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<blockquote data-quote="craigparris1" data-source="post: 277479" data-attributes="member: 75254"><p>Hi all,</p><p></p><p>Another update - things are progressing ... slowly. Have had all sorts of fun with the Leadtek remote since my last post. Once I actually tried ALL the keys, I found out there were even more that weren't working - Grrrrr! Anyhow, after lots more playing around, I ended up un-installing the latest version of WinPVR2 that I had downloaded from Leadtek's site and installed just WinPVR from the CD that came with the card. Oia-la! (almost) ALL of the buttons are working! There are a few extra buttons on my remote that aren't listed in the Coolreceiver plug-in configuration (but apparently I should be able to log debug information and find out what they are ....... fingers crossed!).</p><p></p><p>I played around a bit with the WF_RemCtrl app and it works pretty well. I managed to get all the PowerDVD shortcut keys mapped to the remote control, so if worst comes to worst I can use PowerDVD to watch DVDs (I'm waiting to see how the next SVN pans out in relation to the navigation issues reported by people). The only problem is that the WF_RemCtrl app doesn't appear to grab commands from the remote when MP is running in full screen, so if I setup PowerDVD as the external DVD player, the remote doesn't work when MP kicks it off. However, if I close MP, then open PowerDVD, the remote works fine. This is OK as a workaround anyway - I've mapped the "blue" key to start MP, and the "red" key to start PowerDVD, so I can switch back and forward. Not ideal, but we do still have our stand-alone DVD player, so that's another option. The other thing I couldn't do (although I only tried briefly) was to try and get the remote to wake the PC from standby ..... didn't work. I'll need to investigate this a bit more.</p><p></p><p>I finally got to the computer shop over the weekend, as well, to buy a longer IDE cable and the 3.5" -> 5.25" drive rails. This is because I wanted to install my second IDE drive in the spare slot under the DVD player (which is a removable drive cage on the other side of the case to the first IDE drive and motherboard IDE slot). So, with much cursing I managed to get it all installed and working (it's been a long time since my PC support days of playing around inside computers) ....... it was at this point that I realised I could have, in fact, just moved the SATA drive to the other bay and put the second IDE drive RIGHT NEXT TO THE OTHER ONE!!!! DUH!!!! Oh, well, that's what kids do to your brain, peoples - they fry it! Anyhow, I'll keep it like it is for now - besides, I kinda like the funky looking IDE cable (pictures of the setup are coming very soon). I also took the opportunity to go to Jaycar and pick up the antenna splitter and new cables, then I re-jigged the TV cabinet so that all the cabling's ready for the PC to slot into its new home!</p><p></p><p>So, what's next on the list:</p><p></p><p>- see if I can get the rest of the remote buttons recognised within MP</p><p>- keep an eye on SVN posts to see if it's worth trying a new one for DVDs</p><p>- get MP fully configred (ie. both TV cards tuned, directories setup, whatever else ....)</p><p>- RIP some CDs to the PC</p><p>- sort out the remote control stand-by wake up problem</p><p>- get the bugger setup in the TV cabinet!!!</p><p></p><p>Cheers,</p><p>Craig</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="craigparris1, post: 277479, member: 75254"] Hi all, Another update - things are progressing ... slowly. Have had all sorts of fun with the Leadtek remote since my last post. Once I actually tried ALL the keys, I found out there were even more that weren't working - Grrrrr! Anyhow, after lots more playing around, I ended up un-installing the latest version of WinPVR2 that I had downloaded from Leadtek's site and installed just WinPVR from the CD that came with the card. Oia-la! (almost) ALL of the buttons are working! There are a few extra buttons on my remote that aren't listed in the Coolreceiver plug-in configuration (but apparently I should be able to log debug information and find out what they are ....... fingers crossed!). I played around a bit with the WF_RemCtrl app and it works pretty well. I managed to get all the PowerDVD shortcut keys mapped to the remote control, so if worst comes to worst I can use PowerDVD to watch DVDs (I'm waiting to see how the next SVN pans out in relation to the navigation issues reported by people). The only problem is that the WF_RemCtrl app doesn't appear to grab commands from the remote when MP is running in full screen, so if I setup PowerDVD as the external DVD player, the remote doesn't work when MP kicks it off. However, if I close MP, then open PowerDVD, the remote works fine. This is OK as a workaround anyway - I've mapped the "blue" key to start MP, and the "red" key to start PowerDVD, so I can switch back and forward. Not ideal, but we do still have our stand-alone DVD player, so that's another option. The other thing I couldn't do (although I only tried briefly) was to try and get the remote to wake the PC from standby ..... didn't work. I'll need to investigate this a bit more. I finally got to the computer shop over the weekend, as well, to buy a longer IDE cable and the 3.5" -> 5.25" drive rails. This is because I wanted to install my second IDE drive in the spare slot under the DVD player (which is a removable drive cage on the other side of the case to the first IDE drive and motherboard IDE slot). So, with much cursing I managed to get it all installed and working (it's been a long time since my PC support days of playing around inside computers) ....... it was at this point that I realised I could have, in fact, just moved the SATA drive to the other bay and put the second IDE drive RIGHT NEXT TO THE OTHER ONE!!!! DUH!!!! Oh, well, that's what kids do to your brain, peoples - they fry it! Anyhow, I'll keep it like it is for now - besides, I kinda like the funky looking IDE cable (pictures of the setup are coming very soon). I also took the opportunity to go to Jaycar and pick up the antenna splitter and new cables, then I re-jigged the TV cabinet so that all the cabling's ready for the PC to slot into its new home! So, what's next on the list: - see if I can get the rest of the remote buttons recognised within MP - keep an eye on SVN posts to see if it's worth trying a new one for DVDs - get MP fully configred (ie. both TV cards tuned, directories setup, whatever else ....) - RIP some CDs to the PC - sort out the remote control stand-by wake up problem - get the bugger setup in the TV cabinet!!! Cheers, Craig [/QUOTE]
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