PVR150 remote without application focus

[garetmax]

Hi BFV/AcidRain,

Once it stopped working, I was not able to get it working again no matter how many times I stopped/started my computer, restarted irremote.ini, edited irremote.ini, stopped/started GB-PVR, and various other things I tried.

I found the folks over at Sage TV had the same problem but fixed it. Originally they had a plugin for a fix and then they were able to edit the irremote.ini. I don't know programming so I'm not able to follow what they did. Can someone take a look and help us who have the focus problem?

http://forums.freytechnologies.com/forum...eadid=5253

Anyway, I'm still looking for a rock solid way to use GB-PVR with a remote without focus.


Thanks,
GaretMax

[ShiningDragon]

Hey, this really looks good :-D But i don't have a Hauppauge Remote anymore. But it seems to be very easy to use this Tool "SendMessage.exe"

Assumed that your ir32.ini is already prepared with the GB-PVR entries and the Tool "SendMessage.exe" is copied into the root folder of GB-PVR, than you only need to replace, or better upgrade, line after line with this commandline:

[GB-PVR]
;Silver Hauppauge remote
0={run(C:\Progra~1\devnz\gbpvr\SendMessage.exe GBPVR.exeApp GBPVR.exeWin 1258 0 30)}
1={run(C:\Progra~1\devnz\gbpvr\SendMessage.exe GBPVR.exeApp GBPVR.exeWin 1258 0 31)}

...and so on...

The bold marked numbers seem to be the Codenumbers for the choosed Buttons. For the other Code-Numbers you have to look within the ir32.ini from the SendMessage.exe Archiv. Go down there to "SageTV" and have a look for Button and Codenumber like this:

0= ...30
1= ...31
2= ...32
3= ...33

So you should go.

Like i am said, i don't have the Hauppauge Remote anymore, but this way should work for you.

[garetmax]

I haven't been able to get this working yet.

I downloaded their v2.2 sendmessage program and put it in the gbpvr directory.

I've changed the codes for the navigation buttons per their command list.

Its not working but it appears to be seeing my button pushes for the 0,1 and the nav buttons as I can see my icon flashing with the hour glass. It only flashes when I have focus on GB-PVR though.

I'm using the latest hauppauge remote control version 2.45.

Here's my irremote.ini and their command list.

Thanks,
GaretMax

[ShiningDragon]

I told you, that i can't test it myself, but i have a Idea:

Please replace the words GBPVR.exeApp and GBPVR.exeWin with the following ones.

GB-PVRApp and GB-PVRWin

I am not sure, if this works for you. But please test it. Something is already working, so we only have to find out the right Name for GB-PVR to be used.

[garetmax]

ShiningDragon,

I really appreciate your help especially since you don't even have the remote anymore.

I put in those changes and it's not working but doing the same things as before. I see the hourglass when the nav buttons are pushed but only when in focus. I did restart the IR after I made the changes. I restarted a couple times to be sure.

Thanks again,
GaretMax

[Emil]

No you would need focus. In order to control GBPVR without focus you would need to add some lines to the irremote.ini file in the C:\Windows\ Directory.

Open the file and find the [Default] Section. This is the area that is accessed first when you press a button on the remote. Add the Following, Replacing if necessary.

GRNPOWER={run(c:\progra~1\devnz\gbpvr\gbpvr.exe)}

OLD0=
0={findwnd(,GB-PVR)}{SendMsg(32771,192,0)}
1={findwnd(,GB-PVR)}{SendMsg(32771,193,0)}
2={findwnd(,GB-PVR)}{SendMsg(32771,194,0)}
3={findwnd(,GB-PVR)}{SendMsg(32771,195,0)}
4={findwnd(,GB-PVR)}{SendMsg(32771,196,0)}
5={findwnd(,GB-PVR)}{SendMsg(32771,197,0)}
6={findwnd(,GB-PVR)}{SendMsg(32771,198,0)}
7={findwnd(,GB-PVR)}{SendMsg(32771,199,0)}
8={findwnd(,GB-PVR)}{SendMsg(32771,200,0)}
9={findwnd(,GB-PVR)}{SendMsg(32771,201,0)}
SOURCE={switch(*task*)}{shift}{tab}
MINIMIZE=
FULLSCREEN={alt}{space}x
RESERVED=
NAVDOWN={findwnd(,GB-PVR)}{SendMsg(32771,225,0)}
NAVUP={findwnd(,GB-PVR)}{SendMsg(32771,224,0)}
NAVLEFT={findwnd(,GB-PVR)}{SendMsg(32771,209,0)}
NAVRIGHT={findwnd(,GB-PVR)}{SendMsg(32771,208,0)}
OK={findwnd(,GB-PVR)}{SendMsg(32771,229,0)}

GO={findwnd(,GB-PVR)}{SendMsg(32771,229,0)}
FASTFWD={findwnd(,GB-PVR)}{SendMsg(32771,244,0)}
FULLSCREEN={findwnd(,GB-PVR)}{SendMsg(32771,229,0)}
REWIND={findwnd(,GB-PVR)}{SendMsg(32771,242,0)}
BACK={findwnd(,GB-PVR)}{SendMsg(32771,223,0)}
SKIPFWD={findwnd(,GB-PVR)}{SendMsg(32771,222,0)}
MENU={findwnd(,GB-PVR)}{SendMsg(32771,229,0)}
PLAY={findwnd(,GB-PVR)}{SendMsg(32771,245,0)}
SKIPREV={findwnd(,GB-PVR)}{SendMsg(32771,228,0)}
PAUSE={findwnd(,GB-PVR)}{SendMsg(32771,240,0)}
STOP={findwnd(,GB-PVR)}{SendMsg(32771,246,0)}

REC={findwnd(,GB-PVR)}{SendMsg(32771,247,0)}

MUTE={findwnd(,GB-PVR)}{SendMsg(32771,229,0)}

CHNLUP={findwnd(,GB-PVR)}{fgnwnd()}{pgup}
CHNLDOWN={findwnd(,GB-PVR)}{fgnwnd()}{pgdn}
;VOLUP={findwnd(,GB-PVR)}{fgnwnd()}+
;VOLDOWN={findwnd(,GB-PVR)}{fgnwnd()}-

;FUNC={findwnd(,GB-PVR)}{SendMsg(32771,219,0)}
GUIDE={findwnd(,GB-PVR)}{fgnwnd()}{f1}
TV={findwnd(,GB-PVR)}{fgnwnd()}{f2}
VIDEOS={findwnd(,GB-PVR)}{fgnwnd()}{f3}
MUSIC={findwnd(,GB-PVR)}{fgnwnd()}{f4}
PICTURES={findwnd(,GB-PVR)}{fgnwnd()}{f5}
RADIO={findwnd(,GB-PVR)}{fgnwnd()}{f6}
;POWER={findwnd(,GB-PVR)}{SendMsg(32771,,0)}
TEXT={findwnd(,GB-PVR)}{fgnwnd()}{ctrl}o


Lines with ";" are comments and not used. Hope this helps.

- Graham

After spending alot of hours on this I finally got my remote to work without gb-pvr having focus. Graham's ini do work, if you close this web page. I'm not sure of how exactly this 'findwnd' command works, but if you have these forums open, it will find this window and as a result you can scroll it up and down with your remote. It could be a Internet Explorer thing, not sure. So, for me it works as soon as I close this page.

I include my Irremote.ini file just in case.

/Emil

[garetmax]

Allright here I am again with the focus issue trying to figure this out.

I think I finally found the problem which for me was a conflict with the media MVP. I'm wondering if the people that don't have mvp's just don't have the focus problem when they revise irremote.ini.

I just put my mvp number of servers to autostart to 0 and now I can use my remote for GB-PVR without focus.

I vaguely remember someone saying that the MVP uses the same class? name but didn't really know what it meant. Can the mvp class name be something different?
0={findwnd(,GB-PVR)}{SendMsg(32771,192,0)}

I'll have to do some more testing especially since I still want to use my MVP on another TV. It always seemed so strange that some people have no focus problem and others like me can never get it to work.

Was this the real problem?:confused:

GaretMax

[sub]

I vaguely remember someone saying that the MVP uses the same class? name but didn't really know what it meant. Can the mvp class name be something different?

The classname is auto generated behind the scenes by .NET and not something I can change.

It may not be obvious to people, but the MVP server and gbpvr.exe are the exact same process with some different command line parameters, so I'm not surprised this method would be accidentally sending messages to the MVP server window.

[garetmax]

I've done a little testing and now I can't get my MVP to work so my next question is:

How do I use my MVP with GB-PVR without setting the number of servers to autostart to 1?

Thanks,
GaretMax

[sub]

How do I use my MVP with GB-PVR without setting the number of servers to autostart to 1?

You could manually run the MVP server from the icon created with the GB-PVR install, but I suspect you'll get the same behaviour.