firefox remote + mythtv key mappings

December 23rd, 2007

___firefly keys___
[MAXI] [CLOSE]
[1] [2] [3]
[4] [5] [6]
[7] [8] [9]
[BACK] [0] [ENT]
[VOL+] [MUTE] [CH+]
[VOL-] [FIREFLY] [CH-]
[INFO] [OPTION]
[UP]
[LEFT] [OK] [RIGHT]
[DOWN]
[MENU] [EXIT]
[REC] [PLAY] [STOP]
[REW] [PAUSE] [FWD]
[PREV] [NEXT]
[MUSIC] [PHOTOS] [DVD] [TV] [VIDEO]
[HELP] [MOUSE]
[A] [B] [C] [D]
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mythtv keybindings:
keyboard, mythfrontend, tv & recordings, tv, & recordings
mplayer keyboard shortcuts

mythtv keys [wiki]

[recommended keybindings]

Remote Control LIRC Keystroke Function
0 – 9 0 – 9 channel, EPG, ff/rew speed (w/ stickykeys)
LEFT Left scroll left, rewind
RIGHT Right scroll right, fast forward
UP Up scroll up, channel change up
DOWN Down scroll down, channel change down
ENT OK Play Space Select item, play (with stickykeys) set bookmark
STOP EXIT Escape Cancel, quit playback
Menu m Show menu
|| p Pause
INFO i Information
Other key 2 c Change tuner card input

 


i still have a couple of things to add so a little more functionality works off the firefly w/ mythtv/mplayer but for the most part i’m pretty happy so far. i should have a hdhr on it’s way soon, so i’ll be able to start playing around more with transcoding and timeshifting with the mythtv box. i really do need to swap my current hdtv cable box to one with supported firewire recording. that would make life a LOT easier.

 

firefly remote + mythtv

November 6th, 2007

i was following the mythtv.org firefly wiki entry to setup my new firefly remote. i copied their lircd.conf & lircrc to their proper locations and restarted mythtv. *tada* the firefly remote is controlling the mythtv menus. i start up a video, and test to see if i can pause… yeah, nope. boo.

irw reports different values than what i have in the lircd.conf, and i can’t get irrecord to write to a file. i think it’s time to backup my mythtv install and just blow it away. it’s a perfect reason to try out mythbuntu on gutsy.

loading up the installer for the mythbuntu command center is as easy as clicking a link. for some reason my fricken controler STILL isn’t working though. there is a python script, mythbuntu-lircrc-generator , for mythbuntu that will generate an .lircrc for you though. [here] run that as the mythtv user and it will create both a ~/.lircrc and ~/.mythtv/lircrc. unfortunantly that didn’t work either.

ha! figured it out. keep reading for the config files…

  1. i’ve included my ~mythtv/.lircrc file, copy it to ~/.mythtv/lircrc and symlink it to ~/.lircrc [here]
  2. copy the lircd.conf.firefox to /usr/share/doc/lirc/remotes/atiusb/lircd.conf.firefox /etc/lirc/lircd.conf
  3. copy the hardware.conf to /etc/lirc/hardware.conf
  4. sudo /etc/init.d/lirc restart
  5. sudo killall -9 Xgl , or restart X and log in as the mythtv user
  6. start mythfrontend and play around with the remote

(more…)

 

firefly/serenity

August 29th, 2005

i’ve seen references to firefly on slashdot for a while. i never saw the series nor cared until i saw the serenity trailer. wow, that movie looks like it’s going to kick some ass.

i spent this weekend watching all 14 of the original firefly episodes (in their proper order, wtf fox you even screwed that up). i’m not surprised that it didn’t do well on fox. it’s almost like a live action version of cowboy beebop. i wonder if sci fi will actually move beyond syndication and pay for producing the show?

hopefully the movie does well enough to spawn off more movies and hopefully bring the series back.

 
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