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Message: <blockquote data-quote="zukkster" data-source="post: 887609" data-attributes="member: 89199">OK so I solved this last night with a bit more research. 4Fred - I have an old MCE remote with a USB receiver which (like you say) "just worked" on my old build, and I did get so frustrated that I tried plugging that in, but the Zotac didn't pick anything up. Probably because it's got it's own built in IR receiver and I would have needed to start playing around with the drivers - plus one of the reasons I bought the Zotac (as will as it being dinky) is that it had the built in remote so I was keen to get that working Here's what I did for those with a similar problem:1) I installed the Message Plugin which is needed by EventGhost. This didn't work when I used the Mediaportal Plugin Installer, so I had to do it manually. It can be found here.<a href="https://www.team-mediaportal.com/extensions/input-output/message-plugin-for-mp1-2" target="_blank">https://www.team-mediaportal.com/extensions/input-output/message-plugin-for-mp1-2</a>　The file you need is Archived File 1 (<a href="https://www.team-mediaportal.com/index.php?option=com_mtree&task=att_download&link_id=120&cf_id=40" target="_blank">MessagePluginSources.zip</a>) within this there are two folders and within the "Files" folder are two files you need to save to specific locations - the readme.txt tells you where2) I disabled the Keyboard Input plugin - the message plugin says other Remote plugins need to be disabled to prevent conflict, so I assumed that this would be such a plugin. 3) I used EventGhost to map the remote buttons to MediaPortal actions. I found a very simple tutorial on you tube that reminded me how to use the software and it took about 10 minutes EVENT G<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnMzu1h1gxc" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnMzu1h1gxc</a>A simple explanation of the process is - which you can see in the videoa) Add the two plugins to the Configuration Treei) Mediaportal ii) MCE Remote Windows 7 (not the exact name but it should be obvious which of the two MCE plugins it is)b) Create a folder on the Configuration Treec) Add a Macro to the Configuration Treed) Add an Action to the Configuration Tree - this will be what you want to happen in Mediaportal when you press a particuler button on the remote - for example Playe) Point the Zotac remote at the IR receiver and press the specific button you want to add the action to i.e. Play. You will see an Event (a little lightning flash icon with a code) appear in the event log (the left hand box in EventGhost). Drag this icon from the left hand log onto the macro you just created in the Configuration Tree on the right hand side. Note - occasionally I saw two events (with different codes) appear when I pressed a button, in these cases I did the same button press again and I only got a a single code. I think I got the double codes when I did a long press, but I can't be sure. Anyway the single codes worked so I didn't explore any further, but thought it was worth mentioning to watch out for, and if you see anything you aren't sure about repeat the button press just to be sure you've got the right event.Then you just repeat the process for all the other buttons. It's really quick. I haven't got as far as doing the finishing touches of saving the EventGhost file so that it comes back at reboot. When my wife heard the cheer she came in and said OK you've got it working now lets watch some TV. Once I've put the finishing touches to it I'll take the time to write it up properly and submit it. I love Mediaportal, but one of my frusatrations is it takes so long to work out how to do things because the support material is a little bit here and a little bit there. It's got significantly better than when I first started 4 years ago, but if I can help and save anyone else from wasting 2 evenings of their time then I'll be happy ...I'll update this post once I've done the last bit, I wanted to post this interim soultion just so people were aware that I had one.</blockquote>

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