FormacDVB Bluetooth Remote
Control Formac's DVB-T Software with Salling Clicker
Now that I have this nifty Formac watchandgo DVB-T card in my Powerbook I was quite disappointed that Formac's bluetooth remote control doesn't work with my SonyEricsson mobile. So I've written a tiny basic Salling Clicker script that should work with the FormacDVB software. Hope it's useful for some of you fellow Mac users out there.
- Numeric keys (0-9) skip directly to channels 1–99.
- Press More/Menu to access further actions (like channel information, recordings, TimeShift, play/pause, Live TV, mouse control, full screen etc.).
- Hit »C« key to start and stop recording.
- Click select key to pause / play (TimeShift).
# – Volume Up
* – Volume Down
^ – Up one channel
v – Down one channel
< – Switch to Full Screen
> – ESC, switch back to normal size
C – start/stop recording
Menu/More – view available channel information.
Download: FormacDVB Remote (DMG, 212 KB, German/English)
Warning: Don't use if you haven't at least Salling Clicker 3.0.1 (the upgrade from version 2.x is free), Mac OS X 10.4 and FormacDVB installed.
By the way: The Powerbook was also built for usage with closed displays. You can use your PB with the display closed even with inserted watchandgo-PCMCIA-card over S-VHS (TV) or DVI-Out (video beamer): Your mobile with Salling Clicker wakes the PB up (via bluetooth), the screen is sent to canvas or TV = external display. You have to enable bluetooth devices to wake up the computer in the Bluetooth System Preferences. Space saving – good looking ;)
Update: Last night I added a menu so you can access and control further FormacDVB actions straight away from your sofa or lazy-chair like:
- start and stop recordings (read the readme.txt)
- pause and play a.k.a. TimeShift
- view (current and all) channel information
- adjust 4 screen sizes (from a quarter to full screen) etc.
You can now also start and stop a recording directly from the main screen by pressing »C«. Have fun!
Update II: FormacDVB Remote gibt's jetzt auch in einer deutschsprachigen Version.
Update III: Added menu item »Mouse Control«. Sometimes it could be useful to be able to control the mouse cursor out of FormacDVB Remote.
Update IV: Added menu item »Live TV«. When you used TimeShift to pause and then play a channel, you can e.g. switch to live view within the ad block or out of the movie browser.
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Malte, this is my favorite widget. But unfortunately I can only control the widget via bluetooth, not FormacDVB.
wow, works like a a charm and better than the original! Thanks, Marcus!
j@nus
Hm, dein Script scheint zwar was aufzunehmen, aber wenn ich ide Aufnahme beende wird sie nicht gespeichert?
Doch, sie wird automatisch als »Formac-Video« gesichert. Und zwar im Aufnahmeordner, den du in den FormacDVB-Voreinstellungen definieren kannst; normalerweise dein Desktop oder Filme-Ordner. Steht auch in der Readme ;)
Autsch, steht ja ganz oben in der readme.txt, vielleicht schreibst du das auch hier rein: "Your recordings are automagically named »Formac-Video«. You find them in the recordings folder which is assigned in FormacDVB's preferences (usually your movies folder or desktop)."
Yo, den Aufnahmetimer hab' ich tatsächlich schon in der Mache, hat aber noch ein paar Bugs. An den EPG kommt man wohl ohne GUI-Scripting nicht ran; das finde ich etwas unelegant. Dafür empfehle ich das Fernsehen-Widget mit Bluetooth-Fernbedienung; damit kann man durch das TVToday-Programm blättern. Es hat auch eingeschränkte Formac-Unterstützung (z.Zt. Version 1.7), aber da wird sich sicher auch noch einiges tun ;)
Tolles Script, mein Kompliment!
Waere es denn moeglich zwischen den Aufnahmen und LiveTV zu switchen? Bin mitllerweile (auch dank deines Scriptes :P Schaem dich :D!) zu faul geworden um fuer sowat aufzustehen :D
Vielen Dank, mach weiter so!
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