Remote Control Help (1 Viewer)

glenb83

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April 24, 2009
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I am having alot of trouble getting a remote to work properly with media portal 1.0.0.0 on Windows XP, and I'm hoping someone may be able to help me.

I have a cheap remote I bought off ebay with a usb receiver that came bundled with power cinema, and using a power cinema remote plugin, I am able to get the playback buttons working (play/pause/rewind/fast forard) but unable to get the navigation buttons (up/down/left/right/ok) working.

I also have the media centre (card style) remote that came bundled with my Compro Videomate Vista T100 tha has the navigation buttons working, but none of the playback buttons!

I need to be able to get all the functions working from one remote, at this stage I am not too concerned which remote that is, I just want it working!

I have noticed that the usb receiver 'flashes' whenever a key is pressed from either remote (or any other remote for that mater) so I am wondering if perhaps there is a program that will allow me to 'program' the common keypresses into it for media portal? Ideally I would also like to be able to get the shortcut keys (videos/music/pictures etc) working aswell as launching the program from a particular keypress, but these are not essential, I really need the remote working with navigation and playback above all.

On a side note, whenever I play a video in media portal the mouse cursor stays on the screen, and I have to move it right to the corner of the screen to hide it. Is there a way to auto hide the mouse cursor during playback?

Thankyou in advance, I REALLY want to get this working, I've been playing around for days!!
 

medaust

Portal Pro
September 12, 2007
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Hi there, have you tried the pluggin called "keyboard input'? It enabled me to use a remote that looks very similar to the MCE remote. Please go to the pluggin section and find the 'keyboard input' pluggin. for some reasons, I can not do a search on my PC today.
 

glenb83

Portal Pro
April 24, 2009
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Thanks medaust, that worked great! Now I just need to find a way to get the program to start from a remote shortcut, any ideas?
 

medaust

Portal Pro
September 12, 2007
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I don't know what you mean, this thing will work automatically once you start MP. Do you mean to start MP with a button on the remote? I have my machine automatically start MP. Regards.
 

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