Hey everyone!

I have recently been developing a kernel extension that can emulate the HID control reports that the Apple IR Controller sends to the system. I have been able to get it to work for some commands, but there are still a few bugs that I need to work out. I hope to have it done and working very soon!

I'd rather not make a release yet as one of the bugs limits what you can actually control with it. I don't want bad copies circulating until I have something that actually does what it is supposed to do.

Thanks goes to eveyone that has sent me AppleIRController HID information as I wouldn't have gotten so far without it (I don't have a remote)! I hope to release this to the community very soon. I will be posting the status of this project as things develop.

Cheers,

bholland

i dont understand ? this is for generic IR remote used for PC?

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1) C2D E2160@3Ghz | MoBo: ASUS P5E-VM DO | Chipset: ICH9 | No Onboard LAN Intel | Wifi: NetGear WPN311 (recognized as Airport Extreme) | Sound: ALC883 but no 5.1 ch atm | Memory: 2 Gb RAM | Geforce 8600 GT 256 MB/CE/QI | HD: SATA 160GB | DVD : Pioneer 111L 40X/16X | OSX 10.5.2 pc efi v8

2) C2D E6600@3.53Ghz | MoBo: ASUS P5K | Wifi: RT2500USB | Sound: Onboard ALC883 | Memory: 2 Gb RAM | GeForce 8800GT 512 MB/CE/QI | HD: SAMSUNG SATA-II 500GB | DVD : Pioneer 111L 40X/16X | OSX 10.5.2 pc efi v8

This is actually a software that transform key code from your keyboard to Apple Remote, so you can control AppleTV Finder.app on Macpro and Hackintosh.

This is great. Can't wait to get this working on my Mac Pro thanks for the hard work on this guys.

the frontrowpass.kext does this also no?

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1) C2D E2160@3Ghz | MoBo: ASUS P5E-VM DO | Chipset: ICH9 | No Onboard LAN Intel | Wifi: NetGear WPN311 (recognized as Airport Extreme) | Sound: ALC883 but no 5.1 ch atm | Memory: 2 Gb RAM | Geforce 8600 GT 256 MB/CE/QI | HD: SATA 160GB | DVD : Pioneer 111L 40X/16X | OSX 10.5.2 pc efi v8

2) C2D E6600@3.53Ghz | MoBo: ASUS P5K | Wifi: RT2500USB | Sound: Onboard ALC883 | Memory: 2 Gb RAM | GeForce 8800GT 512 MB/CE/QI | HD: SAMSUNG SATA-II 500GB | DVD : Pioneer 111L 40X/16X | OSX 10.5.2 pc efi v8

frontrowpass.kext is just a kext that fake/simulate the presence of an Apple Remote.

Front Row 1.3 (on Mac) is already working with keyboard without any hack.

Front Row 2.0 (on appleTV) is "only" working with the Apple Remote, though i have found support of keyboard/mouse and tablet in the AppleTV Finder code.

Bholland work is a "on the fly" keyboard<>Apple Remote translator/emulator.

XianLi, could you share your findings(regarding to support of keyboard, mouse and tablet in the AppleTV Finder code)? It'll be really helpful for hackint0sh users as well! I can launch and quit AppleTV Finder (FrontRow 2.0) on my hackint0sh, and that's all, cannot control it with my keyboard and/or mouse. Could you?

bholland, really cool news waiting for! please keep on doing your great work, thanks in advance.

Anything going on yet with this or is it a dead issue?

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Mac Pro
One 16x SuperDrive
Apple Keyboard and Mighty Mouse
1GB (2 x 512MB)
Two 2.66GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon
250GB 7200-rpm SATA 3Gb/s
250GB 7200-rpm PATA
Mac OS X - U.S. English
NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT 256MB (single-link DVI/dual-link DVI)

iPhone
8 GB Flash Drive
Series 7 Multi-Touch Screen

Vey much so not a dead issue! I wen't away for easter weekend so I havn't been able to work on it. Sarting Monday I will start working on it again. I think I found the bug in the play button and I did a rewrite of one of the vital parts of the driver. I will try and have it done soon. Regards,

bholland
http://www.brandon-holland.com

Good to hear from you, bholland! Thanks for working so hard on this...