jason

Yes, you can do what you need, but please read my explanation above of how flirc usb works. I'm really sorry, I've re-read everything, I still do not see where you were explaining that you wanted to use the skip and flirc together to control media on the computer in a browser. Only that it wasn't working with the computer. But without context, I only understood that to be you could not set it up. The remote is a universal remote, it's meant to control anything IR. Flirc USB emulates keyboards and HID (human interface devices). You HAVE to pair it for it to work. By itself, without any setup, it's not going to do anything. It's going to receive an IR code from the remote, and do nothing. You need to use my pairing software to configure it to your liking. You are not using the correct app. SkipApp loads profiles on the remote control. When random things were happening like 'print screen', it's because these are pre-loaded on Flirc USB so you don't have to pair them. However, as you mentioned, they are not going to function correctly. For example, a key that might do something within PLEX, does print screen in windows. Download the flirc usb software. You can record remote control keys as keyboard keys. If you know what pauses the movie, like spacebar, pair the button on the remote with spacebar. Check out controllers->media keys. Here are global hid keys which should work for various apps on windows. The specific keyboard keys are dependent on what you are using on your computer. No keyboard or hid device will be able to control the browser window while not in focus that I know about. VLC would/should work. If you want to have more control, you can use eventghost. But that's out of my knowledge. I see a lot of users and blog posting about it and flirc.

I have no idea what you are trying to achieve. Sounds like you are trying to use the Skip remote with Flirc USB? But not sure how and what you are expecting. Let me try and explain this a bit. Flirc USB emulates a HID device and or a USB keyboard. If you want to use flirc - usb on a FireTV, I have all the HID codes on the USB device. I also have custom IR codes that will not interfere with any device in your living room specifically for Flirc. Loading this profile onto skip will allow you to use your skip remote with Flirc USB. Skip sends out custom IR codes, and in turn, the FLIRC USB receives these codes and sends out the necessary HID codes to the FIRE TV for you. Automatically, nothing else should be required for flirc. If you are trying to use the remote and flirc usb on your computer, you can do this as well. Say, you are using XBMC/Kodi, no problem. Just select the SKIP / Kodi profile in the skipapp, and launch KODI on your computer. The correct Keyboard keys will be sent wihen you press the correct buttons on the remote, assuming flirc usb is plugged in. If you want to control VLC, that's no problem as well. Just load an arbitrary IR device into skip that is not in the same room. Launch the flirc usb app, and then pair the keyboard keys yourself. The flirc usb app will allow you to dynamically pair remote control keys with any arbitrary keyboard or HID key. Here is where you can get the flirc usb software: https://flirc.tv/products/flirc-usb-receiver?variant=43513067569384#spec2 I hope that helps clarify how these can be used together. Any information an what these are plugged into and how you intend to use them would be great, if I didn't help with the above.

No, it's just me, and I have to manage everything. Sorry, didn't mean to leave you hanging, just trying my best. Sounds like a configuration problem. Any button can do anything, sounds like you just need to make sure they are mapped to you're liking. I suppose what we automapped isn't correct. So please save your current file. Configure it, and then save the new file, so I can see how you changed it. CleanShot 2024-11-07 at 11.35.15.mp4 Maybe I misunderstood the problem.

Ok

wait, at the first record? That doesn't make sense. What if you do the command by itself without all the other stuff in front of it? Just do this on it's own: flirc_util.exe record_api 0x2 0xA6 If that works reliably, it's something else related to windows

try putting in a sleep 200 ms after each record. You probably have a race condition.

You can remove it by dragging it to the recycling bin that shows up: CleanShot 2024-11-05 at 19.13.12.mp4 Ive gotten in trouble in the past in a blog post when I wrote 'fuck trump' after watching him try to repeal pre-existing medical conditions 4 times (my wife and I are cancer survivors so this was certainly stressful and upsetting). So I wont make that mistake again. Oh yeah, before I forget, fuck trump.

The future for the remote is bluetooth/wifi. Once we have those, we need a mobile app. I have a small team, I don’t have the resources to do a different app for every platform. So we are using react native desktop, which microsoft is behind. Once we make the switch, it should be easy to get apps out. However, in order to have a react native desktop app, microsoft’s compiler only creates a UWP app, which is limited in permissions. Can you attach your log file in the app directory? Maybe there will be a clue in there. Regarding using the remote disconnected, if you press the 4 dot color button, does anything happen?

I'm so very sorry for all your frustrations. I hope we can connect if you are still seeing these issues. Are the batteries plugged in and the right way? Both positives should be pointing up. They should have been wrapped in plastic, can you confirm they are new? Regarding the driver issue, you can install the driver manually here The app should have discovered the issue by itself and downloaded, and prompted you to install the driver. You can try doing it manually on the system in question. Please let me know if that doesn't work. Bottom line, it's all windows fault. We are binded to an application within 'UWP (universal windows app)'. They encforce security policies and sometimes outside apps effect our devices. It's a horrible mess and I regret using the technology we've used because of the issues windows randomly creates for us. Please let me know how these things go, I'll go at any length to solve these issues.

The repeat isn't the same as pressing the button, letting go, and pressing again, it's how many times the signal is sent out. It really only matters in a macro, but is also a minimum. So if I press quickly a button, it will send 3 packets. The TV wont receive this as 3 button presses. It's like a computer. The duration and repeat pattern depends on the TV. Does that make any sense?

Do you have the original remote? Have you tried recording from the original remote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeOCCrgJ8Zw If you do, please let us know if you get stuck so I can address it.

Can you post your config? Yes, the repeats are odd numbers at the moment.

Can you zip up all he contents in here: %localappdata%\Packages\SkipApp_nk6j7xazwq5t8\ Hit start->run and past that, go up a directory. Then zip up the skip directory and post that. Otherwise we have nothing to reproduce this.

What firmware version are you running?

You need to manually force an update of firmware. Remove batteries. Press and hold these buttons together when you plug into the software, it should update it. If it flashes red and the software doesn't detect it, let me know.

I'm unable to reproduce this but this is a great find. Thank you so much. I'll try and reproduce this you've found. In the mean time, I've pulled and reverted the release. Very sorry for this. It's always windows....

Which version of firmware are you using and which version of the application are you using? You are able to go through the record process though?

Can you zip up your logs and asyncstorage.db file in that directory and post them here? I very much would like to reproduce this. Go to remote manager, Export and Import here: I would try backing up. Uninstalling, installing the newer one manually. And importing your file. Please let me know if and what works and please also post your config as well. Thanks so much for the help.

Make sure you get the entire link into the URL: Link 1 Link 2

That's correct, the config is stored on the device and because the application doesn't track devices, the configuration isn't stored on the computer at all, unlike our remote. We'll eventually update this and bring Flirc into the skipapp, just have limited resources at the moment.

Not odd to me at all, I have a very sensitive receiver and algorithm, in combination, you can't have them too close. Causes too much noise. Each time you record a key, it's stored on the device. All the GUI is doing is putting it into record mode. File->Save Configuration Pop the other device into the machine File->Load Configuration. Done

no problem, sorry you are having so much trouble.

are you around a window, or a plasma tv, those are very noisy with Infrared and it could be capturing a lot of this noise

Capture doesn't make sense. Are you sure your batteries are okay? Also, make sure you are not pointing the remote into flirc, it's very sensitive, aim at the ceiling if you are next to it. Then try again and shoot the logs over here.

Try these: https://update.flirc.tv/skipapp/beta/0.9.982/SkipApp-0.9.982.8843-Beta-x64.msix?token=skipAppUpdate https://update.flirc.tv/skipapp/beta/0.9.984/SkipApp-0.9.984.8921-Beta-x64.msix?token=skipAppUpdate Let me know if you have luck with either of those.