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Feb 25, 2006, 8:37 AM
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Bwaahhahahhaaaaaa!!!!
On Feb 24, 2006, at 10:46 PM, Graham Mitchell wrote:
> > although I can think of a few times I've been kissing my girl on
> the couch while navigating the UI, and
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> > I didn't know if the remote was going anywhere because I could
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> That is just wrong in so many ways…;)
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> From: mythtv-users-bounces [at] mythtv [mailto:mythtv-users-
> bounces [at] mythtv] On Behalf Of Steve Dorsey
> Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 1:05 AM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Button feedback in Myth UI
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> I totally agree. It's not so important in the main interface of
> MythTV, where you get button feedback in the form of menu options
> being highlighted or chosen (although I can think of a few times
> I've been kissing my girl on the couch while navigating the UI, and
> I didn't know if the remote was going anywhere because I could not
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> Audio feedback is a very basic element in any media UI. Optional,
> of course. You'd need to be able to shut it off if it annoys you).
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> I'd be happy to create beep sounds if needed. I work with audio
> and waveforms regularly.
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> On Feb 24, 2006, at 9:52 PM, Dave Hofstra wrote:
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> mine plays those sounds simultaneously, but then I am using the
> default oss device.. Pretty funny how things work different for
> different people...
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> There really should be a button feedback option in the myth setup
> menu at this point, I have a really fast computer, and there is
> still lag when opening mythmusic or something, and it would sure be
> nice to have feedback on the buttonpresses so that you know when
> you hit a keystroke.
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> On 2/24/06, Steve Dorsey <info [at] dorseygraphics> wrote:
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> your solution works great, except that it does not beep when I FFWD
> or RW during playback or live TV. The aplay app stores the
> keypresses and plays them back when I jump back into a MythTV menu.
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> beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep
> beep beep beep beep
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> heh - pretty funny.
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> On Feb 24, 2006, at 2:25 PM, Dave Hofstra wrote:
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> Per something I found on the wiki somewhere, in the 'General' setup
> section you can put something like "aplay -q /path/to/sound/file/
> soundfile.wav" in the 'keypress application' area. This is a hack,
> but now that I have done it it works quite well. Note that I had
> to restart the frontend application to notice the change. Also
> note that it works for LIRC keypresses, not the ones on the keyboard.
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> The knoppmyth link led me to a thread with some pretty cool sounds,
> but they were a little obtrusive while browsing music.
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> I use the mediaportal software for myth-like functionality on my M$
> Laptop. Mediaportal ( http://www.team-mediaportal.com/) has a
> really nice little click sound for their cursor movements. I tried
> it in myth and it works beautifully.
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> You can download thier butcher 2 theme at http://www.team-
> mediaportal.com/component/option,com_remository/Itemid,35/
> func,select/id,11/
> and find the cursor.wav file in the sound directory (it is the same
> sound as in the main program's theme, just a smaller download.)
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> I will also host the file for anyone that is too lazy, but please
> email me right away if you think it is some kind of violation. I
> dont think so cuz the project is open-source, and the dev's have
> been nice to me with other things in the past.
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> http://lisadaveh.home.comcast.net/myxer/cursor.wav
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> let me know what you think about possibly putting this in the
> wiki. I suppose I could ask permission from one of the MediaPortal
> dev's and see if they'd allow our wiki to host the file or something.
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> Dave Hofstra
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> On 2/22/06, Steve Dorsey < info [at] dorseygraphics> wrote:
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> Hello
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> Is there a way to assign a beep sound to the button selections in
> the MythTV UI? So that when I select items in a menu, I get a
> "click" or "beep"? I loved this feature in my Tivo because I got
> audible confirmation when I pressed a button (very handy when forward-
> searching using 3 speeds of search).
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> I'd be happy to create some nice audio files to use for this
> feature if need be.
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> Thanks,
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