english Posted October 4, 2023 Report Share Posted October 4, 2023 Hi All, II have a DirecTV Genie box. I'm not seeing a "play/pause" toggle button available, so pressing the play/pause button only sends "play". How do you guys play and pause your DirecTV? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asyba Posted November 25, 2023 Report Share Posted November 25, 2023 I have similar issue but for my blu-ray player Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution english Posted January 30 Author Solution Report Share Posted January 30 (edited) @asybaNoodling with beta 4 with IR learning to try addressing this problem I made a discovery. It may apply to other devices also... worth a look. The default setup for DirecTV receivers in the database is for the play/pause button on the Skip to send a "Play" code. There is no "play/pause toggle" command that can be applied. I was going to try learning what my other remotes were sending as a toggle to get the required code, or if not successful apply "pause" to the stop button on the Skip. I noticed that as I was dinking with the other remote, trying to learn the codes, My TV was play/pause toggling when I was pressing the pause button on a remote I was trying to learn. Turns out that the "pause" command IS a toggle. Removing "play" and applying "pause" to the play/pause Skip button (rather than the default "play") makes the play/pause work as one might expect. Deep sigh of relief; It had been driving me, or more to the point my wife, crazy! Marital bliss restored - mostly! Edited January 30 by english 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asyba Posted January 30 Report Share Posted January 30 @english yes exactly that. I forgot to write this in the forum. I found the same, using "Pause" I can do play/pause. except in some scenarios for example If I want to return to see something on my blu-ray player that I had Stop, then the "Pause" will not play, or I have to click the Center Key two times since it opens a menu to ask what source to reproduce. Or the other alternative that I did is to set "Play" to the 0 digit, since only on few scenarios I will need it and I don't bother having in that place. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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