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<blockquote data-quote="robbo100" data-source="post: 680811" data-attributes="member: 91446">I don't use a plugin, but use multishortcut to run skype as an option from MP Basic Home. Skype provides appalling support for hot keys, so navigating round the skype application using a remote is.... shall we say &quot;sub-optimal&quot;.I am able to achieve the following with the mouse:- highlight the contact list section (using &quot;ALT+1&quot;) and then navigate using up and down buttons.- with a contact highlighted I can call then by pressing &quot;ALT+A&quot; which selects to dropdown call option list, I then press down to select &quot;Call&quot; and press OK (enter).- Skype then has some limited hotkeys which are available under the Tools&gt;Options&gt;Advance menu to allow hotkeys to be assigned for &quot;answer&quot; and &quot;Hang-up&quot;.- I then quit by using the TSKILL command line to kill the Skype.exe process (since ALT+F4 only minimises and the application continues in the taskbar and so multishortcut will not then return to MP).With the above config, I can run Skype, call someone, hang up and return to MP all from the remote control. If you configure to auto enable webcam, then the same will work for video-calls. Clearly the above setup has limitations (loads). For example, if someone Skypes (is this a verb nowadays?) whilst I am using MP, then I am not on-line so they can not reach me. So it is only useful for pre-arranged calls. However since I have a laptop using the same account then this isn't too much of a problem for me. It is however, very useful for having whole family Skype sessions in the comfort of the lounge with a nice big video of your friend.Not sure if this is useful to anyone, but thought I would share my work-around.Robbo100</blockquote>

[QUOTE="robbo100, post: 680811, member: 91446"] I don't use a plugin, but use multishortcut to run skype as an option from MP Basic Home. Skype provides appalling support for hot keys, so navigating round the skype application using a remote is.... shall we say "sub-optimal". I am able to achieve the following with the mouse: - highlight the contact list section (using "ALT+1") and then navigate using up and down buttons. - with a contact highlighted I can call then by pressing "ALT+A" which selects to dropdown call option list, I then press down to select "Call" and press OK (enter). - Skype then has some limited hotkeys which are available under the Tools>Options>Advance menu to allow hotkeys to be assigned for "answer" and "Hang-up". - I then quit by using the TSKILL command line to kill the Skype.exe process (since ALT+F4 only minimises and the application continues in the taskbar and so multishortcut will not then return to MP). With the above config, I can run Skype, call someone, hang up and return to MP all from the remote control. If you configure to auto enable webcam, then the same will work for video-calls. Clearly the above setup has limitations (loads). For example, if someone Skypes (is this a verb nowadays?) whilst I am using MP, then I am not on-line so they can not reach me. So it is only useful for pre-arranged calls. However since I have a laptop using the same account then this isn't too much of a problem for me. It is however, very useful for having whole family Skype sessions in the comfort of the lounge with a nice big video of your friend. Not sure if this is useful to anyone, but thought I would share my work-around. Robbo100 [/QUOTE]

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