[mythtv-users] Fwd: WAF remote... Apple Remote?
Brad Dolman
mythtv at braddolman.com
Sun Jan 21 11:31:35 UTC 2007
> 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 (http://tinyurl.com/22susm) 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:
> http://tinyurl.com/37ugpv
>
> If anyone is interested, you can download the behaviour here:
> http://tinyurl.com/2r5p8d
>
> Unzip it and put the resulting file in ~/Library/Application
> Support/Remote Buddy/Behaviours
>
> Anyone with feedback, drop me a note at inquiry {at} braddolman /
> dot/ com
>
> Thanks.
For those that are interested, I've put an updated MythFrontend
behaviour (0.3) at:
http://idisk.mac.com/bdolman-Public/MythTV
Any future updates, I'll just drop in there.
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