remote button to change aspect ratio?

[Torque]

First off, maybe i'm missing it... is there a way to change the aspect ratio using a button on the remote? I only know how to do it using F7.

If there isn't, could one of the colored buttons be mapped to make this change?

Reason I ask is about half the shows we watch are 16:9 now, so getting up off the sofa to press F7 to switch is not WAF compliant.

I'd rather not have to purchase a wireless keyboard or install Girder/HIP to accomplish this single task.

Thanks.

[psycik]

I have min set up on my prev channel button with my hauppauge remote. Just change the key used to f7.

Depends on your remote I guess.

[stustunz]

what do you have against hip its a great prorgram for that sort of thing

[sgilani]

Assuming you are using a Hauppauge remote, just edit your irremote.ini and assign any of the buttons to F7.

For example:

RADIO = {f7}

.. or something like that.

[Torque]

There's just no reason to complicate my configuration any further adding an application like Girder/HIP to do one single task. As far as I know, not all colored buttons are used when in LiveTV (according to the wiki) so why not add it to the Wishlist?

I'm using a Sony Universal remote that I learned off my MCE remote. Is there a *remote.ini file for it I could change (I'm at work, I'll look tonite)?

[stustunz]

fair enough you will be waiting a while though
i use HIP and find it very useful and doesnt seem to affect anything you forget its even there

[NumberFive]

I agree with Torque on this one. As sgilani says, you just need to edit C:\Windows\irremote.ini

This is the irremote.ini I use for the 34 button Hauppauge remote. It makes the unlabelled button (FUNC) between 'Menu' and 'Full' control the aspect ratio.

Another nice benefit of this modified .ini is it sorts out the conflict between Hauppauge and Philips TV remotes and makes the 'GO' button launch PVRX2 from the Windows desktop.

Code:

[Remote]
RepeatDelay=3
MenuLoad=1        ; use tray as app launcher

[SystemCode]
0=HCWClassic
29=HCWPVR2
30=HCWPVR2
31=HCWPVR

[HCWPVR]
0=0
1=1
2=2
3=3
4=4
5=5
6=6
7=7
8=8
9=9
46=GREEN
56=YELLOW
11=RED
41=BLUE
12=FUNC
13=MENU
15=MUTE
16=VOLUP
17=VOLDOWN
32=CHNLUP
33=CHNLDOWN
61=GRNPOWER
31=BACK
37=OK
59=GO
60=FULLSCREEN
55=REC
54=STOP
48=PAUSE
53=PLAY
50=REWIND
52=FASTFWD
30=SKIPFWD
36=SKIPREV

[HCWPVR2]
0=0
1=1
2=2
3=3
4=4
5=5
6=6
7=7
8=8
9=9
46=GREEN
56=YELLOW
11=RED
41=BLUE
13=MENU
15=MUTE
16=VOLUP
17=VOLDOWN
32=CHNLUP
33=CHNLDOWN
61=GRNPOWER
31=BACK
37=OK
59=GO
55=REC
54=STOP
48=PAUSE
53=PLAY
50=REWIND
52=FASTFWD
30=SKIPFWD
36=SKIPREV
;new to hcwpvr2
12=RADIO
28=TVNEW
24=VIDEOS
25=MUSIC
26=PICTURES
27=GUIDE
22=NAVLEFT
23=NAVRIGHT
20=NAVUP
21=NAVDOWN
10=TEXT
14=SUBCC
18=CHNLPREV

; First item in this section IS always the default app if no others found
[Applications]
Default=
PVRX2=

[Default]
GO={run(c:\Progra~1\devnz\gbpvr\PVRX2.exe)}        

[PVRX2]
0=0
1=1
2=2
3=3
4=4
5=5
6=6
7=7
8=8
9=9
CHNLUP={UP}
CHNLDOWN={DOWN}
VOLUP={right}
VOLDOWN={left}
YELLOW={ctrl}Y
MUTE={ctrl}M
GO={f11}
OK={enter}
RED={ctrl}R
GREEN={ctrl}G
FASTFWD={ctrl}F
FULLSCREEN={alt}{enter}
REWIND={ctrl}D
BACK={esc}
SKIPFWD={ctrl}{right}
MENU={home}
PLAY={ctrl}P
SKIPREV={ctrl}{left}
PAUSE={ctrl}Q
STOP={ctrl}S
BLUE={ctrl}B
REC={ctrl}K
FUNC={f7}
GUIDE={f1}
TVNEW={f2}
VIDEOS={f3}
MUSIC={f4}
PICTURES={f5}
RADIO={f6}
GRNPOWER={f12}
TEXT={ctrl}O