[deresistance]

I find a lot of threads on remote controls of XBMC so I apologize if I overlooked this topic.

My setup is simple Dual screens on windows 8.1 with XBMC 12.2 running on screen 2. I use a Rosewill RRC-126 remote control. Everything works great, remote works fine, most buttons work (ill fix the rest later). However I want the remote to work when XBMC is NOT in focus. Example I am using my primary screen web browser and I pick up the remote to change something in XBMC. The only way is to take focus of the window then it works fine.

Is there an easy fix for this? I assume the remote would have to NOT send keyboard strokes. Maybe reprogram the button to send a URL control to XBMC's web service?

Thanks in advance

[baijuxavior]

Use eventghost. Add MCE and XBMC plugin and you can control xbmc even if the window is not in focus.

[deresistance]

Thanks baijuxavior that helped a ton. After some clean up I got it to remove the keyboard registry and making it deal with xbmc directly without focus works like a champ. Few things to pan out like holding the button down to repeat the command. I appreciate your help