Bring up On-Screen-Display (OSD) (1 Viewer)

[ptmurphy]

I hate to ask this question again here, but I posted in the "Remotes" forum and didn't get an answer for over a week, so thought I'd try here..

When I use my keyboard and press the "Y" key, the OSD comes up nicely. However, when I press the Info button on my remote, it brings up the "Actions" menu instead. I don't think it is a problem with the remote sending the command twice, as the first time I press the button the mouse cursor shows, then the second time brings up the Action menu.

I use an MCE remote setup as a HID device (setting it to MCE device type makes many of the keys not work).

Any suggestions on how to get the OSD to come up from the remote?

Thanks!

 

[ptmurphy]

No ideas at all?

 

[ptmurphy]

OK, I will update this myself in case someone else is searching for a similar problem. Here is the conclusion I came to and the work around...

1. First, my MCE remote info button is actually sending a right mouse button command. From everything I can gather, there is no way to capture this and remap it to do something else.

2. So, I needed a work-around. A helpful user (kiwjunglist) pointed me toward a program called AutoHotKey. This allowed me to capture the input from a different remote key and remap it to the "Y" key to bring up the OSD in mediaportal

Hope that helps someone else, as this one drove me nuts for a week or so...

 

[mbuzina]

MP maps the first info button click to showing the OSD, the 2nd to showing the action menu. If your remote sends a right click for info, MP opens the Action menu directly. This is I think hardcoded.

 

[ptmurphy]

MP maps the first info button click to showing the OSD, the 2nd to showing the action menu. If your remote sends a right click for info, MP opens the Action menu directly. This is I think hardcoded.

That is the conclusion I came to as well... ended up forgetting about trying to re-map the RMB button being sent by the info button. If anyone has some ideas, I'd love to get the use of that button back!