[NTLUG:Discuss] XMMS Remote Control?

[MadHat]

On Wed, 2003-02-12 at 11:35, Jack Snodgrass wrote:
> Say that I have XMMS ( or some other 'player' ) that is
> playing a bunch of mp3s.
> 
> I have this minimized on my desktop or on a different
> work space ( the window does not have focus... this
> is important )
> 
> I want to be able to use a remote control device to
> send input to the player ( repeat, next, stop, etc )
> 
> 
> I can do all of this with my mouse, but I have to:
> 1) bring up the XMMS player.
> 2) use the mouse to find the control I want to use
> 3) click the mouse
> 4) minmize XMMS
> 
> I want to
> 1) pick up a external remote
> 2) press a button on the remote
> 
> Is this possible? Am I 'dreaming'?
> 

In theory, if you have an IR receiver, you can use lirc
http://www.lirc.org/

> One possible solution ( that I wish to avoid )
> is hava a external device ( like a web pad )
> that I can run xmms commands on. i.e. I'd
> use my web pad to connect to my linux box ( via
> the network ) and bring up some sort of XMMS
> menu and control it that way. That seems like
> more programming/work/setup than an remote
> control device.
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