2013-12-01, 21:18
I'm running XBMC under Debian on a Raspberry Pi.
I'm using a windows media center edition remote control and USB IR input that came with a Zotac Zbox AD-11.
The RPi is set up to start XBMC on boot, and to restart it if it quits/crashes. I don't have a problem starting XBMC!
I'm only using this to play a vast collection of mp3 files (ripped from CDs.) No TV, no PVR, no cable, no internet cloud services that may or may not have my media and may or may not be here tomorrow. The source is a server in a closet that exposes the files over NFSv4.
I've been trying to google the internets for how to map the green button to jump to the top/home screen. That's it. That's all I need to change.
However, I've run into the following problems:
1) Most tutorials and resources that talk about MCE remotes, talk about XBMC running on Windows. They include registry hacks, and very frequently windows-specific macro utilities, that have nothing to do with my set-up.
2) One forum thread mentions that the green button might send windows-alt-enter as a key combination. However, the keyboard.xml that ships with XBMC does not talk about "windows" or "alt" modifiers, and all the documentation I've seen just says "check the shipped keyboard.xml for examples" rather than include a comprehensive reference of what the possible buttons/keys are.
I want to eat a fish: What is the proper XML tag to use to capture a press on the green windows start button on this remote, in a keyboard.xml or remote.xml file?
Or I want to learn how to fish: Is there any kind of logging I can turn on, or utility I can run (on Debian, on Raspberry Pi) that will simply tell me which buttons are being pressed, as they are being pressed?
Bonus question: What's the name of the little back/left arrow key on this remote, and how can I map it to do the same thing as pressing Escape on a keybaord does?
I'm using a windows media center edition remote control and USB IR input that came with a Zotac Zbox AD-11.
The RPi is set up to start XBMC on boot, and to restart it if it quits/crashes. I don't have a problem starting XBMC!
I'm only using this to play a vast collection of mp3 files (ripped from CDs.) No TV, no PVR, no cable, no internet cloud services that may or may not have my media and may or may not be here tomorrow. The source is a server in a closet that exposes the files over NFSv4.
I've been trying to google the internets for how to map the green button to jump to the top/home screen. That's it. That's all I need to change.
However, I've run into the following problems:
1) Most tutorials and resources that talk about MCE remotes, talk about XBMC running on Windows. They include registry hacks, and very frequently windows-specific macro utilities, that have nothing to do with my set-up.
2) One forum thread mentions that the green button might send windows-alt-enter as a key combination. However, the keyboard.xml that ships with XBMC does not talk about "windows" or "alt" modifiers, and all the documentation I've seen just says "check the shipped keyboard.xml for examples" rather than include a comprehensive reference of what the possible buttons/keys are.
I want to eat a fish: What is the proper XML tag to use to capture a press on the green windows start button on this remote, in a keyboard.xml or remote.xml file?
Or I want to learn how to fish: Is there any kind of logging I can turn on, or utility I can run (on Debian, on Raspberry Pi) that will simply tell me which buttons are being pressed, as they are being pressed?
Bonus question: What's the name of the little back/left arrow key on this remote, and how can I map it to do the same thing as pressing Escape on a keybaord does?