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<blockquote data-quote="and-81" data-source="post: 154532" data-attributes="member: 11844">The MCE Replacement Plugin only supports MCE compatible IR devices, but the new software I'm working on (IR Server Suite) has a plugin architecture to support many different IR devices.At present it supports (to some degree, some experimental, some fully):MCE (with either original or replacement driver)DViCO Fusion RemoteIgorPlugIRManIRTransUSB-UIRTX-10XBCDRCIt also supports Windows Messages, so anything like HIP or Girder can pass on button presses for remotes that the suite doesn't support (and this is also true of the MCE Replacement Plugin, it too supports windows messages).I'm working on adding WinLirc support right now, so if I get something going I'll drop you a private message and perhaps you can try it out for me?When you jump in and do a project like what I'm doing at the moment, you soon realise that a lot of it is re-inventing the wheel.&nbsp; If I was writing MediaPortal from scratch I would not support any remote controls natively.&nbsp; I would support Girder and HIP and programs like that, basically I would &quot;out-source&quot; remote control support to well established, specialized software.&nbsp; And I would make it so that MediaPortal could interface with those programs 100%.&nbsp; This would (to borrow a term you used before) create a remote abstraction layer.&nbsp; MediaPortal wouldn't care what remote you were using.Anyway, I'll keep you posted on the WinLirc front.Cheers,</blockquote>

[QUOTE="and-81, post: 154532, member: 11844"] The MCE Replacement Plugin only supports MCE compatible IR devices, but the new software I'm working on (IR Server Suite) has a plugin architecture to support many different IR devices. At present it supports (to some degree, some experimental, some fully): MCE (with either original or replacement driver) DViCO Fusion Remote IgorPlug IRMan IRTrans USB-UIRT X-10 XBCDRC It also supports Windows Messages, so anything like HIP or Girder can pass on button presses for remotes that the suite doesn't support (and this is also true of the MCE Replacement Plugin, it too supports windows messages). I'm working on adding WinLirc support right now, so if I get something going I'll drop you a private message and perhaps you can try it out for me? When you jump in and do a project like what I'm doing at the moment, you soon realise that a lot of it is re-inventing the wheel. If I was writing MediaPortal from scratch I would not support any remote controls natively. I would support Girder and HIP and programs like that, basically I would "out-source" remote control support to well established, specialized software. And I would make it so that MediaPortal could interface with those programs 100%. This would (to borrow a term you used before) create a remote abstraction layer. MediaPortal wouldn't care what remote you were using. Anyway, I'll keep you posted on the WinLirc front. Cheers, [/QUOTE]

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