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- NickSoapdish - 2011-02-04 17:43
I have a general question on button mapping, specifically I am trying to get the controls in XBMC to work similarly to how Windows Media Center remotes work (currently migrating away from WMC to XBMC and this will help a lot with the WAF).
I was very impressed that I can now fast forward and rewind in the video player in XBMC, but is there a particular key I can map to the Harmony for the |< and >| buttons to make the video jump ahead and jump back a few seconds (how they behaved in WMC). In looking over the Global Keyboard settings for XBMC I am using the Period and Comma, but I'm not certain this will achieve the same effect.
Also, what button can I use on the "Back" button (arrow button). In MCE the back button took you one step back from where you were. Is this the same as using Backspace in XBMC?
Thanks for any clarification anyone can give.
One more thing I just thought of - in MCE you could press the play button on the remote and see the progress of the video playing (how long the video was, how far along you were and the time of day in the upper corner). I found this to be very useful and was wondering if it could be reproduced in XBMC. I may be out of luck with the time of day displaying, but is there a way to get the status of the video length/how much has played when pushing the play button?
- NickSoapdish - 2011-02-04 17:46
Ah, damn. Meant to edit my post on why I wanted to use the SE Keyboard, not create a new entry entireally. My bad.
I'm interested in using the SE keyboard type because from what I have read it may better support the power on/off options that I want to use to wake up/ put the PC to sleep. I haven't had an opportunity to test out my settings as of right now just using the MCE Keyboard so I'm not sure on what will happen with my current set up.
- hick - 2011-02-05 18:55
AWESOME!!!!!!!!
Now how do I set up the additional buttons? I figure
Movies TV
Music Picutres
- vanOert - 2011-02-05 19:30
hick Wrote:AWESOME!!!!!!!!
Now how do I set up the additional buttons? I figure
Movies TV
Music Picutres
http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Keymap.xml#Actions
Refer to your keymap XML, map some keys to:
XBMC.ActivateWindow(MyVideos) Go to My Videos.
XBMC.ActivateWindow(MyMusic) Go to My Music.
XBMC.ActivateWindow(MyPictures) Go to My Pictures.
Then map those keys in your harmony config.
- hick - 2011-02-05 19:41
vanOert Wrote:http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Keymap.xml#ActionsI am running 10.0 if it helps.
Refer to your keymap XML, map some keys to:
XBMC.ActivateWindow(MyVideos) Go to My Videos.
XBMC.ActivateWindow(MyMusic) Go to My Music.
XBMC.ActivateWindow(MyPictures) Go to My Pictures.
Then map those keys in your harmony config.
I do not see how to go dirrectly to Movies or TV though, I do not want to go to the base videos.
- mad-max - 2011-02-05 22:54
here you go:
Code:
<g>ActivateWindow(VideoLibrary,TvShowTitles,return))</g>
<h>ActivateWindow(VideoLibrary,MovieTitles,return))</h>
<k>ActivateWindow(MusicLibrary,Artists,return)</k>
<l>ActivateWindow(VideoLibrary,MusicVideoTitles,return)</l>- bodhi - 2011-02-05 23:35
NickSoapdish Wrote:One more thing I just thought of - in MCE you could press the play button on the remote and see the progress of the video playing (how long the video was, how far along you were and the time of day in the upper corner). I found this to be very useful and was wondering if it could be reproduced in XBMC. I may be out of luck with the time of day displaying, but is there a way to get the status of the video length/how much has played when pushing the play button?
In XBMC, it's the key "i" on the keyboard. You also might want to try "info" on the MCE remote. Make sure that the MCE SE "i" is mapped to the remote "info" key.
- ThomasR - 2011-02-06 00:30
When I wake up from Suspend it launches Media Center, which minimizes XBMC. I can't figure out what is triggering this. I have to hook up a keyboard to kill Media Center everytime.
Help. Thanks.
- hick - 2011-02-06 01:39
Look in media center settings for open on startup.
- tormi - 2011-02-07 20:46
ThomasR Wrote:When I wake up from Suspend it launches Media Center, which minimizes XBMC. I can't figure out what is triggering this. I have to hook up a keyboard to kill Media Center everytime.
Help. Thanks.
Go to this thread and use the Green Button thingy : http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=78179&page=42
I programmed the Guide button on my Harmony One and it works all the time. The guide is very good and EliteGamer is very helpful.