[vdr] [ANNOUNCE] VDR developer version 1.3.31

[Tony Houghton]

In <20050831140707.GC3149 at localhost.localdomain>, Marko Mäkelä wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 04:33:25PM +0300, Chris Ariyo wrote:
> > I have experienced a strange problem after upgrading to 1.3.31.
> > The remote key repeat is so fast that I haven't succeeded to change 
> > channels reasonably.
> > A single press of any key gives two presses. I have tried to track the 
> > problem down without any success.
> 
> I assume you're using the remote control unit bundled with the Hauppauge
> Nova-T PCI 90002.  I tried the vdr-remote plugin quite some time ago,
> before switching from dxr3 output to softdevice output on DirectFB.

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> If you are interested in trying softdevice-dfb on the Nova-T, see my patches
> at http://www.funet.fi/~msmakela/software/vdr/.  Current
> DirectFB doesn't distinguish key-press and key-repeat events.

I know lirc has/had that problem with devinput remotes like the Nova-T
one so I patched it, but I haven't used lirc for a long time, nor VDR's
remote plugin. I didn't realise VDR could access the remote via
softdevice/DirectFB too.

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