steford Wrote:I'd like to add my experiences on getting the Cyberlink cheap remote (£5.99 Play.com) set up for use with XBMC using EventGhost.
Steford, I have one of these remotes and I started to try and set it up for XBMC last night. The remote that came with my Silverstone case using the iMon software is next to useless.
I have read your short tutorial for setting up this remote but being new to this whole scene (and Eventghost), it is all a little confusing.
If you (or anyone else who uses this software) could help a little it would be greatly appreciated.
I appologise in advance for being "dim"?
steford Wrote:I used this site for the basics and added 3 Mouse HID device plugins in XBMC giving them separate prefixes of 1, 2 and 3.
When you say "in XBMC" do you mean the folder for XBMC within the Eventghost set up? If so, I cant see how to do this. There doesn't seem to be a plugin for "HID Mouse".
steford Wrote:It's now worth going through every button on the remote and seeing what event it triggers in Eventghost so you'll have a nice list on the left which can be dragged to wherever you like when creating actions. I jotted down the corresponding event on the chart from the site above.
I tried using the advice from that site but just got confused when it referred to saving .dll files and exe files in the folders within mediaportal. I couldn't see any corresponding folder to use in XBMC.
steford Wrote:In Eventghost it was then just a matter of adding a macro to catch a remote keypress (drag the event across from the left) and emulating a keystroke eg the Play button on the remote is detected as "2.Button.1" which should emulate a "p" key for use in XBMC. This was repeated for each button that wasn't seen as a keypress - only 12 buttons for my setup. I made a folder called "Remote" in the "Context Folder" to house all this to keep it neat. The XML export is below
I have copied the XML you quoted, thanks, and created an xml file with this in but cannot see how, or where to import this into Evenghost.
steford Wrote:Hope this helps someone get into EventGhost which can seem quite daunting at first and utilise cheap remote hardware.
You're not kidding.
I know I'm asking a lot but could someone please help? :o
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