[merrener]

Hi all,

I have searched the forum for a solution to my problem but cant find it through all the info. So maybe someone can help me. I bought a MCE remote with receiver to have it work with XBMC (its not an expensive one, bought it from ebay). Out of the box almost everything works except the fast-forward and rewind. I think the remote sends mostly multimedia keystrokes and but these above two buttons sends crtl shift f and crtl shift b. Is there a way to let xbmc interpret these codes into fastforward and rewind?

Thanks and hope someone can help...

[-wde-]

I've never changed the keystrokes for a function but this is where the info would be if its possible.

[jhsrennie]

merrener and I have exchanged e-mails on the subject and the remote is now working, however (s)he's raised an interesting question. The Play button on the VRC-1100 remote sends a play/pause appcommand and while this will pause then resume a playing track it won't start a track or video that isn't playing. I have a vague memory that someone hereabouts found a workaround for this. Does anyone here know if there is a workaround and if so what it is?

JR

[cekim]

merrener and I have exchanged e-mails on the subject and the remote is now working, however (s)he's raised an interesting question. The Play button on the VRC-1100 remote sends a play/pause appcommand and while this will pause then resume a playing track it won't start a track or video that isn't playing. I have a vague memory that someone hereabouts found a workaround for this. Does anyone here know if there is a workaround and if so what it is?

JR

I have the same remote (the VRC-1100) and the same problem with the rewind/fast-forward buttons not working, can you provide the details as to the solution?

[jhsrennie]

I have the same remote (the VRC-1100) and the same problem with the rewind/fast-forward buttons not working, can you provide the details as to the solution?

http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Usi..._with_XBMC

or specificially:

http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Usi...in_Windows

The easiest solution is to install one of the recent nightly builds from mirrors.xbmc.org as these support MCE remotes with no fiddling around.

JR

[cekim]

http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Usi..._with_XBMC

or specificially:

http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Usi...in_Windows

The easiest solution is to install one of the recent nightly builds from mirrors.xbmc.org as these support MCE remotes with no fiddling around.

JR

Thanks JR but I must be missing something since I still can't get it to work...

I'm running XBMC Live and I've copied the sample keyboard.xml to the right place without modifications - enabling debug, stopping then starting xbmc confirms it's ok in the log file:

18:43:55 T:3079063440 M:1483227136 INFO: Loading special://xbmc/system/keymaps/remote.xml
18:43:55 T:3079063440 M:1483227136 INFO: Loading special://masterprofile/keymaps/keyboard.xml


There doesn't appear to be any errors in there for it either.

Running ShowKey.exe on my windows XP machine yields the following for fast forward & rewind respectively:

<f mod="ctrl,shift">Notification(Key, f, 3)</f>

<b mod="ctrl,shift">Notification(Key, b, 3)</b>

But looking at that and going on your instructions I'd say what's in the sample keyboard.xml file is fine. I'm assuming the Notification(...) bit isn't what's require and FastForward or Rewind is? Hence my thinking the sample file is ok.

If I use my keyboard (a Logitech wireless one) using ctrl+shift+f or ctrl+shift+b it doesn't doing anything either but just using the f and b key does.

Any help is appreciated.

[jhsrennie]

I'm running XBMC Live and I've copied the sample keyboard.xml to the right place without modifications - enabling debug, stopping then starting xbmc confirms it's ok in the log file:

The release version 9.11 of Live from xbmc.org doesn't support keyboard modifiers so you'll need a development build. I see there are a couple of builds from February on http://mirrors.xbmc.org/nightlies/live/ and these should work without any modification needed. Presumably more recent builds of Live are available if you Google for them.

JR

[cekim]

The release version 9.11 of Live from xbmc.org doesn't support keyboard modifiers so you'll need a development build. I see there are a couple of builds from February on http://mirrors.xbmc.org/nightlies/live/ and these should work without any modification needed. Presumably more recent builds of Live are available if you Google for them.

JR

Thanks JR, I shall look into that.

[cekim]

The release version 9.11 of Live from xbmc.org doesn't support keyboard modifiers so you'll need a development build. I see there are a couple of builds from February on http://mirrors.xbmc.org/nightlies/live/ and these should work without any modification needed. Presumably more recent builds of Live are available if you Google for them.

JR

Unfortunately I've not been able to get either of the two images to install (I also downloaded one from one of the mirrors). I've burnt the images to two different CD-RWs and a CD-R, the CD-RWs I've also burnt in to different drives. I've tried installing onto a hard drive and a USB stick but no luck. Every time it got to around 92% of the system install and then failed

[jhsrennie]

Unfortunately I've not been able to get either of the two images to install (I also downloaded one from one of the mirrors). I've burnt the images to two different CD-RWs and a CD-R, the CD-RWs I've also burnt in to different drives. I've tried installing onto a hard drive and a USB stick but no luck. Every time it got to around 92% of the system install and then failed

I would ask in the XBMC for Linux and XBMC Live Specific Support forum. I'm afraid I can't help with XBMCLive as I have little experience of it.

JR

[cekim]

I would ask in the XBMC for Linux and XBMC Live Specific Support forum. I'm afraid I can't help with XBMCLive as I have little experience of it.

JR

Thanks. A quick search reveals they're no good - here