[jhsrennie]

@argh!: is your remote a VRC-1100? I ask because this remote generates a # keypress by sending alt-numpad 3 then 5 i.e. hold down the alt key and type 35 on the numeric keypad.

If so, XBMC can't handle characters generated by this method, but you can map an action to alt-5 and the end result will work i.e. pressing the # button will execute whatever action you've mapped to alt-5.

The * button on the VRC-1100 sends a numpad * keypress. XBMC v10.1 interprets this as an "8" keypress because * and 8 share the same key. The current development builds, and in due course v11.0, handle this correctly so you can map an action to <numpadtimes>.

JR

[argh!]

Well, the actual remote I'm using is a Logitech Harmony 650, but yes, a VCR-1100 is programmed as the MCE remote.

I'm just trying to get single keypresses for 'ShowSubtitles' and 'NextSubtitle', and I currently do not use my "Guide" and "E" Harmony remote buttons.

I find that i almost never use the number buttons, so I don't mind losing number8.

Okay I changed these lines in my keyboard.xml, but I get no change. Guide (*) still does nothing, and E (#) still only brings up that Total/Elapsed time thing at teh top of the screen. Yet i see no duplicates for those keys in my keyboard.xml. I also removed the original reference to "number8" yes, I'm using the .xml in the Userdata folder

Changes:

<number8>ShowSubtitles</number8>
<number5 mod="alt">NextSubtitle<number5>

I can only assume that binding with the ALT key is the same as ctrl and shift, so I followed the same method... but clearly, I'm doing something wrong.


I love XBMC to bits, but getting over some of these hurdles get frustrating. Yay for this awesome and helpful community.

[jhsrennie]

Grab KeyMapEdit from http://xbmcmce.sourceforge.net/ to make editing keymaps easier.

As it happens I use a VRC-1100 receiver with a Hamrony 300, so my setup is very similar to yours. The keymap I use is:

Code:

<keymap>
  <global>
    <keyboard>
      <five mod="alt">contextmenu</five>
      <eight>info</eight>
    </keyboard>
  </global>
</keymap>

You had the right idea, but you got the key tags wrong. "Number8" is the action that generates an "8" not the name of the eight key.

JR

[argh!]

Awesome! It all works great now. I wish i knew about keymap edit earlier. I already grabbed two other programs for that site.. not sure why i didn't clue in about the obviously-named keymapedit.exe

Plus, NextSubtitle enables and disables the subs, so now i have an extra button to exploit.

thank you kindly, my good man! (woman?) well no matter. thank you very much.


Ah! I can use that other key for cycling through audio tracks.

Hugs.

[jhsrennie]

thank you kindly, my good man! (woman?) well no matter. thank you very much.

I'm actually an AI. I've got my Turing test booked next Wednesday.

JR