From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 2 04:50:38 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D795A16A417 for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2008 04:50:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jrisom@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.177]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 958CD13C459 for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2008 04:50:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jrisom@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id u52so9712795pyb.10 for ; Tue, 01 Jan 2008 20:50:37 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:message-id:content-type:to:from:subject:date:x-mailer; bh=QnMN2hxOPN3F7tRjEXL6hTnqN8FwcKd7xNZV6jmt5TM=; b=ZEWJoO1yi8lTeG9mkjQIJpmeyoV3PYM1D8xTHKoWDFsrMR5JQv5zTlVXwsd/LEH5ZKbLCRXLfUVEBSOm0fLQlYFj9iQ/3j+TMU+iSQpblLF6BjhwwC6AR3M7G74dOImKK4H7zjlpOvP+IB/V/EUiVVs83xNWTdm/0npCZklhZjU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:message-id:content-type:to:from:subject:date:x-mailer; b=RAhviWnux0dHhWB7cFHFNMhbsdm7jLVa1EQiRa6dYaqrkVpbsvXaXJ17BmLbu68ENYvLUDsP5fwjyCP4gKGXO3pmdtbJRiEdVgbyeAjvnycn/AIKExQabHCu96KcFgBcJ95vpF4TERi9+NyVV1U5oCGtc21X9IbNXeVwQr2azUk= Received: by 10.35.33.5 with SMTP id l5mr17284109pyj.30.1199249437750; Tue, 01 Jan 2008 20:50:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.1.3? ( [74.134.230.123]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id x48sm595249pyg.34.2008.01.01.20.50.35 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 01 Jan 2008 20:50:36 -0800 (PST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v624) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed To: FreeBSD Mailing List From: Joshua Isom Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2008 22:51:27 -0600 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.624) Subject: Remote control for a multimedia computer X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2008 04:50:38 -0000 I've been using the computer in my bedroom for watching movies more often lately, and getting out of bed to pause, rewind, and handle volume has gotten more and more annoying. I don't need anything very fancy, but I don't want to do something like use a wireless game controller. I'm not sure about using a wireless keyboard due to size and connectivity, since I imagine the keyboard would also have to be the primary keyboard which would make connectivity annoying with a console. I'd prefer something other than an IR solution due to line of sight issues. Considering how many people are using their computer for home entertainment, I'm surprised at the lack of options. Does anyone on the list know of a good remote that works well with FreeBSD? Or would it be more of an issue of a remote receiver? In any case, what would be the best option? I'm not interested in spending too much money(anything capable of running NetBSD is probably out of the question).