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26.10.2006 21:44:56

EyeTV Instant Replay and Skip Ahead

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Another minor point I've noticed is that there seem to be no mappings for the EyeTV "Instant Replay" and "Skip Forward" functions.

For the meantime, I've just implemented these as keyboard cursor key mappings, which seems to work just as well, but the absence of them as specific functions was a somewhat confusing omission at first.

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.

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

27.10.2006 00:24:02

Re: EyeTV Instant Replay and Skip Ahead

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Hello Jesse,

thanks for sharing.

Do you mean those functions in EyeTV that are triggered by pressing
the cursor left and cursor right keys?

I've not implemented those yet, because they are not guaranteed to
work in all circumstances. If you, for instance, have the EPG window
in front, those two key strokes won't have any effect on a video
playing in the background, since it doesn't have focus.

But I'm looking into this :-)

Best regards,
Felix

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27.10.2006 00:57:46

Re: EyeTV Instant Replay and Skip Ahead

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Yes, those are the ones I'm talking about, and for the time being I've just mapped them to the appropriate keyboard keys, using the "Virtual Cursor Keys" behaviour.

In fact, this is one area in which RB has been a godsend... For some reason, the folks at Elgato thought it would be a good idea in the very most recent 2.3.2 update to change the function of the Prev/Next buttons on the Apple remote to channel-surf instead of doing the instant-replay and skip-ahead functions. This has become extremely non-intuitive, as when viewing a recording, they perform the instant-replay/skip-ahead, yet in live TV they change channels.... I've already lost my place a few times when watching a bit behind and trying to skip a commercial out of habit (and it goes to the next channel instead).

Obviously, RB allows me to remap this back to the intended behaviour. :)

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06.02.2007 12:15:28

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Just saw this .. couldn't agree more - it is also the main reason I went looking and found Remote Buddy - WHAT FANTASTIC WORK - I can't believe how Elgato just made the change and then didn't listen to the feedback about how stupid it was ..

cheers
chris

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