In an earlier discussion, some other folks mentioned that it would be cool to have some sort of cool web page where you could decide what functions your hauppauge silver remote (A415-HPG) would perform, in different Knoppmyth applications, and build a custom lircrc file that make your remote do EXACTLY what you want it to do for EVERY button, in EVERY application.

But I need help. I need people to provide positive feedback... constructive criticism, etc., to inspire me to finish this project! It's a lot to bite off & chew, but I think that with help, we together can eventually build a site that will work for not only the hauppauge A415-HPG, but every popular remote in the world. ...well maybe just the top 10.

And so, without further ado, please go to this link, and tell me what you think! Be gentle, it's my first time.

http://www.tungsai.com/remote/

Click the "Go" button on the remote, then the "MythTV" tab on the right and you'll see a better idea of what the final product will look like.


and NO I did not test it in IE.

I know that there are many things that need to be done. Here is a list of things I know:

-Compile a complete list of apps we want to assign remote buttons to;
-Find every single function for each of those apps;
-Make tabs for each app, with the appropriate radio buttons in the form;
-Create a MouseOver pop-up dialogue for the remote that shows the Default values;
-write the Javascript / whatever that will actually generate the lircrc file;
-On-screen help and directions
-make it pop up for some default button for the MythTV tab, so it's not blank when first loaded;
-fix the image maps so they match the right function on the remote
-make a favicon

Looks cool, unfortunately I couldn't look at it... got this error


Is it you or me?

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works for me, is all I can say,

try putting a cut & paste into the address bar?

Doesn't work for me either. The other day when you posted a link on the other topic, I was able to get to it but today cannot.

Huh.

http://www.tungsai.com/remote/

cut 'n paste, see if it works?

smae here...page can not be found.

Is that page within a firewall that we on the outside can not access?

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yep the URL is dead, and I have NO idea why!

I'll have to contact my university to find out why.

schmeckendeugler

Honestly it sounds like a ton of work for very little gain. Is editing the .lirc file really that hard? I sat down and rewrote my .lirc file in less then an hour a year ago.

ok let's try this one:

http://www.tungsai.com/remote

Remember to click on the "Go" button, and the "Mythtv" Tab, as I do not have it set up to default to anything yet.

To me anything Linux-based is a ton of work for very little gain. Maybe that's because I'm a n00b. And, perhaps, this'll fizzle out halfway through. But if I can get enough people to say "This might help me", it'll motivate me to keep it going.

Looks pretty cool

I like the look of it. Nice idea.

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cool! positive feedback! As for Mr. ryanpatterson, I will quote Jack Black in tenacious D and say "Always nay-saying! You... you sit in your tower!"

(Then you laugh at me and I get madder, and fire you from the band, but then you say that won't be necessary, because you quit.)

I have an old script that I wrote a while ago to create a formatted display of all remote button mappings. I found this useful when updating the configs. Also can be used to make a user cheatsheet

It parses ~/.mythtv/lircrc and the data in the keybindings table.

The output looks like this:



The script is setup to create the mapping for host 'mythtv' , the first line in the script can be changed to generate the mapping for other hosts.

If you are intrested in this stuff, follow these steps:

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Cool, that's helpful. So let me ask you this: In the lircrc, can you make Mythtv use a particular button for different functions, while doing different stuff?

For instance, the >> button might go x3 fast foward while watching TV or a recorded tv show, but in the Gallery it might jump to the next photo, or in the music player, it might skip ahead in the track?

So, in my lircinator, I should have many tabs for within MythTV, such as "TV Playback", "Gallery", etc.

Does that sound right to you all?

Hey, oh, when you say in the "Table", you mean a table in the database?

Don't tell me that we need to make database changes to make this work...