Shape HTPC remote control by Fractal Design (1 Viewer)

cheezey

Community Plugin Dev
August 26, 2004
1,560
312
55
West Yorks, UK
Home Country
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Shape HTPC remote control - Fractal Design

Has anyone successfully used this remote with MP? Their sales literature specifically mentions MediaPortal - I was just wondering if anyone was using it already.

Shape.jpg
shape_03_back.png
 

cheezey

Community Plugin Dev
August 26, 2004
1,560
312
55
West Yorks, UK
Home Country
United Kingdom United Kingdom
  • Thread starter
  • Moderator
  • #2
I contacted the vendor and they assured me they had tested it with MediaPortal. I have bought one and will test it out tomorrow. Watch for a report.
 

Paranoid Delusion

Moderation Manager
  • Premium Supporter
  • June 13, 2005
    13,062
    2,978
    Cheshire
    Home Country
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    Cool looking simple replacement for the original MCE remote, yep really interested how you get on :)

    ps, what was the cost, as did not delve to deeply, Hauppauge equivalent is about £39, so has to be competitive.
     

    cheezey

    Community Plugin Dev
    August 26, 2004
    1,560
    312
    55
    West Yorks, UK
    Home Country
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    • Thread starter
    • Moderator
    • #4
    Well it turns out this remote is the same as the Sceneo one which is already supported by MP, it's the third tab listed in the Remotes section - so works out of the box :D

    I plugged it in, enabled it in config and it worked straight away - what more could you want.

    £22 from CCL. Get them while they're hot!

    The only thing to sort out is disabling the S1 - S4 buttons from launching various applications (Internet, Windows Media Player etc.)
     

    Paranoid Delusion

    Moderation Manager
  • Premium Supporter
  • June 13, 2005
    13,062
    2,978
    Cheshire
    Home Country
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    This is what happens when you are away from forums for 3 months, just seen the 3rd tab "Scenio" LOL

    ps. not a bad price, and I really like the curved underside, as that type of remote sits in the hand nicely :)
     

    PhilUK

    Portal Member
    March 27, 2010
    40
    0
    Home Country
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    Just ordered one of these, would be interesting to know if the IR receiver would work with an all-in-one remote as well?

    Will post back how I find the remote as I am currently using a keyboard with a built in touchpad which is great if you know all the shortcuts but my gf gets very confused with lol...

    Cheers!
    Phil

    EDIT:

    Received my Shape Remote yesterday and it works instantly with MP, once you get how all the buttons associate with MP it's an absolute breeze to use. It feels like i'm watching TV again rather than messing around on a computer with a TV function! Any update on the S1-4 buttons cheezey? (S1 & 2 seem to do nothing, S3 is Start Button and S4 is iTunes)

    Spot on for what I want. It's seriously impressive they can design, manufacture and ship this remote and IR receiver for £22 including VAT and shipping to my door. Especially as I was considering a 2005 MCE remote which went on ebay for £30 the day before!

    Cheers!
    Phil
     

    ryan20021982

    Retired Team Member
  • Premium Supporter
  • June 27, 2008
    655
    86
    USA
    Home Country
    United States of America United States of America
    Hello,

    is is possible to turn on your pc, by this remote control?

    That is not controlled by the remote, all remotes have a power button.

    The problem is with the motherboards not providing power to the usb ports when sleeping or off.
     

    sir_thomas

    Portal Member
    July 27, 2008
    21
    3
    I have Microsoft remote control, and this function works. So if it works now, it will be work with this remote too?
     

    Users who are viewing this thread

    Similar threads

    Debounce Registry Setting For anyone who wants to try the debounce registry setting, this is the setting: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\HidIr\Remotes\745a17a0-74d3-11d0-b6fe-00a0c90f57da] "EnableDebounce"=dword:00000001 There are several different values for the...
    Debounce Registry Setting For anyone who wants to try the debounce registry setting, this is the setting: Windows Registry Editor...
    I'm currently testing the new Sofabaton x1 remote control with which I want to replace my Harmony. Everything looks good so far...
    Replies
    4
    Views
    795
    MP1 MP2 Odd Standby issue DE
    Since I played around with all the settings as per the previous posts and despite putting everything back to how it was, as far as I can tell, now when my HTPC wakes up to make a recording it no longer does so in away mode. I will probably do a restore from a backup in the hope that that will resolve the issue.:mad:
    Since I played around with all the settings as per the previous posts and despite putting everything back to how it was, as far as...
    Generally standby is working well on My Mp 1.32 x64 pre set up. I just have one issue, which was also present on earlier x86...
    Replies
    35
    Views
    4K
    I just came across WiFi Remote in a roundabout way. I am looking for a way to remotely control my HTPC, which is located in my home theatre room with a beamer and has Media Portal installed, from the living room, where there is a TV that is connected to the HTPC. Unfortunately, I don't know how to do this remote control once the...
    I just came across WiFi Remote in a roundabout way. I am looking for a way to remotely control my HTPC, which is located in my home...
    I just came across WiFi Remote in a roundabout way. I am looking for a way to remotely control my HTPC, which is located in my home...
    Replies
    0
    Views
    1K
    If the files are accessible on your network, which I guess they must be if PowerDVD can play them then you should be able to find them in MP2. See here for further info. Quote:- MP2 uses the concept of distributed media, but centralized information. This means that your media items can be anywhere - on your MP2 Server, on your MP2...
    If the files are accessible on your network, which I guess they must be if PowerDVD can play them then you should be able to find...
    I started experimenting with tuner cards and HTPC before Jack Valenti and his DRM-media Nazis ruined things with their HDCP and DRM...
    Replies
    10
    Views
    2K
    So far I needed to limit the media items to respect the token limit of ChatGPT. Now the complete media items can be used, because the movie list is splitted into chunks of a specified size and responses for each chunk are concentrated into the result list :) private async Task<string> GenerateResponseWithGPT(string searchQuery...
    So far I needed to limit the media items to respect the token limit of ChatGPT. Now the complete media items can be used, because...
    Hi, I'm planning to write a plugin for MediaPortal 2, that supports users to find the right media items with help of AI...
    Replies
    6
    Views
    926
    Top Bottom