external play,stop,etc buttons for linux server
i want to build external play,stop,next,previous,pause buttons for my linux server..
i'm playing my music from my server and i don't want to allways go to my laptop if i want to change next song (or something). so now i'm asking that is it hard to build those buttons and how i can program those buttons for that use ? ps. sorry for my bad english |
You might try getting a usb wireless remote. I cannot remember the name of the program to run them on linux, but if you look around mythtv it is listed with its install instructions.
Lazlow try: http://www.lirc.org/ |
ok thats not what i want.. i want to build new buttons connected from serial port (or something) to my server and control my players like xmms..
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Except for the being wireless that is what I posted above is.
lazlow |
i dont want wireless version :D
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Hi,
Don't know specifically what you've got, but I've made myself a jukebox aswell. I've got a remote control using LIRC, and what I was planning... As I'm not using a keyboard for it (as a server, without keyboard monitor etc), I've ripped apart a keyboard, plugged that in, and you can wire a switch to the right points, and then just have a little program that detects key presses, you can have 104 or something buttons, it's just a case of figuring out which wire goes where to simulate which button. You can even have caps lock as mute and have the little light mounted on the front aswell :D Apart from that, the only way I know is to use a remote and glue it onto the front :P harsh, but hey. |
If you want to stay wired, why not just buy a keyboard extension cord and program the Function keys?
lazlow |
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