IR remote control of Freebox

[Barcrest]

You can if it sends key presses. There are key presses for volume up and down and a host of other features.

Pesonally i would like a remote to:
Skip track
Pause/Restart Track
Volume Up/Down

I consider these admin type functions that would be nice to do remotely.

[kizer]

Exactly. That way I can insure when there is a party I don't have some idiot playing stuff well at the time nobody wants to hear.

[justtaint]

It emulates key presses, so all that should be easy.

[justtaint]

Isn't that just the luck?  The hard drive I was using for the OS of my jukebox just died.  Fortunately none of my music or videos were on that HD.  I'll have it back up and running as soon as I can find a replacement.  I'll continue to find out what I can control via IR asap.

[kizer]

The exact reason I have 3 drives in my machine.

1. OS
2. MP3's
3. Back up of MP3's mirrored daily using some software.

Why 3? Well my MP3's have nothing to do with my OS so I can move them into another machine anytime and just build the database and Im up and running.

[justtaint]

I'm finally back up and running.  I spent most of last night (Halloween) trying to remember what kind of touchscreen I had (3M) and where the drivers were located.  I ran into that damned MSCAL.OCX error again, I think its related to the fact I'm using Windows XP MCE.  Hopefully this weekend I can get the IR working again as well.  Thank god I wrote my steps down in this thread.

I have two Logitech Harmony remotes and 6 keypads (for IR repeating), so I should be able to control the jukebox from just about anywhere in the house (or garage).  Next step is outputting the video as well, but that's a ways away for me.

[Barcrest]

Yes you can map keys for pretty much anything. Nice work dude...