[User 82703]

Hi all,

I've been happily running XBMC on Win7 for a while (and Xbox long before that) and just got an ATV2. Got XBMC up and running easy enough and things seem to be working pretty well. I see some stuttering/buffering on DVD ISOs but it could be my network (wireless). Haven't dug into it yet.

With Bluecop's Hulu plugin, I notice it takes longer to download the directories (such as TV -> Alphabetical) than it does on my PC. Could be the limited power of the ATV2, or again maybe just a wireless speed issue.

One thing I am having a problem with is updating my joystick.AppleRemote.xml file. I made some changes, successfully SFTP'd it over to the correct directory, and restarted. Didn't change the remote behavior. Ran the command to fix file permissions (chown -R mobile:mobile /private/var/mobile/Library/Preferences/XBMC/userdata) and still no go. I'm sure I'm missing something here, but not sure what. Any help?

Thanks to all for making such great software, and for a great community for help!

[User 82703]

Any help with the remote not working as expected after changing the joystick.AppleRemote.xml ?

Are logs needed for something like this?

[deanmv]

Well what did you change? What are you trying to do? Have you rebooted XBMC since you changed the file as if not it won't load the new joystick file.

[g-off]

The one in the wiki is not awsome. It shows what should be added to the file, not what should replace it.

Stick this one in:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3025298/joys...ppleRemote.xml

[Ned Scott]

My bad. I had assumed it worked the same as keyboard.xml, which only needs changes and appends those to the defaults. I'll restore the wiki copy to the full version.

[g-off]

You are a fast worker Ned; I should have fixed it instead of moaning about it being wrong.

[User 82703]

Thanks, I'll give it a try with the full text of the file tonight. I'm still a bit confused on which buttons are which, especially since the ATV2 aluminum remote doesn't have 13 buttons. So, if I have it right,

<button id="1">BigStepForward</button> (UP)
<button id="2">BigStepBack</button> (DOWN)
<button id="3">StepBack</button> (LEFT)
<button id="4">StepForward</button> (RIGHT)
<button id="5">OSD</button> (CENTER/SELECT)
<button id="6">Stop</button> (MENU)
<button id="7">AudioNextLanguage</button> (HOLD CENTER)
<button id="8">SmallStepBack</button> (HOLD MENU)

Are these even needed:

<button id="9">Rewind</button>
<button id="10">FastForward</button>
<button id="11">FastForward</button>
<button id="12">Pause</button>
<button id="13"></button>

And I can change the functions for each button to be what I want, for example:

<button id="1">SkipNext</button>

This would make the Up button skip ahead one chapter, correct?

[deanmv]

Code:

<joystick name="AppleRemote">
      <!-- plus       -->      <button id="1">Up</button>
      <!-- minus      -->      <button id="2">Down</button>
      <!-- left       -->      <button id="3">Left</button>
      <!-- right      -->      <button id="4">Right</button>
      <!-- center     -->      <button id="5">Select</button>
      <!-- menu       -->      <button id="6">Back</button>
      <!-- hold center-->      <button id="7">Fullscreen</button>
      <!-- hold menu  -->      <button id="8">ContextMenu</button>

      <!-- old buttons for ATV <2.2, used on OSX  -->
      <!-- hold left  -->      <button id="9">Left</button>
      <!-- hold right -->      <button id="10">Right</button>

      <!-- new aluminium remote buttons  -->
      <!-- play/pause -->      <button id="12">Play</button>

      <!-- Additional buttons via Harmony Apple TV remote profile -->
      <!-- pageup     -->      <button id="13">PageUp</button>
      <!-- pagedown   -->      <button id="14">PageDown</button>
      <!-- pause      -->      <button id="15">Pause</button><!-- work? -->
      <!-- play2      -->      <button id="16">Play</button>
      <!-- stop       -->      <button id="17">Stop</button>
      <!-- fast fwd   -->      <button id="18">FastForward</button><!-- work? -->
      <!-- rewind     -->      <button id="19">Rewind</button>
      <!-- skip fwd   -->      <button id="20">SkipNext</button>
      <!-- skip back  -->      <button id="21">SkipPrevious</button>

Just to show you what 9-13 are.

From what you have it is already set that the up biutton will skip forward by 10 minutes but yes you are right, SkipNext will "Skip to the next item in a playlist or scene in a video." All the settings and what they do can be found here: http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Key...ml#Actions