[gjwAudio]

Hi Luna

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Q: how to get CODECINFO to display when running PTVL ?

Use the Keymap editor plugin, find the button you want to use on the remote, then map it to the Show Codec command

Thanks for quick response Luna. This works, but I have run into a little gotcha... Maybe there's a subtler way to use the Keymap Editor (KE)

This is what I did: open KE > Edit

1. Select Window to manage shortcuts = Global
   
2. Select action category = Other
   
3. Select the action to assign a key = Show codec info - 229
   
4. Back, Back, Back, Save, exit
   

With this in place, running PTVL and pressing the GUIDE button on my remote does indeed show the CODECINFO overlay - Woo-HOO and thanks for that !

BUT, this also clobbers every other function the GUIDE button has throughout the rest of xbmc/Kodi. One favourite use is to bring up the context menu when scrolling through lists - no luck when this change is in effect.

Seems like GLOBAL really does mean everywhere in terms of the changes made by KE.

Is there a known way to have this custom action occur only when PTVL is running ?

FYI: I tried using "Select Window to manage shortcuts = Fullscreen Video", but the command wasn't then recognized in PTVL.

Any suggestions ?