[devkid]

Hi all,

this might be a stupid question, but I just cant figure out the answer.

Some time ago I was able to jump to a movie in the movie list using the number keys by typing the beginning letters like typing an SMS. So pressing 3 and then 2 to jump to a movie beginning with "da".
Well, the behavior disappeared for me and I dont know why. I am using OpenELEC and tried up/downgrading to Dharma/Eden and switching skins back and forth (Aeon MQ2 <-> MQ3) but it just does not work anymore.

Is there anything to configure/setup to get this behavior back? I dont even know if it is a skin problem, an xbmc problem or an OpenELEC issue. I guess its related to XBMC though.

The only thread I could find related to the issue is quite old and involves setting it up yourself (which I would be fine with but since I had that feature without altering any keyboard.xml-files I think it is available by default nowadays): http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=36623

Big thanks for any hints that might help to solve or debug my issue!

[rocketpants]

You have to define it yourself as it is not an out of the box setting. See the wiki for details on JUMPSMS in keyboard.xml

[devkid]

Thanks for your reply. Too bad I still fail to really understand it.

One thing I should have added since it might make difference: I am using a universal remote control (configured as XBOX360 RC) and not a regular keyboard.

The strange thing is: The JumpSMS functionality actually is working for me in "Videos->Files" and also in my SmartPlaylist for HD-Movies. But is is not working in my "normal" movies view. (??)

This is the keyboard.xml file on my system that ships with OpenELEC (I did not have a user-profile keyboard.xml):
http://pastebin.com/X56fVJug
I cant find anything related to "JumpSMS" there so I dont understand why it is working in my Smartplaylist and in Videos->Files at all.

Anyway, I added the JumpSMS bindings to my "MyVideoLibrary" section hoping to make it work which it did not:

Code:

<MyVideoLibrary>
    <keyboard>
      <delete>Delete</delete>
      <space>Playlist</space>
      <w>ToggleWatched</w>
      <two>JumpSMS2</two>
      <three>JumpSMS3</three>
      <four>JumpSMS4</four>
      <five>JumpSMS5</five>
      <six>JumpSMS6</six>
      <seven>JumpSMS7</seven>
      <eight>JumpSMS8</eight>
      <nine>JumpSMS9</nine>
    </keyboard>
  </MyVideoLibrary>

Any hints what I am missing? Thank you!!

EDIT:
Well, I found out something: There is also a "remote.xml" which seems to be used for my remote control. In there there is a section with:

Code:

<two>JumpSMS2</two>
      <three>JumpSMS3</three>
      <four>JumpSMS4</four>
      <five>JumpSMS5</five>
      <six>JumpSMS6</six>
      <seven>JumpSMS7</seven>
      <eight>JumpSMS8</eight>
      <nine>JumpSMS9</nine>

So I guess that explains why it works for me at some places. But I still dont get why it is not working in my "normal" movies library (the most important part).

[devkid]

Well, one more step:
I enabled DebugLogging and found out that in both views (Movies and Files) the JumpSMS function gets triggered when I press the number keys on the remote control, but it is actually only working in the Files view:

Files:

Code:

23:23:43 T:139680689747776   DEBUG: LIRC: Update - NEW at 240172:205 0 KEY_NUMERIC_5 devinput (KEY_NUMERIC_5)
23:23:43 T:139680689747776   DEBUG: OnKey: 202 (ca) pressed, action is JumpSMS5
23:23:43 T:139680689747776   DEBUG: LIRC: Update - NEW at 240239:205 0 KEY_NUMERIC_5_UP devinput (KEY_NUMERIC_5_UP)

Movies:

Code:

23:23:21 T:139680689747776   DEBUG: LIRC: Update - NEW at 218472:205 0 KEY_NUMERIC_5 devinput (KEY_NUMERIC_5)
23:23:21 T:139680689747776   DEBUG: OnKey: 202 (ca) pressed, action is JumpSMS5
23:23:21 T:139680689747776   DEBUG: LIRC: Update - NEW at 218505:205 0 KEY_NUMERIC_5_UP devinput (KEY_NUMERIC_5_UP)

So the key configuration seems fine in both cases. Could someone tell me whats could be the cause that it is not working in the regular movie view?

[stiggs]

Are you sure your movies are sorted by Name? It wont work when year, rating etc.

[devkid]

Hell, good point! Its working now So easy. Learned alot about how key bindings work in XBMC though... Thanks!

[Grippen]

Sorry to dig up this thread but I recently moved to android version, in windows I had the shortcuts working fine. I have the same entries in my keyboard.xml and I placed the file in userdata, userdata/keymaps, system etc.. and still I don't see this working. Can someone help me out?

Thanks

[Ned Scott]

Can you get us a debug log (wiki) from Android where it doesn't work?