[mythtv-users] Mythfrontend ignoring Shift in key sequence?

faginbagin mythtv at hbuus.com
Wed Dec 31 17:41:30 UTC 2014


> From: mythtv-users [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Karl Newman
>
> I'm trying to get an MCE remote (Ortek VRC-1100) and matching receiver working with my new frontend. One snag I appear to be hitting is that the key editor recognizes the Shift as part of the key sequence (Ctrl+Shift+F >for fast-forward) but the TV Playback seems to drop the Shift, so it sees only Ctrl+F, which maps to "Night Mode" by default. Even if I remove the Ctrl+F binding from Night Mode, the key sequence is still not recognized >for Seek FFWD. Similar for the seek backward (Ctrl+Shift+B is interpreted as Ctrl+B which maps to Jump to Beginning). I suspect this is a bug in the playback key recognition. Is there an "official" way to fix this? (I could >probably just edit the keymapping in MythWeb)
> Also, are these key mappings typical or "standard" for an MCE remote? It would be great if Myth would work with these default mappings out-of-the-box. A lot of the buttons do work, but some important ones don't. >I'm willing to contribute a patch to improve this if someone can point me in the right direction (and if there's any chance that it would be accepted!).
> Thanks,
>
> Karl

Hi Karl,

I use this remote as well as the Adesso ARC-1100, which is a rebranded Ortek VRC-1100. I wrote a wiki page describing how I set it up a few years ago. That wiki page should still be relevant for mythbuntu 12.04, 14.04 with mythtv 0.27, as I'm still using it.

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Adesso_ARC-1100

I think the fact that the FF, Rew keys need to be mapped using Ctrl+F,Ctrl+B, instead of Ctrl+Shift+F and Ctrl+Shift+B is a Qt issue, not mythtv. And, I use the remote's Clear key for mythtv stop/exit functionality since that key generates Esc.

HTH,
Helen


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