Remote not fully working

[tesla1886]

I using a Logitech 665 with a Flirc receiver.

I am having a few problems with the remote functions either in NextPVR or the Flirc program itself as described below,

1. Play only works in NextPVR if the video is already paused, however play or pause will not pause the video. In Microsoft Movies and TV Play and Pause do the same thing, they will pause or play the video depending on its current status (I'd be ok with this). In VLC they both bring up the Simple Preferences menu. In Chrome they open the option to print
   
2. None of the other video control buttons (Record, Stop, Fast Forward, Rewind, Skip Forward or Skip Back) work at all, although Flirc acknowledges them being press (except  Record, Please see #3)
   
3. Flirc will not acknowledge the record button being pressed at all. Flirc does not acknowledge Record, even when attempting to assign it to a button
   
4. The Skip Back(not Fast Forward) button seems to be linked to the channel up button and the Skip Forward button (not Fast Forward) seems to be linked to the channel down button. I tried linking them correctly using the Flirc app but it seems like Flirc thinks they are the same buttons even though they aren't.
   
5. The  numbers work but will not change the channel. This maybe due to the issue there is no way to enter a '.' or '-' to get the sub channels
   
6. Is it possible to use my remote to open programs, IE is their a way I can configure my remote to open NextPVR and other programs.
   

If it matters in Flirc I am using the remote option for Microsoft WMC (Windows Media Center) is this the best option?
I really do not care if the buttons work in any program other then NextPVR and Chrome , although VLC would be nice

[mvallevand]

I am not sure why this is in the Kodi section since your questions are about NextPVR.exe

Flirc converts remote keys to a USB keyboard using their keyboard driver. You will need to use their utility to map to they keys NextPVR uses. Have a look a the NextPVR KeyMappings.xml file in the data folder for the keys. You will note that Ctrl-O (and space) and play pause toggles. The period can be mapped on either the remote or by modifying KeyMappings.xml.

The Flirc software is not great though so I am not surprised that some keys don't work, you probably need to create a custom keymap to get some keys to respond. I think I did get record working.

Launching apps via the remote would have to be something their software could do since it is not using the eHost interface that a WMC remote uses.

Best to focus on getting it to work with a preferred client. If you wanted more generic use you probably should have got a true WMC remote.

Martin