I'm trying the 1.3.7 RC1 on my second HTPC. It reports firmware 3.6.
I do not see any of the missing keys that I mentioned in the WMC configuration: Record, Standby, Guide, Live TV, Recorded TV, etc. Should I? (Standby is really important because there's no alternative, since it's safer to exit WMC and then put the HTPC to sleep. Plus, it's how one wakes up the HTPC.)
For this test, I'm using the Rosewill RHRC-11002 remote, hoping that it's less weird than the one from Hauppauge.
The keys act a bit flaky. I've mapped the arrows, Enter, and Back in the Flirc setup. When I press them in WMC, they often work, but sometimes, they act as if I pressed them twice, or WMC beeps instead of performing the action (especially true for Enter), or they do nothing on the first press and the second press causes them to do their action twice.
I thought if might help if I erased the programming for the right key (for example), so I exited WMC and went back to Flirc's setup. (BTW, is it relevant that Flirc does not remember that I selected the WMC configuration? It always starts in Basic Configuration.)
1. I click the "erase" button in the Flirc setup.
2. It prompts me to press which remote key is to be erased.
3. I press the right-arrow key.
4. It says it's erased.
5. I click the right-key in the Flirc's WMC configuration.
6. It prompts me to press the button to be paired with 'right'
7. I press the remote's right button.
8. It displays a dialog saying, "Button already exists."
9. I click "Redo."
10. It says "Recorded successfully." (Sometimes it goes back to step 8 instead.)
#8 seems weird if I've already erased the programming for that key.
But, for the most part, it works with this remote, except for the missing buttons that it doesn't present for configuration.