MCE Remote and its green button...

[trailboy]

Area: Media Portal Program
MediaPortal Version: 0.2.0.0 RC2 (2005-12-16)
MediaPortal Skin: BlueTwo
Windows Version: Windows XP (SP2)
.NET CLR Version: 2.0.50727
DirectX Version: 4.09.00.0904 (9.0c)
Audio Codec: ffdshow Audio Decoder
Video Codec: Mpeg2Dec Filter
CPU Type: Intel Pentium III - 1GHz
Memory: 639 MB
Motherboard: CUV4X (ASUSTeK Computer INC.)
TV Card Model: Hauppauge PVR 250MCE
TV Card Type: Hardware
TV Card Driver: 1.18.21.23257
Video Card Model: Nvidia Geforce FX 5200 (128 MB)
Video Card Driver: 8.1.9.8
Video Card Resolution: 1280x1024
Video Render Type: VMR9
Audio Card Model: Creative EMU10K1 Audio Processor (WDM)
Audio Card Driver: 5.12.1.296
Synopsis:: -

Hello everyone,

First of all, I have to admit that I tried Windows Media Center 2005 a few weeks ago when I was extremely frustrated because I could not make MediaPortal to work in a decent way on my computer... Windows Media Center 2005 was easy to set up and configure, it is also somehow faster than MediaPortal (I own a very modest computer). But I did not like the way music was displayed and played... On the top of it I did not manage to make the TV to work... TV signal is very bad in my area, it is not my main concern to be honest...

Let's come back to the main point of this post: MediaPortal. I like MediaPortal. I'm lovin' it! Guys, you are doing such a good work!

I have a couple of questions to make you, they are actually my first two questions on this forum (hello world!).

1- How can you make the Green Button to work in Windows XP Pro? I would like it to load MediaPortal the way it loads Media Center in Windows Media Center 2005. I would like not to have to walk to the computer and load MediaCenter once I am seated in the sofa... Yes, I am very lazy!

2- How can you make the Electronic Program Guide to download the data it needs? I am now living in London (UK) and I cannot make it work. Any hint? The TV reception is bad, but I would like to make it work just to feel good. To be honest I do not watch TV, but it is sort of a challenge...

That'a all for today. I am looking forward for your help.

Thank you very much!

Trailboy.

[cheezey]

Use the search facility on the forums to find these answers.

hint http://nolanparty.com/mediaportal.so...ghlight=mptray

you find the other

[trailboy]

Thanks for your quick answer Cheezey!

I am trying to get more familiar with the search facility, sometimes it gives back too many results and it is difficult to find what you really want... Thanks anyway!

I read the post on the link you sent me and some others. I am still a little bit confused, do i need both myblaster plugin and mptray application on my setup? (MP 0.2.0.0 RC2 on Windows XP Pro SP2). On some posts I read it looks like only mptray is needed... Is myblaster a plugin to control a Sky set top box (for example) with the MCE remote control?

I am thinking of buying a Microsoft MCE keyboard. I have already downloaded (not installed) the rollup updated that seems to be needed to use the keyboard. Is that the only update I need or are they any other drivers to install. I have read that on XP Home you need to do more stuff than in MCE and Pro.. Am I right?

I am sorry about all my questions, but sometimes my English is not good enough and makes me understand the wrong way (I am Italian).

If anyone from Spain is reading this, do you know any place better than www.alternate.es to get the Microsoft MCE keyboard? I need a Spanish keyboard since both my girlfriend and I write in Spanish and French too... We would like to be able to write things like ñ and ç without using ASCII codes...

Thanks everyone on this forum!

Best regards.

[trailboy]

I managed to make it work, mptray works like a dream.
As soon as I get the Microsoft MCE keyboard I will try the rest.

[cheezey]

Originally Posted by trailboy

I managed to make it work, mptray works like a dream.
As soon as I get the Microsoft MCE keyboard I will try the rest.

You'll love the MCE keyboard - once you get used to it's nipple :shock:

[CodeMonkey]

I try running with the various register options, and with no options at all. Nothing gets displayed in my console window, and no mptray.log file gets created. I put both the exe and dll in the same directory as mediaportal.exe. Any hints? Or is there source code somewhere so I can debug? Oh yes, I should mention that when I press the green button on my MCE 2005 US remote, nothing happens.

Thanks.

[Taipan]

Originally Posted by CodeMonkey

Any hints?

Did you re-boot your PC after executing "mptray /register:all"?

Does mptray.exe appear in the list of running processes (Task manager)?

Make sure that you only have one entry for mptray.exe in your registry.

[CodeMonkey]

Originally Posted by Taipan

Did you re-boot your PC after executing "mptray /register:all"?.

Yes.

Originally Posted by Taipan

[Does mptray.exe appear in the list of running processes (Task manager)?.

No, and it does not show up in the list of services either.

Originally Posted by Taipan

[Make sure that you only have one entry for mptray.exe in your registry.

It shows up as

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"MediaPortal Shell"="C:\\Program Files\\Team MediaPortal\\MediaPortal\\mptray.exe"MediaPortal\MediaPortal\mptray.exe

and

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\MUICache]
"C:\\Program Files\\Team MediaPortal\\MediaPortal\\mptray.exe"=" "

and

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ORL\VNCHooks\Application_Prefs\mptray.exe]
"use_GetUpdateRect"=dword:00000001
"use_Timer"=dword:00000000
"use_KeyPress"=dword:00000001
"use_LButtonUp"=dword:00000001
"use_MButtonUp"=dword:00000001
"use_RButtonUp"=dword:00000001
"use_Deferral"=dword:00000001


and

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"MediaPortal Shell"="C:\\Program Files\\Team MediaPortal\\MediaPortal\\mptray.exe"

OK, I did a unregister and a unregister:all, then a register:all, rebooted and it is working now. I won't ask any questions, I'm happy. Thanks

[scoop]

Hi CodeMonkey,

Originally Posted by CodeMonkey

Or is there source code somewhere so I can debug?

You can get the source code from here. It helped me finding out all possible command line parameters. Here's a list of command line switches which afaik are actually doing something:

• - /shell
  - /log
  - /kill
  - /register (same as /register:user)
  - /register:user (registers mptray in registry in HKEY_CURRENT_USER)
  - /register:all (registers mptray in registry in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE)
  - /register:both (register mptray in registry in both HKCU & HKLM)
  - /unregister (same as /unregister:user)
  - /unregister:user (removes mptray from registry in HKEY_CURRENT_USER)
  - /unregister:all (removes mptray from registry in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE)
  - /unregister:both (removes mptray from registry in both HKCU & HKLM)

If I do read the code right, you should try running it from a DOS box as follows:

mptray /shell /log

EDIT: Doh, I see you solved it already! :lol: Regard my post as a reference then...

Regards,
Michel

[Smirnuff]

which afaik are actually doing something

Hehe.

To expand on /shell a little... I tried minlogon in place of winlogon and found that I couldn't live without the niceties of the Windows Key shortcuts like Windows Key + E to start Explorer and Shift-Ctrl + Esc for Task Manager so specifying the /shell command line switch adds the support back. There are a couple of other shortcuts that I added such as Windows Key + K to kill MP, Windows Key + T to restore the Windows task bar and so on.

Regards,
Smirnuff.