2014-04-14, 02:26
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.
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.