So I recently bought an Intel NUC to install XBMC on.
After installing XBMC I expected my XBox 360 Media Remote to work out of the box.
But it sure did not. I was only able to switch my NUC on and off.
After a lot of research I finally discovered that Windows doesn't listen to this kind of remote by default.
To fix this you have to change some stuff in the registry by following these steps:
1) Press the Windows + R buttons to open the Run window
2) Type in regedit and hit Enter
3) Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\HidIr\Remotes\745a17a0-74d3-11d0-b6fe-00a0c90f57da
4) Change the value of CodeSetNum0 from 1 to 0(enables all type of remotes)
5) Delete the three entries CodeSetNum1, CodeSetNum2, CodeSetNum3
6) Reboot
Now that you changed this Windows will finally recognize the signals your remote sends.
But XBMC will still not react to them, this can easily be fixed by doing this:
1) Start XBMC
2) Open the System Settings Window
3) Go to the input devices settings
4) Select Remote control sends keyboard presses
Once you did this the basic buttons will work in XBMC.
There are still some buttons specific to this remote which need be added manually to the register.
Only after doing that you will be able to map them for usage in XBMC.
Luckily baijuxavior made a tool to configure the extra buttons.
This tool is universal so some buttons may not work on our remote.
1) Download the Advanced MCE Remote Mapper Tool
2) Once you have the file you will have to execute it as administrator
2.1) Right click on .exe file
2.2) Run As Administrator
3) Use the table to map the remote buttons to a Key (here you find all the key shortcuts of xbmc)
Example:
The Info button will not work by default but can be fixed.
Button Id: 0F
Button Name: Info/More
Key: I instead of Info
XBMC uses the keyboard button I to show the info of a movie.
Do this for all the missing button configurations.
Here you can find a list of the buttons and the corresponding Button ID.
I also included the keys I mapped to, of course you can change those to the keys of your own preference.
I hope this will help you to make the Xbox 360 Media Remote usefull in XBMC.
After installing XBMC I expected my XBox 360 Media Remote to work out of the box.
But it sure did not. I was only able to switch my NUC on and off.
After a lot of research I finally discovered that Windows doesn't listen to this kind of remote by default.
To fix this you have to change some stuff in the registry by following these steps:
1) Press the Windows + R buttons to open the Run window
2) Type in regedit and hit Enter
3) Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\HidIr\Remotes\745a17a0-74d3-11d0-b6fe-00a0c90f57da
4) Change the value of CodeSetNum0 from 1 to 0(enables all type of remotes)
5) Delete the three entries CodeSetNum1, CodeSetNum2, CodeSetNum3
6) Reboot
Now that you changed this Windows will finally recognize the signals your remote sends.
But XBMC will still not react to them, this can easily be fixed by doing this:
1) Start XBMC
2) Open the System Settings Window
3) Go to the input devices settings
4) Select Remote control sends keyboard presses
Once you did this the basic buttons will work in XBMC.
There are still some buttons specific to this remote which need be added manually to the register.
Only after doing that you will be able to map them for usage in XBMC.
Luckily baijuxavior made a tool to configure the extra buttons.
This tool is universal so some buttons may not work on our remote.
1) Download the Advanced MCE Remote Mapper Tool
2) Once you have the file you will have to execute it as administrator
2.1) Right click on .exe file
2.2) Run As Administrator
3) Use the table to map the remote buttons to a Key (here you find all the key shortcuts of xbmc)
Example:
The Info button will not work by default but can be fixed.
Button Id: 0F
Button Name: Info/More
Key: I instead of Info
XBMC uses the keyboard button I to show the info of a movie.
Do this for all the missing button configurations.
Here you can find a list of the buttons and the corresponding Button ID.
I also included the keys I mapped to, of course you can change those to the keys of your own preference.
PHP Code:
Remote Button Name --> Button ID --> The key I chose
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Xbox Logo --> 64 --> S (Open the shutdown menu)
Yellow button (Y) --> 26 --> / Shared with Guide button :(
Blue button (X) --> 68 --> U (Open subtitle search)
Green button (A) --> 66 --> G (Open subtitle search)
Red button (B) --> 25 --> / Shared with Live TV button :(
Menu --> 24 --> C (Open context menu)
Record --> 17 --> Stop (To stop a movie)
Info --> 0F --> I (Show extra info of movie)
Guide --> 26 --> T (Enable/Disable subtitles)
Live Tv --> 25 --> Home (To go to top of a list)
Last --> 1C --> End (To go to bottom of a list)
Chanel Up --> 6C --> PageUp (to next page of list)
Chanel Down --> 6D --> PageDown (to prev page of list)
Disp (Display) --> 4F --> Alt+Window+Return (to minimize screen)
I hope this will help you to make the Xbox 360 Media Remote usefull in XBMC.
