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How do you run a shell script with a keyboard shortcut? Will one of the Built-In Functions do this?

I have a script that I use to toggle sound output between HDMI and my G930 headset. The keyboard shortcuts work in Ubuntu 12.04 and in Steam, but I can't figure out how to set the keyboard shortcut to work in XBMC.

My script is located in /usr/local/bin/sound-toggle.sh

I'm running Frodo and I can trigger the .sh with Advanced Launcher, but a keyboard shortcut would be really helpful.

Have you try to create a favourite of your sound-toggle.sh script from Advanced Launcher, then use this favourite as an action into your keymap.xml file? Somthing like this :


Where : your_key is the key you want to assign, cat_id is the ID of the category of your launcher and launcher_id is the ID of your sound-toggle.sh script launcher. cat_id and launcher_id values can be found into the xbmc/userdata/favourites.xml file.

Here's a couple I have mapped in the keyboard.xml. I actually have them set to keys on my Harmony remote, but it works as a keyboard using a Flirc. Anyway, I have the "b" keyboard key mapped to a script.

<a>EjectTray()</a>
<b>System.Exec(/home/xbmc/Scripts/restart-xbmc.sh)</b>

I first tried to edit the keyboard.xml file from github, which I placed in ~/.xbmc/userdata/keymaps/. When that didn't work, I removed all the other shortcuts except for my custom commands. That still didn't work.

I tried both of the following shortcuts (with various keys for "your_key"):

The XBMC.RunScript command was unresponsive, and the System.Exec command caused XBMC to exit full screen and minimize (and the script didn't run). Any help is much appreciated.

Maybe just try just :


Or you can also try :


or

The PlayMedia command worked! I can now switch between my headphones and tv speakers using either a button on my wireless G930 headset or with my keyboard.

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