[mythtv-users] Chromecast with Google TV

[Bob Long]

Peter Bennett wrote on 22/12/20 12:43 am:
>
> 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".

I tried something like that. Perhaps I missed something, but I could not
get it to work. I no longer have access to the CCwGTV devices to try
again, and the current configuration suits them well enough. (And my own
MythTV system is too old to work with a CCwGTV.)

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Bob Long

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