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RE: [WINDOWS] HOW-TO use MCE remote in XBMC under Windows the easy way - juston - 2012-11-23

(2012-11-06, 00:11)TheFonz Wrote: ...is it possible that once inside XBMC the GSB stops mapping to CTRL+ALT+ENTER?...


Hi TheFonz,
Yes I believe this is the case. I changed line 51. of version 2.38 script from:
send, ^!{VK74} ; if XBMC is Active (GSB Home Jump will activate)
to
send ^!{Enter} ; if XBMC is Active (GSB Home Jump will activate)

Reloaded the script. Pressed my GSB and XBMC started (windowed), Pressed it again and XBMC went full screen, logged into a profile, clicked on TV Shows, started a show, pressed the GSB and was taken back to the home screen, and everything worked fine.

You could probably change it to:
send ^!{f5} ; if XBMC is Active (GSB Home Jump will activate)

Because CTRL-ALT-F5 is mapped to XBMC.ActivateWindow(Home) in the Keyboard.xml file already - look for <f5 mod="ctrl,alt">XBMC.ActivateWindow(Home)</f5> <!--Added to support (GSB Home Jump) feature-->.

I have mapped <return mod="ctrl,alt">XBMC.ActivateWindow(Home)</return> <!--Added to support (GSB Home Jump) feature-->. in my keyboard.xml file because the GSB sends the CTRL-ALT-ENTER key sequence.



RE: [WINDOWS] HOW-TO use MCE remote in XBMC under Windows the easy way - hoopsdavis - 2012-12-08

Here's a issue I have, if anyone can help I'd appreciate it.

I have the Microsoft MC Remote everything works fine my main issue is the arrow keys (Left/Right) a few days ago using the arrows would give me the skip backwards about 30 seconds with the "Left' arrow key and skip forward with the right arrow key. somehow both actions stopped so watching live tv is just like watching using a regular tv.

Can anyone help with this?


RE: [WINDOWS] HOW-TO use MCE remote in XBMC under Windows the easy way - Bert02 - 2012-12-13

i have a quick question
i use this remote http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=HP_MCE_Remote
and then setup the hp IR receiver in my harmony remote so it copies the buttons
but i dont actually know what buttons on the remote correspond with windows using your remote setup?



RE: [WINDOWS] HOW-TO use MCE remote in XBMC under Windows the easy way - User 146225 - 2012-12-13

(2012-12-13, 13:19)Bert02 Wrote: i have a quick question
i use this remote http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=HP_MCE_Remote
and then setup the hp IR receiver in my harmony remote so it copies the buttons
but i dont actually know what buttons on the remote correspond with windows using your remote setup?


try this

http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Using_an_MCE_remote_control_in_Windows#Configuring_your_MCE_remote

http://xbmcmce.sourceforge.net/

ShowKey.exe

run it and press your remote buttons. it shows what keys it press



RE: [WINDOWS] HOW-TO use MCE remote in XBMC under Windows the easy way - goofygames - 2012-12-14

This works awesome thanx. I noticed that when unplug the dongle and try to use the internal ir receiver that i lose all the functions of this. Is there any way i can use the internal ir receiver and get all the functions of your setup? I love the way all the buttons are setup and how easy it is to setup. Thanx again.


RE: [WINDOWS] HOW-TO use MCE remote in XBMC under Windows the easy way - Bert02 - 2012-12-15

(2012-12-13, 14:09)riaz1982 Wrote:
(2012-12-13, 13:19)Bert02 Wrote: i have a quick question
i use this remote http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=HP_MCE_Remote
and then setup the hp IR receiver in my harmony remote so it copies the buttons
but i dont actually know what buttons on the remote correspond with windows using your remote setup?


try this

http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Using_an_MCE_remote_control_in_Windows#Configuring_your_MCE_remote

http://xbmcmce.sourceforge.net/

ShowKey.exe

run it and press your remote buttons. it shows what keys it press


sorry that isnt what im looking for, to know what button presses are what i just opened the reg file and it says what button it sends

i just dont know what that command actually does in xbmc...?

these are the commands i dont know what they do in xbmc
Code:
remote button - command it sends - XBMC function
[*]             - Sends "Ctrl-shift-8" - ?
[Print]         - Button on HP remote sends "Ctrl-5" - ?
[Green]            - Sends "L - ?
[Yellow]        - Sends "Ctrl-Y" - ?

also whats the difference between
[OK "return"]
and
[Enter]- Sends "Z"

and
{Clear] - Sends "escape"
[Exit] - Button on HP remote SENDS "Exit"
im guessing they both do the same?
is there a command to use backspace rather than exit(escape)?





RE: [WINDOWS] HOW-TO use MCE remote in XBMC under Windows the easy way - boostinu13 - 2012-12-18

Hello thought it easier to post here. Being 106 pages reading them all would take awhile.
I sort of get some of what is saying, but really I'm hopeless at this stuff. What I mean is

Running Windows 7 64bit
Xbmx 11.0 eden

I am using a 2.4 IRF Media W-01RN remote for m xbmc. It all works fine but wondering how do you remap some of the buttons?
My video takes you to video and My TV says mcekeypress.
I want My video to take me to movies and my tv to take me to tv shows.
Is this possible?

On showkey my tv says (not sure if that helps at all)
<t mod="ctrl,shift">Notification(Key, t, 3)</t>

If this is by doing that keymapping thing... Then what do I type where haha? Apologises if this has been asked, or if this is a stupid question.


RE: [WINDOWS] HOW-TO use MCE remote in XBMC under Windows the easy way - onizuka - 2012-12-30

(2012-11-23, 01:36)juston Wrote:
(2012-11-06, 00:11)TheFonz Wrote: ...is it possible that once inside XBMC the GSB stops mapping to CTRL+ALT+ENTER?...


Hi TheFonz,
Yes I believe this is the case. I changed line 51. of version 2.38 script from:
send, ^!{VK74} ; if XBMC is Active (GSB Home Jump will activate)
to
send ^!{Enter} ; if XBMC is Active (GSB Home Jump will activate)

Reloaded the script. Pressed my GSB and XBMC started (windowed), Pressed it again and XBMC went full screen, logged into a profile, clicked on TV Shows, started a show, pressed the GSB and was taken back to the home screen, and everything worked fine.

You could probably change it to:
send ^!{f5} ; if XBMC is Active (GSB Home Jump will activate)

Because CTRL-ALT-F5 is mapped to XBMC.ActivateWindow(Home) in the Keyboard.xml file already - look for <f5 mod="ctrl,alt">XBMC.ActivateWindow(Home)</f5> <!--Added to support (GSB Home Jump) feature-->.

I have mapped <return mod="ctrl,alt">XBMC.ActivateWindow(Home)</return> <!--Added to support (GSB Home Jump) feature-->. in my keyboard.xml file because the GSB sends the CTRL-ALT-ENTER key sequence.

Want to confirm this worked for one of my setups. Others work fine without this tweak. It may be due to the specific configuration:

Zbox ND22 with ION - Not needed

Dell i5 with discrete GT430 - Not needed

Gateway p7805u (x9100 CPU) with integrated GTS 9800m - Not needed

Custom G640 with integrated Intel Graphics - Needed

All running Win7 Ultimate x64 with Eden


RE: [WINDOWS] HOW-TO use MCE remote in XBMC under Windows the easy way - Hetfiled - 2013-01-08

Hello Elitegamer

is it possible to map a button to open the dialog box "offset subtitles" ?

thanks a lot


RE: [WINDOWS] HOW-TO use MCE remote in XBMC under Windows the easy way - Rhomb - 2013-01-09

I need some help here. I have XBMC installed on a laptop with windows 8. But installing this doesn't do anything. The remote is still configured with its default settings. I used to have Vista before and I could configure it with the mceremote addon. But on W8 neither that addon nor this works at all


RE: [WINDOWS] HOW-TO use MCE remote in XBMC under Windows the easy way - 240hpna - 2013-01-10

Gents,

I am in desperate need of assistance. Here is my setup

XBMC 11 - Eden- Running on a Win 7 64bit.

The PC is an Acer Revo RL70-UR11p - it came with a built in IR receiver and remote. Below is the URL for a picture

http://cdn.avsforum.com/9/9a/9a205376_B006LV3ZS6-01._V140667549_.jpeg

I do see the eHome Infrared Transceiver in device manager and I do have remote control sends keyboard presses enabled in XBMC.

The remote worked right out of the box - except for the Red/Green/Yellow/Blue, Info and search buttons.

I was trying to remap one of those buttons to "alt-f4" in order to close an emulator to return to XBMC. No luck using MCEremote add-on.

So I tried the most recent xbmccustomregis auto install - well the buttons still don't work and now my volume button no longer works in XBMC.

Any help on either front, ie getting my volume buttons working again or remaping to alt-f4 would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Pierre


RE: [WINDOWS] HOW-TO use MCE remote in XBMC under Windows the easy way - originalgabriel - 2013-01-11

Troubleshooting Questions from site:
1. Windows 8 Pro 64bit
2. Microsoft Certified
3. Certified for Windows 7
4. Built-in HTPC receiver
5. N/A
6. Yes
7. I have tried other setups (the MCEremote app within XBMC), however I reverted those changes via the app.
8. Auto-installed v2.60.12
9. N/A
10. v11

I mainly installed this in order to not have to use the keyboard/mouse to get back to XBMC after launcing the Netflix Metro app via Advanced Launcher.

Now, while everything appeared to be working within XBMC, I noticed after launching Netflix that the remote had been controlling the XBMC volume and not the system volume. After a bit of searching I found the fix here.

The larger, lingering problem is that the GSB does not return me to XBMC from the Netflix Metro app; I instead have to use the keyboard to close Netflix ('alt-esc'), then use GSB to re-focus XBMC (which re-focuses but with a blank screen so I have to toggle full-screen off and then on again with the '\').

Needless to say, this isn't quite as clean as I had wanted. Any ideas on a way to fix this short of remapping some keys to 'alt-esc' and '\'?


RE: [WINDOWS] HOW-TO use MCE remote in XBMC under Windows the easy way - originalgabriel - 2013-01-11

(2013-01-10, 03:14)240hpna Wrote: Gents,

I am in desperate need of assistance. Here is my setup

XBMC 11 - Eden- Running on a Win 7 64bit.

The PC is an Acer Revo RL70-UR11p - it came with a built in IR receiver and remote. Below is the URL for a picture

http://cdn.avsforum.com/9/9a/9a205376_B006LV3ZS6-01._V140667549_.jpeg

I do see the eHome Infrared Transceiver in device manager and I do have remote control sends keyboard presses enabled in XBMC.

The remote worked right out of the box - except for the Red/Green/Yellow/Blue, Info and search buttons.

I was trying to remap one of those buttons to "alt-f4" in order to close an emulator to return to XBMC. No luck using MCEremote add-on.

So I tried the most recent xbmccustomregis auto install - well the buttons still don't work and now my volume button no longer works in XBMC.

Any help on either front, ie getting my volume buttons working again or remaping to alt-f4 would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Pierre

First off, since you used the MCEremote first, were you running XBMC as administrator? If not, try uninstalling xbmccustomregis, rebooting and then launching XBMC as administrator and try using MCEremote again. I found that if not running as administrator, XBMC wasn't able to write to the registry.

As far as using xbmccustomregis, since you used MCEremote first; try uninstalling xbmccustomregis, rebooting, going back into XBMC and apply the default MS settings via MCEremote first. Then reboot and try using xbmccustomregis; there may be conflicting registry entries due to having used MCEremote first.

As far as your volume is concerned; I'm pretty sure that the xbmccustomregis controls system volume and not XBMC volume; see if that is happening by trying to adjust volume, minimizing XBMC and seeing if your system volume was changed.




RE: [WINDOWS] HOW-TO use MCE remote in XBMC under Windows the easy way - Hetfiled - 2013-01-12

(2013-01-08, 10:16)Hetfiled Wrote: Hello Elitegamer

is it possible to map a button to open the dialog box "offset subtitles" ?

thanks a lot

Angel


RE: [WINDOWS] HOW-TO use MCE remote in XBMC under Windows the easy way - originalgabriel - 2013-01-13

(2013-01-12, 11:06)Hetfiled Wrote:
(2013-01-08, 10:16)Hetfiled Wrote: Hello Elitegamer

is it possible to map a button to open the dialog box "offset subtitles" ?

thanks a lot

Angel

If there's a keyboard command for that option, then yes.