samy Posted February 9, 2014 Report Posted February 9, 2014 Having trouble trying to program Play and Pause for Windows Media Center. i seem to be able to program all functionality, except for these 2. GUI says "recorded successfully", but when i try to use the buttons, nothing happens. I've also tried using different buttons on the remote (ie not Play & Pause on the remote), but with the same result. I've tried 2 different remote controls, i'm able to program all functionality i need, except for Play and Pause. flirc firmware: 2.3 flirc gui: 1.2.2 remotes used: Tivo (series 2) and Samsung Smart TV remote any ideas? Quote
jason Posted February 9, 2014 Report Posted February 9, 2014 Do any of the other media keys work? Quote
samy Posted February 9, 2014 Author Report Posted February 9, 2014 Fast Forward & Rewind work fine, Up, Down, Left, Right, Enter, Mute, Home all ok. Basically everything except for Play & Pause Quote
Budwyzer Posted February 10, 2014 Report Posted February 10, 2014 Have you tried just using CTRL+P on the full keyboard GUI? Here's a list of WMC keyboard shortcuts. I didn't know about Win+Alt+Enter, that one's pretty cool. Quote
samy Posted February 11, 2014 Author Report Posted February 11, 2014 i'm trying to not have to use a keyboard, just a single existing remote. Flirc seemed cool that i could use an existing remote. And it's working great, mostly, right up until i fast fwd the ads, but can't stop it by pressing "Play", or using "Pause". Quote
jason Posted February 11, 2014 Report Posted February 11, 2014 there is a problem with windows media center, I'll try and address that shortly, but I'm tied up. I believe it has something to do with the ctrl+p, the ctrl needs to be sent, and then the p. I send them simultaneously. A bit ridiculous, but it's on my list of stuff to fix. Quote
samy Posted February 11, 2014 Author Report Posted February 11, 2014 that sort of makes sense ... sorta. happy to help sort this out when you have time. appreciate it. Quote
Budwyzer Posted February 11, 2014 Report Posted February 11, 2014 i'm trying to not have to use a keyboard, just a single existing remote. Flirc seemed cool that i could use an existing remote. And it's working great, mostly, right up until i fast fwd the ads, but can't stop it by pressing "Play", or using "Pause". I think you missed the "GUI" portion there. I was suggesting to, instead of using the WMC interface that already has the media keys where you simply select Play/Pause and press the button on your remote, that you go to the Full Keyboard layout in the Flirc GUI and try programming your keys from there and see if it works better. I was not suggesting that you use an actual keyboard. Quote
element192 Posted February 11, 2014 Report Posted February 11, 2014 I actually have a similar problem. Though mine is for the INFO button and the SKIP BACK and SKIP FWD commands. Initially I couldn't program PLAY or PAUSE either like the OP and just like Deadpool suggested, programming via the "full keyboard" layout in the GUI fixed that. Unfortunately this didn't work for my other buttons. This makes using MediaBrowser very difficult as it doesn't seem to use the standard Rewind of Fast-Forward commands but uses Skip Back and Skip Forward. So I essentially have no easy way to navigate when using it. Is the 2.3 firmware relatively new? I feel like I'm on 2.2 but will have to check when I get home, could this have fixed the issue? Quote
samy Posted February 12, 2014 Author Report Posted February 12, 2014 "gui" keyboard made all the difference! got it all sorted, thanks all. and yes, the wmc keyboard shortcuts are pretty cool. Quote
jason Posted February 12, 2014 Report Posted February 12, 2014 what were the shortcuts you programmed? I'd like to update the wmc controller if it makes sense. Quote
samy Posted February 12, 2014 Author Report Posted February 12, 2014 Play = Ctrl+Shift+P Pause = Ctrl+P Quote
element192 Posted February 12, 2014 Report Posted February 12, 2014 Play = Ctrl+Shift+P Pause = Ctrl+P Would you mind seeing if you can get the following commands working for you: Skip Back = Ctrl+B Skip Forward = Ctrl+F Shortcut Menu = Ctrl D Quote
element192 Posted February 12, 2014 Report Posted February 12, 2014 what were the shortcuts you programmed? I'd like to update the wmc controller if it makes sense. I think one of the key ones missing: The "Green Button" command = Windows Key+Alt+Enter Live TV = Ctrl+T Recorded TV = Ctrl+O I programmed them in the Full Keyboard layout, but if you look into adding to the Windows Media keyboard those would be helpful. Quote
samy Posted February 12, 2014 Author Report Posted February 12, 2014 i was able to get a buttons working for: Windows Key+Alt+Enter (mega!) Live TV = Ctrl+T Recorded TV = Ctrl+O Guide = Ctrl+G but not Skip Back = Ctrl+B Skip Forward = Ctrl+F Shortcut Menu = Ctrl+D Quote
element192 Posted February 12, 2014 Report Posted February 12, 2014 i was able to get a buttons working for: Windows Key+Alt+Enter (mega!) Live TV = Ctrl+T Recorded TV = Ctrl+O Guide = Ctrl+G but not Skip Back = Ctrl+B Skip Forward = Ctrl+F Shortcut Menu = Ctrl+D Same exact thing for me, thanks for checking it out. Jason, is there anything that can be done to fix this? These are tough not to have when playing MKV files in MediaBrowser3 since the standard MCE "Rewind" and "Fast Forward" don't work and you have to use "Skip Back" or "Skip Forward." I'd rather not rely on a separate keyboard for this. The Info button is a really hard one not to have. Quote
jason Posted February 12, 2014 Report Posted February 12, 2014 How about the media keys? Do those work? They have ff and next track previous track and rewind Quote
element192 Posted February 12, 2014 Report Posted February 12, 2014 How about the media keys? Do those work? They have ff and next track previous track and rewind Wow, thanks! Using the Media Keys keyboard got the Skip Back (Previous) and Skip Forward (Next Track) working! Any suggestions for the Info command (Ctrl+D)? Also known as the "Shortcut Menu" in WMC. Quote
blah1 Posted March 18, 2014 Report Posted March 18, 2014 (edited) I'd like to also confirm that play, stop & pause do not seem to work in media center (firmware 2.3 ui 1.2.2). I tried the media center binding page and also the media keys binding page to no avail. Fast forward, and backwards seems to work fine. Setting up the those keys through the full keyboard page does work. Edited March 18, 2014 by blah1 Quote
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