Guide bug when viewing videos

[SLR_65]

When viewing a DVD or video in the video library if I accidently hit the "Guide" button (I got fat fingers so it happens easily!) the darn live TV guide would pull up and would not go away.

I fixed it myself and thought I would pass it along . . .

I just edited the keymap xml files for the DVD and Video players. I just deleted the line that said:

<command name="DVD_TV_GUIDE" key="F1"/>

That keeps the guide from being activated when in the DVD and Video player.

/Steve

[sub]

Pressing the escape key will close the tv guide.

Its there so people can check whats on TV, or schedule new recordings, while watching a DVD or video.

[SLR_65]

I figured that's why it was there.

Usually pushing it again clears it but it didn't when in the DVD or Video Player so I then tried all the likely suspects - ESC, HOME, etc. but none worked. I just restored the original keyboard maps for them and I get the same behavior - the ESC key does not clear it off in my system . . . could someone else give it a shot so we can see if it's just my system or a bug?

For now just disabling it works fine for me.

Restoring the old file was a fun experience . . . Vista notepad made it a txt file and wouldn't let me rename it to xml again! GRRR! I found you have to change the folder settings to show the file extensions and then you can change it when you hit rename. Nothing more fun that learning a new software program and operating system at the same time!

Take Care,

Steve

[sub]

I just gave it a go with a DVD and escape worked fine here.

[SLR_65]

Strange.

I'm running LM Remote Keymap to get my Hauppauge 1062 remote to work, I wonder if it's messing with something? Though it so far hasn't affected the keyboard at all - everytime I hit a keyboard command it's worked (except for this bug).

Oh well, I'll be curious to hear if anyone else has it.

Like I said, for now just disabling it works fine for me.

Take Care,

Steve

[SLR_65]

Yep! It's the LM Remote Keymap!

I fired up GBPVR and used the keyboard in live tv, F1 brought the guide up and pressing F1 cleared the guide. I then brought it up again and tried to clear the guide by pressing ESC and it didn't work. I then exited GBPVR and shut down LM Remote Keymap, then restarted GBPVR and started live tv and hit F1 and the guide pulled up. Then I hit ESC and it cleared it off. I then restored the keymaps for the DVD and Video players and gave it a shot and pressing F1 didn't clear it off but ESC indeed did.

Sooo, it's a problem with LM Remote keymap. Oh well, it makes my remote work so I can live without the ESC key! And I don't need the guide when I'm watching a video so I'll leave it disabled in the keymaps for now. In the future I may look at HIP, Girder, etc. and see if they work better. LM was really easy to setup though . . .

TTYL,

Steve

[SLR_65]

Just because LM Remote Keymap wont let me press the ESC button on the Keyboard doesn't mean it wont send it when it's assigned to a remote key! I had the Back button on the remote programmed to HOME, I switched it to ESC and restored the keymap files and now I can clear the guide off if I hit it! (though I may leave it disabled as for some reason I tend to hit when I don't want to!)

[sub]

There is a ton of places in the app where ESC is used to back out of things (directories in video library, various popups etc), so I personally wouldnt want to go without this key...

[SLR_65]

There is a ton of places in the app where ESC is used to back out of things (directories in video library, various popups etc), so I personally wouldnt want to go without this key...

I really hadn't noticed not having it as you can click on the .. to back out of directories and usually HOME gets ya back too.

No matter, I have the Back button sending ESC now and things are working as intended.

Back to playing with Movie Whiz . . .