Tony Houghton wrote: >> If you want to rely on existing stuff, maybe you can use the remote >> plugin from Oliver Endriss for your needs - it supports tty control and >> telnet control. > > That sounds like the best idea. If I wrote my own plugin I'd probably > just be effectively duplicating the telnet interface that's already > there. It's well-supported (including a Debian package) and I was > already using its input device functionality before for the Hauppauge > remote. It never occurred to me to look for its telnet interface. The telnet interface is more than just a key-input device, it also displays a text replication of the OSD menus and standard dialogs. But you can redirect that to /dev/null of course. Cheers, Udo
