Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 22:04:23 -0500 From: Danny Dulai <nirva@ishiboo.com> To: Randall Hopper <rhh@ct.picker.com> Cc: multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Remote device multiplexing Message-ID: <19980605220423.58039@bleep.ishiboo.com> In-Reply-To: <19980605203427.C1773@ct.picker.com>; from Randall Hopper on Fri, Jun 05, 1998 at 08:34:27PM -0400 References: <19980602134354.A4551@ct.picker.com> <199806022030.NAA01724@rah.star-gate.com> <19980605203427.C1773@ct.picker.com>
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Quoting Randall Hopper (rhh@ct.picker.com): > Amancio Hasty: > |Sleep mode for Fxtv ? > | > |Just want to wakeup fxtv via my x10 remote control -- kind of like > |a turn tv on remote control well coming to think about it > |thats precisely what I want a "turn on tv x10 remote control command". > > Yeah, I thought about that too :-) After pondering a little I decided Fxtv > was the was the wrong place to put it, and didn't have the time to > implement the (IMO) "right" solution. > > That being, to have a "remoted" daemon that multiplexes remote events to > multiple clients. That way you could share the remote between remote-aware > applications. The remote clients would register with the remoted daemon > (rather than moused), and remoted would connect to moused. > > One of those registered clients could be an application launcher, another > one (possibly spawned by the launcher) could be Fxtv. Apps launched don't > necessarily need to be mouse aware (e.g. netscape, etc.). Hot sequences on > the remote would allow you to "select" a registered client (which would > receive the bulk of the remote's key events while selected). > > Really, this'd be cool. Since these remotes work around 300Mhz and aren't > line-of-site, you could be in a separate room hitting remote buttons which > would fire off all kinds of tasks. Say, fire up your ISP link and grab > your mail (which could play an audio file if you had any) or stock market > quotes, etc. In your case, maybe play your voicemail for the day for you > and let you delete/save/proceed while you take care of other things. Or > maybe fire off Fxtv and grab a cool pic while watching a movie on the big > TV in the other room. > > Would be a fun project for someone that has the time :-) Just placed order for my remote.. will work on this project once it gets here.. sounds like a lot of fun :) Any more ideas would be greatly appreciated.. -- ___________________________________________________________________________ Danny Dulai Feet. Pumice. Lotion. http://www.ishiboo.com/~nirva/ nirva@ishiboo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message
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