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2014-04-14, 02:26
(This post was last modified: 2014-04-14, 02:46 by sspectre.)
Flirc users,
I've been working on programming a Harmony One for both XBMC and to replace the Fire TV remote. I don't recall seeing any of this written down yet, so here are my observations so far with Gotham.
1. The rewind, play/pause, and fast forward buttons on the Fire TV remote send the same signals as the media buttons on a keyboard. Set these keys on your remote with the "Media Keys" controller in the Flirc app.
2. Escape works the same as "back" on the Fire TV remote. By default, escape seems to drop you all the way back to the home screen in XBMC, so this may require a remap in XBMC if you use the same button for both.
3. Ctrl-Esc works as the menu button on the Fire TV remote but the Fire TV may be picking up double presses (two context menus show up in the Pandora app when pressed). I'm wondering if the Windows context menu key would work here, but need to investigate further.
4. The Fire TV's Netflix app picks up the other media keys such as stop (as does XBMC). Other apps may also do this, but I haven't tried yet.
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Hi all,
Got my Fire TV this week like everyone else. So far it's been great. I've been on the hunt for a "one device to rule them all" to attain ultimate wife approval. So far this is getting me close.
Using koying's latest Gotham build I've been able to run everything from straight bluray backups to live OTA TV. I've got passthrough enabled and my receiver lights up "Cinema DSP" so I guess it's all working. (Yamaha RX-V765)
Concerning live TV, none of the builds have had any options enabled for deinterlacing video, they are greyed out. I get horizontal lines with certain movement of the video. I can deal with it for now but coming from OpenELEC I could enable deinterlacing and live TV looked wonderful.
This isn't fire specific but I wish my tivo slide pro worked. I got the newer version that's RF and it would be the perfect remote. I need IR for my tv/receiver and I'd love to have the qwerty keyboard option all in one remote.
Once HBO Go support is added this thing will be my perfect media streamer. I'll fill the rest of the house with them and be done with it.
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2014-04-14, 04:53
(This post was last modified: 2014-04-14, 04:54 by Thraxen.)
Nevermind. Figured out my issue right after I posted. Carry on.