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Ipod 5g questions about usb host and remote

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LION:
And support remotes in rockbox it is not planned to make at all?

GodEater:
I think I speak for most people when I say we'd love to support them.

The trouble is we don't know how to talk to them - so implementing support for them is not trivial.

LION:
Thanks for understanding! Remotes a convenient thing and Rockbox very convenient thing, it is a pity that they are not compatible. That will have than to endow.  :)

Flid:
Why do you need to talk to the remote?
Obviously, for "special" accessories (ie. iTrips, FM Remotes etc), they require Apple Firmware / Apple Accessory Protocol to do more than just accept an input signal, but for basic remote control capabilities, is there no way for rockbox to receive this remote input signal?? How do other players with functioning remotes work?

http://www.ipodlinux.org/Apple_Accessory_Protocol

GodEater:

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We need to be able to talk to it (or more accurately "hear" it when it talks to us) so that we know what the user is asking to do.

The first player rockbox supported with a remote AFAIK, was the iriver H1x0 series - and the remote took a long time after the initial port. I believe it was, like the rest of the port, completely reverse engineered - which is a time consuming process. It was made easier by there only being one model of remote for the player. I'm given to understand there are a number of them for iPods - making support for them harder to implement.

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