[NTLUG:Discuss] XMMS Remote Control?

[Jack Snodgrass]

I think that I'm going to try a USB device first. I have
USB. Don't have any IR stuff. I've got a USB keypad
that I'm not using. Not sure how that would be input....
I think I'll try a $10 usb game controller too. I saw
something about joystick input and XMMS. That may be what
I want to do. I can use duct tape to tape the game pad to
the wall and start/stop/repeat a mp3 song by pressing one
of the programmable keys on the gamepad.

-- 
Thanks - jack


>  On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 12:04:40 -0600, Steve Baker <sjbaker1 at airmail.net>
> wrote:
>
>> it wouldn't be difficult.  My ultimate goal is to be able to dim
>> my room lighting using the TV remote as part of our 'home theater'
>> setup.  I can use 'X10' to dim the lights - but the X10 remote
>> controllers use Radio instead of CIR - and I'm trying to drive
>> EVERYTHING from just one remote.
>>
>
>  Off-topic, I know, but there are several "IR to X10 bridge" type devices
> available to do just that, without getting all involved.  Less fun, maybe.
> Less frustration, definitely.  Less money, maybe.  Try:
> http://www.smarthome.com/4040.html
>
>  Just to keep it slightly on-topic: You can go the other direction too,
> converting X10 commands to IR signals (requires a different device, like a
> Smartlink) and use IR emitters to direct the signals directly into the
> devices.  Then, you could control it all from a Linux box (doesn't HAVE to
> be linux, but why not?) with an X10 serial to powerline dongle.  You could
> then get as complicated as you want.  But for my home theater, I try to
> keep it as simple as possible.  It's already complicated enough that
> nobody
> coming over wants to touch my remote...
>
> --
> D!
> Darin W. Smith
> AIM: JediGrover
>
>
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