystroke to go to the wrong window. I haven't had any problems at all using lirc-compliant applications (mythfrontend, xmame and xine are the ones I use). -- Joe --- Calvin Harrigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Michael T. Dean wrote: Calvin Harrigan wrote: Has anyone tried using the ivtv driver and the ir-kbd-i2c driver to make remote keypresses show as regular keyboard keypresses? ... It all but eliminates the need for lirc, which in my opinion is a good thing. No worrying about having lirc support compiled into other packages. e.g; Mplayer, xine, zsnes, and what ever other add-ons you might use. Yeah, instead, you can worry about remapping the keys for MPlayer, xine, zsnes, MythTV, and ... (Just the reason why I use LIRC with my ATI Remote Wonder--for which there is also a kernel keyboard driver.) Mike ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users I've just not had very good luck with lirc, most of the problems stem from focus issues, who gets the key press. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users __ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users I was using twm and irxevent. This point is moot now though. I've been using a learning remote and a wireless keyboard. That has worked well for me, only problem was the few number of keys that I was able to program into the remote. Using the ir-kbd-i2c drive I can have as many buttons that my remote can muster and have them appear as the keypresses I want in the input stream. Thanks for the info though. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] ir-kbd-i2c Driver
Two questions: 1. Are you using a window manager? 2. Are you using irxevent? Not using a window manager would cause a focus problem, which combined with using irxevent would cause the keystroke to go to the wrong window. I haven't had any problems at all using lirc-compliant applications (mythfrontend, xmame and xine are the ones I use). -- Joe --- Calvin Harrigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael T. Dean wrote: > > > Calvin Harrigan wrote: > > > >> Has anyone tried using the ivtv driver and the > ir-kbd-i2c driver to > >> make remote keypresses show as regular keyboard > keypresses? > >> ... > >> It all but eliminates the need for lirc, which in > my opinion is a > >> good thing. No worrying about having lirc > support compiled into > >> other packages. e.g; Mplayer, xine, zsnes, and > what ever other > >> add-ons you might use. > > > > > > Yeah, instead, you can worry about remapping the > keys for MPlayer, > > xine, zsnes, MythTV, and ... (Just the reason why > I use LIRC with my > > ATI Remote Wonder--for which there is also a > kernel keyboard driver.) > > > > Mike > > > > ___ > > mythtv-users mailing list > > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > I've just not had very good luck with lirc, most of > the problems stem > from focus issues, who gets the key press. > > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > __ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] ir-kbd-i2c Driver
Michael T. Dean wrote: Calvin Harrigan wrote: Has anyone tried using the ivtv driver and the ir-kbd-i2c driver to make remote keypresses show as regular keyboard keypresses? ... It all but eliminates the need for lirc, which in my opinion is a good thing. No worrying about having lirc support compiled into other packages. e.g; Mplayer, xine, zsnes, and what ever other add-ons you might use. Yeah, instead, you can worry about remapping the keys for MPlayer, xine, zsnes, MythTV, and ... (Just the reason why I use LIRC with my ATI Remote Wonder--for which there is also a kernel keyboard driver.) Mike ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users I've just not had very good luck with lirc, most of the problems stem from focus issues, who gets the key press. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] ir-kbd-i2c Driver
Calvin Harrigan wrote: Has anyone tried using the ivtv driver and the ir-kbd-i2c driver to make remote keypresses show as regular keyboard keypresses? ... It all but eliminates the need for lirc, which in my opinion is a good thing. No worrying about having lirc support compiled into other packages. e.g; Mplayer, xine, zsnes, and what ever other add-ons you might use. Yeah, instead, you can worry about remapping the keys for MPlayer, xine, zsnes, MythTV, and ... (Just the reason why I use LIRC with my ATI Remote Wonder--for which there is also a kernel keyboard driver.) Mike ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] ir-kbd-i2c Driver
I haven't tried this, but, in my opinion, lirc is in fact a good thing. If you only use MythTV programs, which share the same keybindings, then lirc doesn't seem like such a big deal. However, once you add external programs into the mix (like xine or xmame), then the configuration gets much more complex. I feel it's easier to use lirc and have multiple entries in the .lircrc file (one per application per remote button), than it is to try to synchronize the keybindings between multiple programs. -- Joe --- Calvin Harrigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Has anyone tried using the ivtv driver and the > ir-kbd-i2c driver to make > remote keypresses show as regular keyboard > keypresses? > I tried it out and it works pretty good. I was > curious as toif anyone > has made use of this cool driver in the 2.6 kernel. > It all but eliminates the need for lirc, which in my > opinion is a good > thing. No worrying about having lirc support > compiled into other > packages. e.g; Mplayer, xine, zsnes, and what ever > other add-ons you > might use. > > http://ivtv.writeme.ch/tiki-index.php?page=Remotes > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > __ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] ir-kbd-i2c Driver
Has anyone tried using the ivtv driver and the ir-kbd-i2c driver to make remote keypresses show as regular keyboard keypresses? I tried it out and it works pretty good. I was curious as toif anyone has made use of this cool driver in the 2.6 kernel. It all but eliminates the need for lirc, which in my opinion is a good thing. No worrying about having lirc support compiled into other packages. e.g; Mplayer, xine, zsnes, and what ever other add-ons you might use. http://ivtv.writeme.ch/tiki-index.php?page=Remotes ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
