<html><head><base href="x-msg://14/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On 23 Mar 2012, at 15:59, Joe Nyland wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif !important; font-size: 12px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: static; z-index: auto; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br> </div><blockquote style="border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(50, 95, 186); padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; ">-----Original message-----<br><strong>From:</strong> Matt Wynne <<a href="mailto:lists@mattwynne.fastmail.fm">lists@mattwynne.fastmail.fm</a>><br><strong>Sent:</strong> Fri 23-03-2012 13:47<br><strong>Subject:</strong> [mythtv-users] Remote controls on OS X (Mac Mini)<br><strong>To:</strong> Discussion about MythTV <<a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a>>;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>I'm trying to set up a Mac Mini as a frontend. I have everything working<br>bar the remote control, and I've rather hit the wall trying to<br>understand how to do it. I have a Hauppague remote that came with my DVB<br>card which worked wonderfully with the Ubuntu box (which is now the<br>backend).<br><br>>From my research, it seems as though OS X doesn't really support any<br>other remotes than the crappy Apple one, or a handful of others. I'd<br>much rather use a nice remote like the Hauppague one. Is it going to be<br>possible to use this remote with OS X, or am I going to need to rebuild<br>the box with Ubuntu instead? From this tutorial[1] I get the impression<br>that Ubuntu should be a viable option, but I'd prefer to sick with OS X<br>if possible.<br><br>Can I make the remote work with OS X? If so, any pointers to tutorials /<br>guides? I don't mind building from source as long as I know what<br>incantations I need to spell out :)<br><br>Thanks in advance for any help,<br><br>Matt<br><br>[1]<br><a href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Installing_MythTV_on_an_Intel_Mac_Mini_using_Ubuntu">http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Installing_MythTV_on_an_Intel_Mac_Mini_using_Ubuntu</a><br></blockquote><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "> </p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Hi Matt,</div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "> </p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">I use MythFrontend on my Mac mini too.</div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "> </p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">I wasn't overly impressed with the Apple remote in MythFrontend when I first set it up, so I did some research into the alternatives.</div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "> </p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">I have ended up using Remote Buddy[1] with the Apple remote, which gives you the ability to completely customise what button does what on the remote, on a per application basis - i.e. separate layouts for MythTV, XBMC, etc.. I use the Apple remote as it does everything I need and it's only £15.00, but I'm sure you can use lots of other types of remotes with Remote Buddy[2] which may help you to configure the remote you already had working under Ubuntu. The downside is that it's not open source - it's still pretty inexpensive at 19.99€.</div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "> </p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">I know this doesn't directly address your question, but I hope it helps. If you do decide to go down this route, I can provide my key map for MythFrontend, if you want.</div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "> </p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Joe</div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "> </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "> </p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">[1]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.iospirit.com/products/remotebuddy/">http://www.iospirit.com/products/remotebuddy/</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">[2]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.iospirit.com/products/remotebuddy/hardware/">http://www.iospirit.com/products/remotebuddy/hardware/</a></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "> </p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">** I am in no way affiliated with iOSpirit or the Remote Buddy product in anyway - just a user recommending it to others.</div></div></span></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Thanks for the tips Joe. I think I'm resigned to changing my remote, but I need to provide something that feels like a TV remote for my wife to be happy!</div><div><br></div><div>I think I'm going to go for one of the Logitec Harmony remotes since they seem to work with Macs, though I still can't understand whether or not I need Remote Buddy as well. What a minefield!</div><div><br></div><div>Anybody recommend a particular one from the Logitec Harmony range? The simpler the better.</div><div><br></div></div><div apple-content-edited="true">
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"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; 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