[Program-specific mappings and on the fly profile swapping]

@creyc: I have not used Plex but doesn't it support the standard media keyboard keys?

MCE, XBMC and VLC does which means Flirc only needs to support the standard media keys to do the most used functions in all those apps.

[Unsure whether to buy a Flirc? (PLEASE CONTRIBUTE)]

Remote being used

Harmony One with TV Profile Samsung LN46C650L1F

Pros

+ Config stored on the Flirc itself. No config should be needed on the respective PC/Mac.

+ Can be used with any remote (a programmable remote as Harmony etc is not needed but still an option)

+ Great signal reception

Cons

- It's advertised that ALL keyboard keys should work but this is not true with current firmware v1. For example are the standard Media Keys not supported (Jason has issued beta firmware for this but it is not yet working )

- If used together with a programmable remote (as Logitech Harmony) it's not very easy to find the most suitable remote profile to use for the Flirc commands. Although recommendations of TV Profiles and additional mappings of the remote keys are available in the forum.

- The config GUI needs some more work to be more user friendly (the third party Windows tool Flirc Utilities solves some of the current weaknesses).

Overall

I believe all current weaknesses are known by the developer and work is done solving most of them. Looking forward to next stable firmware release and the new GUI.

["Load Configuration" Does Not Work]

If you loaded the config with stable v1 firmware, do you loose it when upgrading?

I can't test right now but I believe my config was still loaded after upgrade.

[CTRL-F & CTRL-B don't work in Windows Media Center]

Yes I am. I found the v3 beta firmware for Media Keys and just upgraded one of my two Flircs. I will leave the feedback in the

[Introducing Flirc Utilities]

Nice tool, thanks for sharing!

[Modifier keys in command line recording]

I'm trying to configure the standard keyboard media buttons but as they are not available in the GUI I try finding a way to do it manually using the CLI.

It is exactly the below HID's I want to program, but I don't understand what number I should use together with the command "flirc.exe record_api ", can someone help me out? :huh:

(for example "Stop" is 1<<2 which should be 4 (binary 100). However, "HID_a" is said to be 4???

#define HID_EJECT (1<<7)

#define HID_VOL_DOWN (1<<6)

#define HID_VOL_UP (1<<5)

#define HID_MUTE (1<<4)

#define HID_PLAY_PAUSE (1<<3)

#define HID_STOP (1<<2)

#define HID_PREV_TRACK (1<<1)

#define HID_NEXT_TRACK (1<<0)

[CTRL-F & CTRL-B don't work in Windows Media Center]

Jason, could you comment on my question above?

[suspend windows and xbmc]

I got mine yesterday and use it with Harmony One. The range is great! In my Livingroom, I can't point in almost any direction with instant reaction :)

[Recommended Harmony device]

Great thread! I hope my Flirc arrives any day so I can start trying this out. :)

However, I don't fully understand why TV remote profiles are suggested instead of something like a PVR as Tivo or maybe the Boxee? Will it not confuse the Harmony config guide when you setup two TVs and then create the Activites?

[CTRL-F & CTRL-B don't work in Windows Media Center]

... I believe this is the same thing that might actually be causing the media keys to not work in windows...

I'm missing the standard Media keys in the Controller "Full Keyboard" (Flirc config client v0.96, Win 7). Is above problems the reason that those are not added yet? If yes, is the plan still to have it solved during July timeframe?

Reason I ask is that I don't want to use application specific shortcuts when there is standard keyboard keys available (ie Play is "P" in XBMC and "CTRL+SHIFT+P" in WMC, I don't want to use those). I have several media players/systems on my HTPC and keys like Play, Pause, Next, Volume Up/Down, Mute etc needs to use Windows standard key control.