(2014-02-23, 17:19)LSU Jonno Wrote: JazJon,

Why don't you just use MCEBuddy to edit your recordings to strip out the commercials automatically?

http://mcebuddy2x.codeplex.com/

(2014-02-24, 06:26)advocate99 Wrote: Here's what you need to know on this subject:

While watching a video:

Up and Down directional buttons will skip forward and back 10 minutes.
Left and Right directional buttons will skip forward and back 30 seconds
The exit/cancel/back button will skip backwards 7 seconds.

When using a Windows Media Center remote control like the one that I recommended, the up/down/left/right/ok and exit buttons work just as you would expect them to in most XBMC screens. However, when you’re in the File Manager or Browser, the left/right buttons are used to move from the folder list to the OK/Cancel buttons, even though they are below the folder list.

When watching videos, the up/down buttons skip forward and backward 10 minutes or move through chapters if you’re watching something that has marked chapters. The left and right buttons skip forward and backward 30 seconds. The exit button skips backward 7 seconds.

The Guide button on most remotes serves as a right click/context menu button. Typically, the context menu will allow you to select an item as a favorite, rescan your sources for new files, and make other changes to the selected files.

Pressing “Menu” on your remote control will usually take you back to the main XBMC screen. However, if you are watching a video, the Menu button will show you icons at the bottom that can be used to pause, rewind, and fast forward. In the bottom right hand corner, you’ll see some icons that can be used to change video and audio settings. If you push the up arrow, the focus will shift to an “X” in the upper right hand corner. If you select that X, your video will continue playing, but you’ll be able to now press “Menu” and get back to the main menu while your video continues to play in the background. To return to the video, press “Exit” or click on “Fullscreen” (which appears above the main menu).

(2014-02-24, 07:22)advocate99 Wrote: Okay, here's what you need to do to make the remote functions for LiveTV the same as the remote functions for RecordedTV and other video.

SSH into your machine. If you're using OpenELEC:

cp /usr/share/xbmc/system/keymaps/remote.xml /storage/.xbmc/userdata/keymaps/remote.xml
nano /storage/.xbmc/userdata/keymaps/remote.xml

If you're using any other version of XBMC, you'll just need to find your default remote.xml file and edit it, or copy it to a location where you can edit it. Then:

Find this section:

<FullscreenLiveTV>
<remote>
<left>PreviousChannelGroup</left>
<right>NextChannelGroup</right>
<up>ChannelUp</up>
<down>ChannelDown</down>
</remote>
</FullscreenLiveTV>

Change it to this:

<FullscreenLiveTV>
<remote>
<left>StepBack</left>
<right>StepForward</right>
<up>BigStepForward</up>
<down>BigStepBack</down>
</remote>
</FullscreenLiveTV>

CTRL-X, Y, ENTER to save and exit.

Then reboot by typing:

reboot

I haven't tested this, but I'm guessing that it will work...

(2014-02-25, 07:26)JazJon Wrote: I still don't quite fully understand all the different XBMC files we can edit until I play with this a bit longer and read more.

Here's a question, why can't we use the keyboard arrows to skip while the mouse cursor is visible? You have to wait for the mouse cursor to disapear before left & right arrows will make the PVR video skip 30 seconds forward / 15 back. If you mouse the mouse and it's visible, you can't skip around and have to wait.