[mythtv-users] Chromecast with Google TV

[Peter Bennett]

On 12/20/20 9:01 PM, Bob Long wrote:
>
> The CCwGTV remote works well enough. The only problem is that it 
> nothing can be typed directly from it (any text entry screens do 
> present an on-screen keyboard). For example, the main issue I had was 
> when viewing Videos: I could not type "M" to change the layout from 
> grid to list. Nor can that be done to re-scan and refresh the video 
> list: that has to be done by other means on another device.
>
> But there are some work-arounds for that. In my case, as I needed to 
> change the video layout only once, I connected a USB-C powered hub and 
> connected a keyboard to that. Mythfrontend then recognised that keyboard.
>
You can assign "Long Press" of the center button (or any button) to Menu 
using setup, edit keys. You need to do a two stage process, first add 
button to "Long Press", exit the setup, then go in again and set a long 
press of the button to "Menu".