If you open /dev/ir you'll get button codes as well as IR - both get decoded. Read 4 bytes at a time, though.

We don't fear a better open source player because we believe we could stay significantly ahead - and time is of the essence with digital audio technology now: 12 months is an age in this market.

Basically, for reasons that shall become apparent in the near future, we don't belive it is in our best interests to open-source the player. As it is at the moment, our dedicated team can advance the quality and featureset of the player faster than it would happen outside - there's a very steep learning curve. It's useful to be able to make unilateral design changes as needed during this stage of development, something which is hard when the source is being worked on by many.

We're also in the position that we can't make the units fast enough as it is. We don't want to get even more people in line if we can help it. If it comes to pass that we believe we *can* gain market share by releasing the source, we'll definitely consider it.

Hugo