2005-07-26, 16:03
i got tired of putting down my xbox dvd remote and grabbing my controller because it could do more with xbmc... so i got to tweaking with the keymap.xml
i'm sure there's a lot of people out there who have tuned theirs and may think this topic is stupid... but if even one person ends up happy because they gained volume and scroll on their remote, i'll be happy.
i'll skim over the changes, and link to the file... then you can pick out what (if any) mappings you want to use, or the whole thing.
volume up/down:
on the dvd remote, four and seven are now globally volumeup and volumedown respectively. (these are over-ridden when appropriate)
scroll up/down:
also on the dvd remote, six and nine are now globally scrollup and scrolldown respectively. (these are over-ridden when appropriate)
shutdown menu:
on the home screen, menu on the remote, and back on the controller bring up the shutdown menu.
submenu:
also on the home screen, back on the remote, and black on the controller bring up the submenu used in chokemaniacs project mayhem skins (on skins based on those).
switch to playlist:
eight on the remote switches to the 'now playing...' playlist. (quicker than context menu).
moving playlist entries:
two and five on the remote now move entries in the playlist up and down respectively.
(was previously 3 and 9)
onscreen keyboard:
skipminus moves the cursor left.
skipplus moves the cursor right.
pause presses the shift key.
stop switches to symbols.
(shift doesn't work with txt-like remote input though
)
kai interface:
title moves left a page.
info moves right a page.
(could probably have used better buttons like 1 and 3, but title and info are easier to tap while navigating using the directional buttons.
these mappings have made things a lot easier for me, and i hope they help more people out too... feel free to use the entire file, use part of it (i definately suggest the volume part), or just sling insults at me.
note: if you use the volume and/or scroll mappings, make sure you add "<one>number1</one>" etc to numericinput and virtualkeyboard.
you can download this keymap file here.
save as keymap.xml in your xbmc directory, or simply peek inside to see what you can use.
feedback? am i ignorant to over-ride the numerics and player buttons at times? better suggestions?
i'm sure there's a lot of people out there who have tuned theirs and may think this topic is stupid... but if even one person ends up happy because they gained volume and scroll on their remote, i'll be happy.
i'll skim over the changes, and link to the file... then you can pick out what (if any) mappings you want to use, or the whole thing.
volume up/down:
on the dvd remote, four and seven are now globally volumeup and volumedown respectively. (these are over-ridden when appropriate)
scroll up/down:
also on the dvd remote, six and nine are now globally scrollup and scrolldown respectively. (these are over-ridden when appropriate)
shutdown menu:
on the home screen, menu on the remote, and back on the controller bring up the shutdown menu.
submenu:
also on the home screen, back on the remote, and black on the controller bring up the submenu used in chokemaniacs project mayhem skins (on skins based on those).
switch to playlist:
eight on the remote switches to the 'now playing...' playlist. (quicker than context menu).
moving playlist entries:
two and five on the remote now move entries in the playlist up and down respectively.
(was previously 3 and 9)
onscreen keyboard:
skipminus moves the cursor left.
skipplus moves the cursor right.
pause presses the shift key.
stop switches to symbols.
(shift doesn't work with txt-like remote input though
)kai interface:
title moves left a page.
info moves right a page.
(could probably have used better buttons like 1 and 3, but title and info are easier to tap while navigating using the directional buttons.
these mappings have made things a lot easier for me, and i hope they help more people out too... feel free to use the entire file, use part of it (i definately suggest the volume part), or just sling insults at me.
note: if you use the volume and/or scroll mappings, make sure you add "<one>number1</one>" etc to numericinput and virtualkeyboard.
you can download this keymap file here.
save as keymap.xml in your xbmc directory, or simply peek inside to see what you can use.
feedback? am i ignorant to over-ride the numerics and player buttons at times? better suggestions?
