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I hope somebody has a few pointers as to what I could try, before I do a support request with Hauppaughe.
For hardware details on my HTPC itself, I refer to my profile here on this forum.
So when I ordered my Hauppaughe TV card, it came with a USB Infrared Reciever and a matching remote control.
I checked the reciever a few days ago, and it has "RC6" on it, so it is a full-fledged MCE Remote control reciever, right?
I also have a small wireless Multimedia Keyboard. (USB nanostick in the back of the HTPC, trackball on the upper right corner, play>stop>forward>etc... buttons on the edge.)
In windows 7 both worked simultaneous: I could pause with the keyboard and resume with the Remote control, both in Media Portal, VLC player etc... also the IR reciever gave a "blip" with the red led about every 10 seconds so I knew it was on. In the hardware manager the IR showed up as a Microsoft eHome device or something similar.
Now I upgraded to Windows Server 2016 (I know it is not officially supported, but basically it is a souped-up version of Windows 10, so...) and *finally* my playback issues in MP2 are gone, but... the MCE remote is not working ...
It turns out there was an exclamation mark in device manager (problem with driver), and the IR reciever is recognized as a Pinnacle PCTV device???
Somewhere in the forum it was suggested to disable the 3 HID devices connected with the multimedia wireless keyboard, but then the play>stop>forward>etc... buttons of the keyboard just don't work.
I manually forced the driver to microsoft eHome, but still the same problem. After manually forcing it to a Hauppaughe CIR device (or an older Pinnacle PCTV), the IR reciever reacts to ALL the remote controls I have with a blinking red light (no 10-second "blip" btw...) but MP2, VLC or any other software doesn't reacts. the only keys that work are the ones from my multimedia keyboard.
Also the Ir reciever now is in the "removeable USB devices" on the bottom right corner. Small annoyance though.
So I think the hardware works, but somehow a "link" in the software is missing so MP2 and VLC doesn't reacts.
Does anyone have some ideas to test this hypothesis before I contact Hauppaughe? It seems IR remote controls and Win 10 are not good friends according to google...
Thanks in advance.
For hardware details on my HTPC itself, I refer to my profile here on this forum.
So when I ordered my Hauppaughe TV card, it came with a USB Infrared Reciever and a matching remote control.
I checked the reciever a few days ago, and it has "RC6" on it, so it is a full-fledged MCE Remote control reciever, right?
I also have a small wireless Multimedia Keyboard. (USB nanostick in the back of the HTPC, trackball on the upper right corner, play>stop>forward>etc... buttons on the edge.)
In windows 7 both worked simultaneous: I could pause with the keyboard and resume with the Remote control, both in Media Portal, VLC player etc... also the IR reciever gave a "blip" with the red led about every 10 seconds so I knew it was on. In the hardware manager the IR showed up as a Microsoft eHome device or something similar.
Now I upgraded to Windows Server 2016 (I know it is not officially supported, but basically it is a souped-up version of Windows 10, so...) and *finally* my playback issues in MP2 are gone, but... the MCE remote is not working ...
It turns out there was an exclamation mark in device manager (problem with driver), and the IR reciever is recognized as a Pinnacle PCTV device???
Somewhere in the forum it was suggested to disable the 3 HID devices connected with the multimedia wireless keyboard, but then the play>stop>forward>etc... buttons of the keyboard just don't work.
I manually forced the driver to microsoft eHome, but still the same problem. After manually forcing it to a Hauppaughe CIR device (or an older Pinnacle PCTV), the IR reciever reacts to ALL the remote controls I have with a blinking red light (no 10-second "blip" btw...) but MP2, VLC or any other software doesn't reacts. the only keys that work are the ones from my multimedia keyboard.
Also the Ir reciever now is in the "removeable USB devices" on the bottom right corner. Small annoyance though.
So I think the hardware works, but somehow a "link" in the software is missing so MP2 and VLC doesn't reacts.
Does anyone have some ideas to test this hypothesis before I contact Hauppaughe? It seems IR remote controls and Win 10 are not good friends according to google...
Thanks in advance.