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Hello,
I'm a german user of remote buddy. In the meantime I recognized that the Apple Remote has to less hardware buttons for a comfortable using (TV screen is off). So I'm looking for a hardware remote with more buttons. In the past I tried a harmony remote, but I don't like the "behaviour" structure of the software of the remote. Than I saw that remote buddy support the receiver of the eHome 2005 IR receivers. Is it on the road map to support the remotes too? If not do I have other possibilities to use an universial remote for my tv and my mac mini!?
Greetz Thomas
These entries from the FAQ may be relevant to this topic:
To enable you to use all capabilities of the IR Receiver of your Mac®, Remote Buddy is using its own driver. In contrast, all other applications with integrated Apple® Remote support usually use the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem.
As long as you're running Remote Buddy, Remote Buddy and its driver are responsible for turning the received button presses into actions. As soon as you quit Remote Buddy, this task is again handled by the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem.
If other applications don't use the interface to the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem correctly, this can lead to the effect that nothing happens when you press a button on your Apple® Remote. For as long as you're running Remote Buddy, issues like this are covered by Remote Buddy and it's driver and are therefore not visible to you. However, as soon as you quit Remote Buddy, the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem is back in control and any issues caused in it by other applications become visible.
Therefore Remote Buddy is neither the cause of the issue nor is it responsible for it. Instead, the cause of the issue exists independently of Remote Buddy. It's located elsewhere and can also only be solved there.
Although our products can't cause any such issues, we're regularly contacted about such issues and asked for help. In order to make locating and fixing the cause of such issues as easy and efficient as possible, we've developed a free diagnostics tool: Remote Control Diagnostics. It can locate issues with a single click and will provide you with information about the issue as well as with instructions on how you can fix it.
The table that follows lists the commands the Harmony software assigns to the respective buttons by default - and how these need to be changed for Remote Buddy. For Remote Buddy, the commands for short and long button presses should always be identical.
Remote Buddy currently only supports the models as listed under "Supported Hardware".
If you own a receiver that is being advertised for with a Windows®-Logo on the packaging or that comes bundled with a remote that has a Windows®-Logo printed on it:
Please file a support inquiry with the exact name of your receiver, as well as with the USB vendor and product ID as displayed in "System Profiler" for this device. We can then check whether we may be able to add support for your receiver in a future version.
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Well, if a programmable remote is not an option and you'd have to buy new hardware anyway, the Sony PS3 BD Remote may be of interest to you. It has plenty of buttons and uses Bluetooth.