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<blockquote data-quote="fshagan" data-source="post: 484433" data-attributes="member: 89390">Check out <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/newcomers-forum-240/reccomend-me-remote-will-work-xp-pro-67218/" target="_blank">this thread</a> for some more on making MCE remotes work and why some will never do play, pause, ff, etc.&nbsp; One of the problems is that there are different types of &quot;media center remotes&quot;.&nbsp; Unless you have one of the ones that emulates all of the key presses of the original Microsoft standard, you're in a tough spot.&nbsp; One way to check is to see how Windows recognizes the remote ... as a remote or as a keyboard?&nbsp; My clone media center remote was recognized as a keyboard.EventGhost is an open source application that is free.&nbsp; Install and run it, and then choose &quot;Media Center Remote&quot; as one of the plug ins from the left column, and drag it to the right column.&nbsp;&nbsp; Find the Media Portal plugin on the left, and drag it to the right column.&nbsp; Expand the keypress functions under the Media Portal plugin.&nbsp; Then press a number button on your remote.&nbsp; You should see &quot;MCE Remote ONE&quot; or something like that appear at the bottom of the left column.&nbsp; Select and drag it to the &quot;Number One&quot; function under the Media Portal plug in on the right side.What you will probably find is that there are no actual codes recognized for play, pause, etc.&nbsp; Numbers and arrow keys will work, but on some of the MCE remotes sold, those are the only ones.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fshagan, post: 484433, member: 89390"] Check out [url=https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/newcomers-forum-240/reccomend-me-remote-will-work-xp-pro-67218/]this thread[/url] for some more on making MCE remotes work and why some will never do play, pause, ff, etc. One of the problems is that there are different types of "media center remotes". Unless you have one of the ones that emulates all of the key presses of the original Microsoft standard, you're in a tough spot. One way to check is to see how Windows recognizes the remote ... as a remote or as a keyboard? My clone media center remote was recognized as a keyboard. EventGhost is an open source application that is free. Install and run it, and then choose "Media Center Remote" as one of the plug ins from the left column, and drag it to the right column. Find the Media Portal plugin on the left, and drag it to the right column. Expand the keypress functions under the Media Portal plugin. Then press a number button on your remote. You should see "MCE Remote ONE" or something like that appear at the bottom of the left column. Select and drag it to the "Number One" function under the Media Portal plug in on the right side. What you will probably find is that there are no actual codes recognized for play, pause, etc. Numbers and arrow keys will work, but on some of the MCE remotes sold, those are the only ones. [/QUOTE]

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