----- Original Message ----- From: "John Biundo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion about mythtv" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 10:34 PM Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Strange behavior with LIRC for pause button
> Jon Reynolds wrote: > > > Hi John, > > > > Are you saying here that when you press pause that you see two > different codes being transmitted? If so, I had the same problem and had > to map both codes to the pause key on my remote. > > > > Jon > > No, sorry it's confusing to explain. I see the same IR code coming from > irw (in my case, it's the string "ffff022820280004 03 pause mythtv"). > The line prints once if I just press the Pause button once. It prints > multiple times if I hold down the Pause button. > > I guess the gist of the problem is that it appears to require multiple > transmits of the Pause button to trigger Myth to toggle between Play and > Pause. The confusing part, to me, is that not only is irw showing that > the transmission is received multiple times, but you can visually see, > in MythTV, in the little "Play/Pause" on-screen display, that MythTV > itself seems to be receiving the multiple transmissions. And it's only > when it DOES get multiple transmissions that Play/Pause is toggled. A > single press of the button won't toggle it. > > The net effect, to the Remote Control user, is that they feel like they > need to hold down Pause for a few seconds, which is unlike any other > button. And the uncertainty (how long to hold it for? sometimes, if you > hold it too short or too long, the display flickers but doesn't toggle) > makes the operation "uncomfortable". > > Just strange. > > Thanks for the reply. > > Cheers, > john One thing that it might be worth checking is your lircrc file used by myth. You can usually find it in ~/.mythtv/lircrc. Look for the key that you use for pause. Mine looks like this: # Pause begin prog = mythtv button = PAUSE repeat = 3 config = P end and try different values for the 'repeat' setting and see if it makes any difference. Paul _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
