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I'm trying to get my Harmony remote (the Smart Control one) to exit XBMC by pressing a key on the remote, much like pressing the menu button opens it up. I could have sworn I was able to do this before but I can't find the option now. Basically, I need the "Shutdown" command to be sent, because in XBMC I have that set to exit the app rather than power down the machine. Does anybody know how to get this to work? I tried making a keyboard.xml file but failed to get it to do what I wanted.
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Thanks! The problem, though, is that I have no idea what "some remote key" would be. I can't find a list of harmony remote keys anywhere.
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If you use Plex Player device profile you should be able to map F1, F2 etc. so use those. To make sure, go to myharmony(it's programmed there, right?) and check which buttons are available.
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Bump - anybody able to help with this? I'd really appreciate it!
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By default, the Exit button should take you to the shutdown menu from the home screen. So if you're somewhere else, just hit exit several times till you're at the shutdown menu. If you have one button that directly shuts it down, you're likely to hit it by accident and regret it. At least I would be.
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What I'm trying to do is have XBMC automatically exit when I hit the universal "off" button on the remote. I can make it start by itself when I turn everything on without any issue. The reason I want to do this is so that it eliminates any standing problems from memory leaks and also automatically updates the XBMC library every time I turn on TV.
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That would be cool. Please let us know if you figure out how to do it.
Also, how do you start XBMC when you start the activity on the remote?
Does it also wake up the computer or whatever?
I just hit the menu button and it does both (after I start the activity).
LibreELEC 10.0.4 * ViMediaManager or TinyMediaManager | Raspberry pi 4b
Sharing media from NAS via NFS (optical out to receiver, HDMI to TV) | TV remote with CEC / Bluetooth keyboard