Note that switching controllers on the FLIRC menu doesn’t change buttons you programmed on another controller. This way, you later have a way of determining which remote buttons collide (are mapped to the same key). ( )įor a QWERTY remote, the best way to do it is to program the QWERTY keys first, then program the non-qwerty keys (play, pause, ff etc) last. For the time being, try to map the buttons with the corresponding keys on the XBMC keyboard. Don’t worry at this point if you have a lot of extra keys on your remote that don’t correspond to any keyboard keys. For example, use the XBMC keyboard layout to program the keys in your remote. An ordinary remote is simple just use FLIRC’s GUI to program all the keys that you can see direct equivalents for. Programming your keys depends on whether you have an ordinary remote, or one with QWERTY keys. Maybe setup your library and some videos for or something you can browse through or troubleshoot.Ĥ. Install FLIRC and verify it works with your remote.ģ. If you are using a universal remote, try to select a code which has no overlap with your TV or other electronics.Ģ. I used a marker to erase the labels on the buttons that had weird effects on my TV so I wouldn’t press them. Since the remote isn’t programmable, there’s no way to avoid it. Power, Info, Menu, Volume, Channel and some QWERTY keys all had effects on my TV. This step is very important I found out after the fact that certain buttons on my Vizio remote work on my Element TV. Verify that your remote control does not interfere with your TV! If not, ask someone more technically inclined to help you.ġ. I presume that you know how to navigate XBMC, FLIRC, and hopefully Eventghost. In this case, I’ll use it to program specific XBMC-related keys, but this could be extended to many other things, as long as you figure out how to do it in eventghost. Eventghost can intercept those keypresses using the Keyboard Plugin, and with the correct addons, can re-translate those button-presses into any arbitrary action you want. Someone needs to make a kickstarter for these.įLIRC processes signals from your remote control and turns them into keypresses on a virtual keyboard. ![]() Unfortunately, no such remote exists, and these VIZIO remotes are probably the best I’ve seen for this purpose. If someone could just create a sexy universal IR remote with QWERTY keys underneath it, it would make me so happy. However, programming the QWERTY remote makes it more difficult than a regular universal remote. This remote is pretty kickass since it has QWERTY if you need it, and is purely IR-based, so FLIRC can program all the buttons for it. Because of this, I wanted to interface EventGhost’s XBMC2 plugin as well as FLIRC to maximize the capacity of my remote.ĮventGhost - WINDOWS ONLY, I don’t know any comparable linux or mac software, and don’t ask me about it.Ī remote control - I am using Vizio Remote Control XRV1TV 3D ($20 on amazon), which comes with the normal remote keys and a qwerty keyboard on the back. ![]() Finally, the practice of editing keymaps.xml or whatever XBMC uses is painful. Additionally, some buttons don’t really have counterparts in FLIRC or the keyboard, such as YELLOW, BLUE, RED and GREEN. Unfortunately, the buttons that the FLIRC program provides for XBMC are pretty limited most universal remotes come with a bajillion buttons that aren’t used under normal conditions for XBMC. OK folks, I’ve been really waiting for a way to interface FLIRC with XBMC. ![]() How to use EventGhost and Flirc for maximum XMBC awesomeness.
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