Hauppauge remote A415 remote - possible bug

[sugarman]

Hi there everyone,

I have taken the plunge and I am installing gbpvr for the first time. Firstly, I wanted to say that from what I have seen so far, it looks and works great. Secondly, the wiki is also looking great. I hope in time (and when I have some more experience) that I'll be able to help fill it up a bit.

ok, onto the subject line. I have the above remote, and I think I may have found a bug. When watching a video file, the pause and transport controls dont work until you have paused the video using the mouse. At least it doesnt seem like it does. Maybe I am doing something wrong. I have looked through the forums but not found anything.

Where can I look at (and possibly change) the key mappings on the remote? The 415 remote has a few buttons at the top..namely TV / Videos / Music / Pictures... etc that I'd like to assign to jump to each section. The guide button has been assigned - and I LOVE the fact it works whilst watching videos as well

cheers,
john

[sugarman]

anyone??

[sub]

Do you have a picture of the remote so we know which one your talking about? This model number means nothing to me.

[Tommi]

Hi sugarman,

I have the same remote (It's the silver one, right?)
But I don't have that problem for the video files.

But if your watching DivX movies and have the new codec installed, then the codec starts a systray icon which takes away the focus from GB-PVR so, the remote won't send any commands it any more.
You can test if GB-PVR looses focus when watching the box in taskbar.

The keymappings are set in the irremote.ini file in the windows directory.

Btw, when you configure the remote to start gbpvr when pressing the green power button, then you can just press that button again after gbpvr lost the focus and it will get it back, since it is not started twice.

Hope that helps..

Tommi

[sugarman]

sorry for the delay in replying - I have been looking for the usb cable that connects my camera to the pc so I can upload the picture.

yes, it is the silver one.

Thanks for all the replies. Couple of quick questions though

Having read your comments - I am fairly sure it is the codec that is causing the focus to be lost.

What is the name of divx codec that starts a systray icon, and is there any alternative to it? I have noticed that I have an overlayed divx logo on my films - if I purchase the full product will this be removed, and the systray icon issue be resolved?

Thanks for the tip on the keymappings. Anyone fancy sending me theres so I can compare the two? I am particularly interested to see if other applications can be launched and assigned

I didnt really understand the comment about configuring gbpvr and pressing the green power button. Is there an option in the config file, or do I have to assign this in the ini file?

Thanks for the clarification!!

This solution is now *ALMOST* girl friend proof

John

[sub]

yes, it is the silver one.

I can think of at least three different silver Hauppauge remotes.

Here was a previous thread that discussed that divx focus problem: http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php...tray+focus

[sugarman]

I dont have the usb version - mine is pci..... but this looks like it

http://www.hauppauge.fr/images/visuels/n...remote.jpg

[Tommi]

Hey Sugar ,

ok seemed we found at least the problem.
As far as I know the divX codec does the systray since 6.0. A good other choice would be Xvid or much better than everthing ffdshow (just google for them)
A good adress for new codecs or codec packs is : http://www.free-codecs.com/
(don't know if you will find ffdshow there)

Ok now to the irremote.ini:
=====================

You can control every application you want with the remote, you just have to configure it.
To start applications with the Remote go to the [Default] section of the ini file and specify a command fo a key (just see the example below for gb-pvr)

[INDENT][Default]
OLD0=
0=
1=
2=
...
...
GRNPOWER={sleep(750)}{run(C:\Programme\devnz\gbpvr\GBPVR.exe)}
..
..
[/INDENT]

You can even configure the number buttons to start applications with your remote.

Ok, the clue is now, that as we see the Green-Power Button launches GBPVR. But if GBPVR is already running, it just will give the application the focus when you press it again.
So, start your DivX movie -> loose focus -> press green button -> get focus back and everything is fine.


Howto configure other applications for the remote
======================================

Start the application you want to control with your remote. Check the Window Title of the application.
Take that title and put in to brackets in the ini file. For example VLC player:
VLC window title is "VLC media player" so the entry will have to be:

[VLC media player]
NAVDOWN={DOWN}
NAVUP={UP}
NAVRIGHT={right}
NAVLEFT={left}
OK={enter}
PLAY={space}
PAUSE={space}
STOP=s
FASTFWD=+
REWIND=-
SKIPFW=n
SKIPREV=p
BLUE=f
VOLUP={ctrl}{UP}
VOLDOWN={ctrl}{DOWN}

The buttons are just the shortkeys from from the manual.

After that you will also have to add the window title in the Applications section, as below:

[Applications]
VLC media player=


But that will only do the half of the work. Because VLC window title will change when playing a video file. So we will have add an additional entry:

[VLC (DirectX Output)]
..
..

and of course also again in the Application section

VLC (DirectX Output)=

Et viola, VLC can be controlled by your Remote.
Okay, I hope that's "girl friend proof" enough (even not politically correct )

Cheers
Tommi

[sugarman]

very very helpful... thanks very much

[Gunnyhud]

How do you configure the remote? I can't get this thing to work.