[roeroe]

Has anyone got a list of what remote control or gamepad devices they got it to work under XBMC?

[Chinny]

If you setup HID (opensource) you can use any remote.

I'm using a Media Center remote under vista now

[roeroe]

you mean as long as I can get gamepad and any remote
that work under Human Device Interface in windows xmbc recognize it?
what about mapping buttons and stuff?

[Bram77]

The Microsoft MCE remote is really good and well supported by most software.

[Chinny]

HID is open source software that remaps keyboard strokes to your mce.

[PANIC!]

Hi,

where can i get HID?
Can you post a dl link?

[dpassent]

maybe this can help?

http://melloware.com/products/intelliremote/

DP

[roeroe]

ok I got this solution which work just fine for me it may be some use to other.
so I dont care about the remote any more ..

I just need something wireless other than keyboard and mouse.

I use an Microsoft Wireless xbox360 controller
Then I use this software to map any controller to keyboard which XBMC support

http://xpadder.com/

Cheers

[roeroe]

ok I got this solution which work just fine for me it may be some use to other.
so I dont care about the remote any more ..

I just need something wireless other than keyboard and mouse.

I use an Microsoft Wireless xbox360 controller
Then I use this software to map any controller to keyboard which XBMC support

http://xpadder.com/

Cheers

PS: I'm use a xb360 drivers written by a Japanese which I cant remember the link but have save it on my HDD so I upload it to rapidshare if someone need it. It's much better than Microsoft drivers because it has much better trigger buttons supports.

http://rapidshare.com/files/101442083/XB...s.rar.html

[CrazyIvan]

I use wireless xbmc360 controllers with a freeware package around the house with LCD TV's. Wrote it all up here. In the basement I sometimes just use a bluetooth mouse and keyboard.

[eclin]

First off as this is my first post I'd like to thank all the XBMC developers for their hard work on the ultimate media player !!!

Did a google search and came across this http://www.redcl0ud.com/xbcd_rc.html

Justs requires a simple soldering mod to add a usb cable to the dongle and for you to run a client program.

You'll need to add a new entry in the client program and map all the remote buttons to the proper keyboard strokes.

Only hitch for me was if you use VK_UP, VK_LEFT, VK_RIGHT, and VK_DOWN fields in the client software maps the UP DOWN LEFT AND RIGHT arrows to numberpad keys so the arrow buttons didn't work in XBMC. (because they would send 8 4 3 2 instead of actual cursor strokes) So I remapped those commands in the keymap.xml file to unused letters and adjusted the mapping in the client program and it works great.

eclin

[CrazyIvan]

First off as this is my first post I'd like to thank all the XBMC developers for their hard work on the ultimate media player !!!

Did a google search and came across this http://www.redcl0ud.com/xbcd_rc.html

Justs requires a simple soldering mod to add a usb cable to the dongle and for you to run a client program.

You'll need to add a new entry in the client program and map all the remote buttons to the proper keyboard strokes.

Only hitch for me was if you use VK_UP, VK_LEFT, VK_RIGHT, and VK_DOWN fields in the client software maps the UP DOWN LEFT AND RIGHT arrows to numberpad keys so the arrow buttons didn't work in XBMC. (because they would send 8 4 3 2 instead of actual cursor strokes) So I remapped those commands in the keymap.xml file to unused letters and adjusted the mapping in the client program and it works great.

eclin

Nice! Love these freebies.

[cy1701]

I have remapped the VK_UP, VK_LEFT, VK_RIGHT, and VK_DOWN to g,h,y,b and edited the keymap file. But I don't get a response in XBMC. Can you post the section of your keymap file for these keys.

thx
Steve

[eclin]

Make sure that XBCD RC Client program is running and test it using notepad.
Depending on the version of XBMC you're using you may have to edit the keymap.xml in
C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR USERNAME\Application Data\XBMC\UserData.
I ended up using some Function keys though.

<f9>Left</f9>
<f10>Right</f10>
<f11>Up</f11>
<f12>Down</f12>

The arrows don't work with the virtual keyboard so I still use the keyboard for Source naming, renaming files etc.

Cheers

[cy1701]

I see now where I was messing up.

Thanks