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Map "media keys" on HID device to MP2 actions?
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<blockquote data-quote="Digsy" data-source="post: 1249700" data-attributes="member: 163222"><p>I was using KeyRemapper to map the play/pause key on my remote to a key on my HID keyboard, and then trying to link that to MP using Input Manager. I eventually got play/pause working (the actual key I used to map to didn't really matter). However the results were very hit and miss and I was not able to successfully map all media keys using the same method.</p><p></p><p>I already knew that MP2 is designed to work with an IR MCE remote, however I don't need one of these for my main HTPC as it is simpler for me to use the mouse and keyboard, but for my bedroom setup I thought a device which was a media remote, HID keyboard and air-mouse all in one was an elegant solution, and would save having three separate devices laying around. I just assumed (wrongly) that I would be able to map <u>all </u>the keys on <u>any </u>HID device to functions within MP2 using the input manager, but it appears that while Input Manager supports the "normal" keys which you can find on a standard HID keyboard, the media and shortcut keys are not recognized. Whether this is a limitation of Windows, or an omission in MP2 I do not know.</p><p></p><p>If its not a bug in Input Manager that these keys aren't recognized, or if it is not possible to add support for them, then that's fine. I will just find a different solution, like maybe a normal wireless keyboard with a touchscreen built in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Digsy, post: 1249700, member: 163222"] I was using KeyRemapper to map the play/pause key on my remote to a key on my HID keyboard, and then trying to link that to MP using Input Manager. I eventually got play/pause working (the actual key I used to map to didn't really matter). However the results were very hit and miss and I was not able to successfully map all media keys using the same method. I already knew that MP2 is designed to work with an IR MCE remote, however I don't need one of these for my main HTPC as it is simpler for me to use the mouse and keyboard, but for my bedroom setup I thought a device which was a media remote, HID keyboard and air-mouse all in one was an elegant solution, and would save having three separate devices laying around. I just assumed (wrongly) that I would be able to map [U]all [/U]the keys on [U]any [/U]HID device to functions within MP2 using the input manager, but it appears that while Input Manager supports the "normal" keys which you can find on a standard HID keyboard, the media and shortcut keys are not recognized. Whether this is a limitation of Windows, or an omission in MP2 I do not know. If its not a bug in Input Manager that these keys aren't recognized, or if it is not possible to add support for them, then that's fine. I will just find a different solution, like maybe a normal wireless keyboard with a touchscreen built in. [/QUOTE]
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