This daemon monitors when the button on the headset is pressed and makes the media player pause the playing song.

Download: Attached.

Install instructions :

1. Install deb.
2. Run Media player or Canola.
3. Play a track.
4. Press headset button.
5. Enjoy as song pauses.
6. If you wish, edit /usr/lib/hsetctrl/hsetctrl.py to change the program it runs.

Credits:

• Brendan Smithyman for the original python code to do this with a Bluetooth headset and the xte binary. (http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...d.php?p=168236)
• koos_ for providing a sample dbus_send for osso_media_server which I changed heavily to match the pause event
• The kagu guys who already have this implemented in their brilliant media player. (I took some code from there :/): http://kagumedia.com/projects/kagu/b.../kagu/maemo.py
• jgallen23 for SlideLock (some files/installer stuff taken from there): http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...ad.php?t=19386
• /me for putting all this together and finding the dbus stuff (ok some) and fixing little bugs and using dbus instead of xte

Media players supported by the default configuration:

• The built-in, included media player with OS2008.
• Canola*

"Configurations" available:
Default - This config uses dbus-send to send a pause message to the osso-media-server. So this config would only work with those players that use osso-media-server.
MPlayer - This one uses key-presses sent via xte to manipulate mplayer. Pressing the headset button will send a Return key press and pause the playing video.

Your Own. - Make your own command run when you press the button. If your program can be controlled by dbus, run dbus-monitor and make a dbus-send command. Or if by key presses, find out which one and make xte send that key press. Also, for example, on the bitsmithy website, there is a command to run flite to speak the time.

The original script to do this with a Bluetooth headset used xte to control the built in media player. I replaced that xte command with the dbus one as it didn't require focus to be on the media player window.
I don't really have an easy way to switch so edit /usr/bin/hsetctrl.py as root, manually. I've put comments in the file.

*For canola, it only works for playing/pausing the music by default as that uses osso-media-server. Movies won't work for example because that uses mplayer. But it wouldn't be hard to find the key press event and make the headset-control app run that instead.

(BTW. If anyone is into headset modding, grab the kernel source and look at retu-headset.c)

(If you get unable to install (it probably won't say that but for me it does (with EVERY program that adds something to init), do this:
sudo gainroot
mv /etc/rc2.d/S99hsetctrl /etc/rc2.d/S99hsetctrl1
apt-get -f install
mv /etc/rc2.d/S99hsetctrl1 /etc/rc2.d/S99hsetctrl
)

EDIT: Version 0.2 uploaded. Little bugs fixed.