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<blockquote data-quote="guyver_dio" data-source="post: 649990" data-attributes="member: 106564">Hey guys,I've just completed my htpc build specs below:&nbsp;- CASE+accessories: Antec Fusion Remote Black (soundgraph lcd display and RM200 remote)&nbsp;- MOBO: Gigabyte GA-H55M-UD2H H55&nbsp;- CPU: Intel Core i3 530&nbsp;- RAM: G.Skill 2x2GB DDR3&nbsp;- HDD: 1xWD 500GB, 1xWD 1.5TB&nbsp;- Drive: Samsung SH-B083A Blu-RayThe case came with the Imon manager for remote control button assignment and detection and iMEDIAN HD (which is just trash in my opinion).The two free media centers I'm looking at are XBMC and Mediaportal. My main uses would be:&nbsp;- Accessing media off my hard drives (e.g. stored movies, music, photos etc..)&nbsp;- Playing dvd's (blu-ray would be a bonus though)I don't need tv or want anything like news feeds or any other type of feeds. My main concern is getting it to work with the Imon manager and the RM200 remote. I installed XBMC last night and could not get the remote to work (remote works in iMEDIAN and in windows itself though). After seeing the default button assignments were not registering in XBMC, I added XBMC as a program to Imon manager and tries a few custom assignments for the XBMC specifically (up on the remote registers as keyboard up etc...). Still didn't register anything when I tried the up button in XBMC. Anyone have any thoughts about which media center is better with general remote assignments or why this might not be working in XBMC? How does mediaportal fair with remote assignments? Any suggestions or tips someone could give me would be appreciated.Thanks</blockquote>

[QUOTE="guyver_dio, post: 649990, member: 106564"] Hey guys, I've just completed my htpc build specs below: - CASE+accessories: Antec Fusion Remote Black (soundgraph lcd display and RM200 remote) - MOBO: Gigabyte GA-H55M-UD2H H55 - CPU: Intel Core i3 530 - RAM: G.Skill 2x2GB DDR3 - HDD: 1xWD 500GB, 1xWD 1.5TB - Drive: Samsung SH-B083A Blu-Ray The case came with the Imon manager for remote control button assignment and detection and iMEDIAN HD (which is just trash in my opinion). The two free media centers I'm looking at are XBMC and Mediaportal. My main uses would be: - Accessing media off my hard drives (e.g. stored movies, music, photos etc..) - Playing dvd's (blu-ray would be a bonus though) I don't need tv or want anything like news feeds or any other type of feeds. My main concern is getting it to work with the Imon manager and the RM200 remote. I installed XBMC last night and could not get the remote to work (remote works in iMEDIAN and in windows itself though). After seeing the default button assignments were not registering in XBMC, I added XBMC as a program to Imon manager and tries a few custom assignments for the XBMC specifically (up on the remote registers as keyboard up etc...). Still didn't register anything when I tried the up button in XBMC. Anyone have any thoughts about which media center is better with general remote assignments or why this might not be working in XBMC? How does mediaportal fair with remote assignments? Any suggestions or tips someone could give me would be appreciated. Thanks [/QUOTE]

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