WMC Remote Will Not Open Anything (Recordings, TV Guide, ETC) When Minimised (1 Viewer)

[Stéphane Lenclud]

Right - that's a Windows feature. Functionality applies to any player.

That's a functionality common to many players but that's still not a Windows feature.

 

[HTPCSourcer]

I should better chose my words . What I mean is that Windows controls the remote and the HID layer transmits the respective codes accordingly. It is subject to the applicaitons to interpret these accordingly.

Now, if a minimized MP does not react to such codes, we may want to discus if this is the correct behavior or not. Comparison can be made in launching fior example Windows mediaplayer in parallel to MP (not sure if that's possible), start playing a song in both applications, minimizing both and then give the focus to another, third application. What happens when you press stop on the remote?

 

[CyberSimian]

Is your problem that in previous releases using the remote would maximize MP? If that's the case it was a bug not a feature Try using MP Tray and your Green Start Button to bring MP to the foreground.

My production system is currently MP 1.12, so in an idle moment I decided to test the behaviour of MP. I deselected "Centarea HID" (which I am currently using with my Ortek/Hama remote), and selected "Microsoft MCE" (to use with my One-for-All RC6 remote).

With MPTray active and MP minimised to the Task Bar, the START button restores MP to its previous size (windowed, not full screen). But several other buttons on the RC6 remote do this too, such as GUIDE, LIVE_TV, RECORDED_TV (and probably more). Note that WMC can be started using any of those buttons, so MP's behaviour is consistent with WMC. (I never tried restoring a minimised WMC using those buttons, so cannot comment on that aspect.)

I then disabled "Microsoft MCE" and enabled "Generic HID" (this is still with MP 1.12), and can confirm that GUIDE, LIVE_TV, etc. are ignored when MP is minimised to the Task Bar.

-- from CyberSimian in the UK

 

[Stéphane Lenclud]

other buttons on the RC6 remote do this too, such as GUIDE, LIVE_TV, RECORDED_TV

That's what I thought. Many thanks for trying it out.
I'm not sure how this was taken care of before in the legacy MCE handler.

This functionality should be added back in MP Tray.