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20.04.2010 02:08:33

Replicating EYE TV remote button with Apple Remote

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Hi,

I have just purchased a new Apple Remote (Aluminum) and would like to replicate the functionality of one of my EyeTV remote's buttons.
I have EyeTV set up to mark recordings for commercials (using comskip) which works great. On my EyeTV remote I can use the button that Remote Buddy refers to as 'Live' to skip through the marked commercials. However when I set up my Apple Remote to map the 'Right (Held') button to the 'Live' button on Eye TV it skips to the very end of the recording, and not just to the end of the marked commercials.
Is there a way to get this working properly?

thanks

paul

These entries from the FAQ may be relevant to this topic:

Hardware - Apple® Remote

After uninstalling/quitting Remote Buddy, my Mac® no longer reacts to the Apple® Remote. (FAQ015E0241)
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.
After updating to OS X 10.6.2, my Apple® Remote is no longer available for selection in Remote Buddy. (FAQ015E0236)
Please update your copy of Remote Buddy to version 1.15 or later.

Hardware - EyeTV Receiver

Which receivers are supported? (FAQ015E0211)
The latest info on hard- and software-requirements including info on support hardware can be found on the dedicated page for EyeTV receivers.

Please consider making use of the free Remote Buddy trial version to test your device for compatibility directly on your computer.

User

22.04.2010 09:39:36

Re: Replicating EYE TV remote button with Apple Remote

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Thanks for asking.

If I understand you correctly, you're using the EyeTV Remote "as-is" (without Remote Buddy) with EyeTV. In this case, if you press the "Live" button, the action triggered by it is controlled by EyeTV.

Opposed to this, the "Live" action in Remote Buddy has no link to the "Live" button on your EyeTV Remote. The "Live" action really only does what's written on its tin: jump to the live signal (just like as if you select "Live" from the EyeTV's pull-down menu).

I don't know what EyeTV is executing when you press the "Live" button on your EyeTV remote. But if its an AppleScript or application that's being executed in reaction to this, you should be able to create a custom action in Remote Buddy that executes the same AppleScript (or runs the application via AppleScript) and subsequently map that action to a button of your choice.

Best regards,
Felix Schwarz

User

28.04.2010 02:11:13

Re: Replicating EYE TV remote button with Apple Remote

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Hi,

I have solved my problem. I created a custom action for Eye TV that maps the right arrow keystroke to the right (held) button on the Apple remote. This effectively activates the Eye TV/Controls/Jump menu item within Eye TV and jumps to the end of a marked section of the recording, thus skipping the commercials.

paul

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