Re: TI-H: OT: But still has to do with programming (not TI, though)
[Prev][Next][Index][Thread]
Re: TI-H: OT: But still has to do with programming (not TI, though)
>Hello!
>I've been trying to make up a sort-of portable/car mp3 player lately, using
>some spare parts around my house... I found that I had enough to make up a
>computer using a P133, using an old (32x, maybe not that old) CD-ROM drive,
>and a bootable CD-RW disc. I got the system written to the CD, and it loads
>nicely without there being a hard drive (I can literally go over any terrain
>now, and not worry about a hard drive going *bang*bang* over speed bumps
>doing 50mph. But, I'm having a problem with the remote & LCD display unit. I
>was trying the other day, to make a TSR program that would control the LCD
>display, and also the input from the remote, yet still be able to play the
>player in the background. The TSR would of course need to read approx. 5
>digits(xx:xx) from the screen for the current track/file time and output
>that to the display. I got the ID3 tags implemented so I get the Artist,
>track title, etc. and it'll display them on the LCD. I also got the remote
>down, so I can tell which button is pressed. (only 4 luckily) But, how would
>I implement it so I can get the player to run, and my little "remote
>control" program to work at the same time? I do know that the player will
>accept input codes from the keyboard buffer, pretending that that remote is
>a keyboard and putting data into the buffer, but how would I put info into
>it? All of my code is in C++ for DOS, (no, not linux... oh well..) and any
>help/code snippets/ideas/non flames would be greatly appreciated. I figured
>that this would be a good place to start, with all the programming info
>that's been getting passed around lately. Yes, this is an OT topic, and I'd
>like to keep it that way. Just email me any help.
Sounds like a scenario where AppleScript saves the day.
Follow-Ups:
References: