UI Customizations

[cdogg]

Just a few questions as I've been tinkering around with this program...

How to assign period and comma in keymappings.xml, editing it works as it should but these two characters don't seem to work.
How to add sounds to the interface like when selecting something or going back a screen, similar to XBMC for example.
How to remove unwanted screens in the interface like under recordings, the conflicts screen and/or the menu bar at the top of the screen.

Simple yet powerful program so far I must admit!

I understand there are addons for XBMC and Kodi but I prefer to use the native client

[sub]

How to add sounds to the interface like when selecting something or going back a screen, similar to XBMC for example.
How to remove unwanted screens in the interface like under recordings, the conflicts screen and/or the menu bar at the top of the screen.

Unfortunately the you can't really tweak this type of stuff. You can only really disable enable top level screens (like if you don't want to DVD player or Pictures or Music etc). I only have a finite amount of development time to go around, and in the past I've found these types of customizations are used by a tiny percentage of users, so it's not something I've committed a lot of time to.

I could probably add support for some basic sounds in the next release (not too much work). I probably wouldn't be able to support customizations like adjusting top level menu and removing sub-screens (too much work).

[cdogg]

Thanks for the quick reply indeed! Basic sounds are fine, like if they play certain wav files or something and then we can just replace the files with what we like.

I can understand making it possible to remove certain elements being a bit difficult or annoying to make it a user friendly option but is there a sloppy way to do it? Alot of exe files can be edited for things like that but I don't believe yours are. I have no problem doing alot of work to make the customizations I find useful and I would certainly not want to trouble others for support, but maybe guidance

Any ideas on the comma and period keymapping? I tried hex values but I may have done it wrong like I tried "2e" and "0x2e", no go.

I'd be happy to help with various parts of your project. I'm going to start working more on the interface now which brought up some of the questions.

I doubt you hear this enough so thank you again for the awesome software!

I've tested it a number of times in the past and never had an issue but was comfortable with BeyondTV despite it's flaws. I'm on board here now though, so thanks

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I'll check the key mapping in the morning.

[Graham]

I can understand making it possible to remove certain elements being a bit difficult or annoying to make it a user friendly option but is there a sloppy way to do it?

The layout of the display is specified in xml files at Users\Public\Skin ... There are some user developed skins at ... http://www.nextpvr.com/nwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Skin.Skin (though they may be a bit out of date). There is no documentation for modifying skin files. You will have to use trial and error.

[johnsonx42]

Any ideas on the comma and period keymapping? I tried hex values but I may have done it wrong like I tried "2e" and "0x2e", no go.

the keycodes aren't ascii, they're .net. I believe you want "oemcomma" and "oemPeriod".
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/...work-4.7.1

[cdogg]

Thanks for the post, I gave it a go and no dice

[sub]

What exactly did you add to your keymapping? You might be trying override something that can't be overridden.

[cdogg]

Here's my keymapping in it's current state;

<Mapping>
<Subsystem name="General">
<Key code="P" command="Play"/>
<Key code="Escape" command="Escape"/>
<Key code="PageUp" command="PageUp"/>
<Key code="PageDown" command="PageDown"/>
<Key code="{CTRL}S" command="Delete"/>
<Key code="S" command="Delete"/>

<Key code="{CTRL}S" command="Stop"/>
<Key code="S" command="Stop"/>
<Key code="{CTRL}Q" command="Pause"/>
<Key code="P" command="Play"/>
<Key code="R" command="Record"/>
<Key code="Space" command="PausePlay"/>
<Key code="{CTRL}O" command="PausePlay"/>

<Key code="{CTRL}Right" command="SkipForward"/>
<Key code="{CTRL}Left" command="SkipBack"/>
<Key code="oemComma" command="Rewind"/>
<Key code="oemPeriod" command="FastForward"/>

<Key code="O" command="Info"/>

<Key code="{CTRL}{ALT}T" command="ToggleAspectRatio"/>
<Key code="I" command="ShowOSD"/>

<Key code="{ALT}B" command="Blue"/>
<Key code="{ALT}G" command="Green"/>
<Key code="{ALT}Y" command="Yellow"/>
<Key code="{ALT}R" command="Red"/>

<Key code="{CTRL}E" command="SelectAudio"/>

<Key code="{SHIFT}D8" command="PIP"/>
<Key code="{SHIFT}D3" command="SwapPIP"/>
<Key code="{SHIFT}D4" command="MovePIP"/>
<Key code="{SHIFT}D5" command="SizePIP"/>

<Key code="Home" command="MainMenu"/>

<Key code="Tab" command="Home/Inset"/>
</Subsystem>
<Subsystem name="MusicPlayback">
<Key code="S" command="Stop"/>
<Key code="{CTRL}Q" command="Pause"/>
<Key code="{CTRL}P" command="Play"/>
<Key code="Right" command="NextTrack"/>
<Key code="Left" command="PreviousTrack"/>
</Subsystem>
<Subsystem name="LiveTV">
<Key code="PageDown" command="Channel-"/>
<Key code="PageUp" command="Channel+"/>
<Key code="Return" command="ChangeChannel"/>
<Key code="{CTRL}X" command="SelectSubtitles"/>
<Key code="{CTRL}W" command="PreviousChannel"/>
<Key code="{CTRL}T" command="ToggleTeletext"/>
<Key code="{CTRL}D" command="SetSubtitleDelay"/>

<Key code="Space" command="PausePlay"/>
<Key code="{CTRL}P" command="PausePlay"/>
<Key code="oemPeriod" command="FastForward"/>
<Key code="oemComma" command="Rewind"/>
<Key code="{CTRL}S" command="Stop"/>
<Key code="S" command="Stop"/>
<Key code="Right" command="SkipForward"/>
<Key code="Left" command="SkipBack"/>
</Subsystem>
<Subsystem name="VideoPlayback">
<Key code="{CTRL}X" command="SelectSubtitles"/>
<Key code="{CTRL}T" command="ToggleTeletext"/>
<Key code="{CTRL}D" command="SetSubtitleDelay"/>

<Key code="Space" command="PausePlay"/>
<Key code="{CTRL}P" command="PausePlay"/>
<Key code="oemPeriod" command="FastForward"/>
<Key code="oemComma" command="Rewind"/>
<Key code="{CTRL}S" command="Stop"/>
<Key code="S" command="Stop"/>
<Key code="Right" command="SkipForward"/>
<Key code="Left" command="SkipBack"/>
</Subsystem>
<Subsystem name="Recordings">
<Key code="{CTRL}{ALT}S" command="ToggleSortMode"/>
</Subsystem>
<Subsystem name="TVGuide">
<Key code="{ALT}G" command="SelectGroup"/>
</Subsystem>
</Mapping>

[cdogg]

If I change the spots where I have the "oemComma" and "oemPeriod" to something like "B" and "N", it works.