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• Re: Remote with Foobar...I can with my HP laptop - Dynaudio_Rules 09:36:48 02/21/07 (1)
  In Reply to: Remote with Foobar posted by fmak on February 20, 2007 at 08:35:38:

  I can control Foobar with my laptop remote. Everything except opening the library and choosing CD files to play. But I can do next, forward, rev, stop, play, and vol.

  But I am sure someone can develop a plug-in for remote usage like JRiver.
  
  

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  • Love my HP laptop - Dynaudio_Rules 18:32:59 02/22/07 (0)
    In Reply to: Re: Remote with Foobar...I can with my HP laptop posted by Dynaudio_Rules on February 21, 2007 at 09:36:48:

    I love this laptop...I got 2 gigs of RAM inside dual AMD processors and reduced the number of processes its running to give all its power to what I want the most. Vista is cool but I like playing Foobar better. I can use my remote that has a slide in tray on the side when I dont need it and the sound is great.

    All I need to do now is upgrade my battery. This is truely and Entertainment PC.
    
    

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• Re: Remote with Foobar - Dawnrazor 23:39:11 02/20/07 (0)
  In Reply to: Remote with Foobar posted by fmak on February 20, 2007 at 08:35:38:

  Easy, use usb "presenter remote and create hotkeys in Foobar.
  

  • http://db.audioasylum.com/cgi/m.mpl?forum=pcaudio&n=16749&highlight=foobar+remote&r=&session=   (Open in New Window)

  
  

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• Re: Remote with Foobar - Lynn 20:00:38 02/20/07 (1)
  In Reply to: Remote with Foobar posted by fmak on February 20, 2007 at 08:35:38:

  The most flexible remote on the market is firefly. Using RF, not IR and has a respectable range. Completely programmable with XML for any application and has a foobar preset.
  
  

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  • Re: Remote with Foobar - fmak 09:31:27 02/21/07 (0)
    In Reply to: Re: Remote with Foobar posted by Lynn on February 20, 2007 at 20:00:38:

    I tried buying one online. The unit is $49, shipping is $50 USPS. How silly can they get!

    Any suggestion on how to buiy one elsewhere?
    
    

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• Re: Same here. - Aleksunder 17:19:00 02/20/07 (4)
  In Reply to: Remote with Foobar posted by fmak on February 20, 2007 at 08:35:38:

  I have a Hauppauge digital TV card (I know, in the same machine that plays my music - surely not!), and all the relevant IR-remote functions work with WinDVD, Windows Media Player etc' - but with Foobar, only the previous, next and stop functions .

  I would love to be able to map the rest to Foobar.
  
  

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  • Re: Same here. - Dawnrazor 23:53:14 02/20/07 (3)
    In Reply to: Re: Same here. posted by Aleksunder on February 20, 2007 at 17:19:00:

    Can you set up hotkeys in Foobar preferences?
    
    

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    • Re: Same here. - Aleksunder 14:42:34 02/21/07 (2)
      In Reply to: Re: Same here. posted by Dawnrazor on February 20, 2007 at 23:53:14:

      Indeed you can.

      Now you mention it, is it simply a matter of finding out what those keys are in WinDVD/WMP (I've never used hotkeys with either), and then change Foobar's to the same?
      
      

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      • Re: Same here. - Dawnrazor 16:43:01 02/21/07 (1)
        In Reply to: Re: Same here. posted by Aleksunder on February 21, 2007 at 14:42:34:

        It is somewhat easier.

        You can have Foobar react the way YOU want it to when certain buttons are pressed.

        Go to preferences and hotkeys and create a new one.

        YOu will have to pick an operation like mute, or volume up, etc.

        Once you do this, there should be a blank space where one would normally type in a key or sequence of keys. All you do is press the button on the remote, and it should put some input into this box. NOw when that button is pressed, Foobar will do what ever you told it to do when that button is pressed.

        There is also a check box to make a hot key global. If checked, it means that Foobar will do the activity when that button is pressed, whether it is an active window or not. All the hot keys I have done needed to be global.

        Note that this only works if the remote you have creates codes that mimic keystrokes. The USB remotes I have used all had buttons that did this, but some would do other commands that were not keystrokes, so those buttons wouldn't work.
        
        

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        • Re: Thanks! - Aleksunder 04:30:56 02/22/07 (0)
          In Reply to: Re: Same here. posted by Dawnrazor on February 21, 2007 at 16:43:01:

          I'll give it a go later today, and report back.
          
          

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• A few options - Christine Tham 14:33:26 02/20/07 (0)
  In Reply to: Remote with Foobar posted by fmak on February 20, 2007 at 08:35:38:

  If you want to reuse the media centre remote, try something called Hip (www.byremote.com.au) - it's free.

  If you want to be more sophisticated, try something called girder (www.promixis.com) which you have to pay for.

  There's also imon (www.soundgraph.com) - it doesn't have native support for foobar, but you can easily reconfigure the keys.
  
  

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