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I am using a Beo4 to control XBMC on my MacMini. This works reasonably and I have basic functionality.
I believe there are actually four Beo4 keys that I can use (up, down, left, right, play, stop, back). Is this right or are other Beo4 keys in use?
More importantly, I am not too happy with the key mapping. For example, I cannot stop a movie. XBMC allows to change the keymap. However, I will need to know what the keys sent by the PUC are called to do so.
Any help appreciated!!!
I'm using Plex but it's the same.
To bring up the menu during playback, you use the Back button on your Beo4. From there you navigate to the stop button and you click OK. The Apple Remote PUC makes no difference between the PLAY and STOP buttons, they are essentially the same (because the Apple remote does not have a STOP button).
Also you will find that there is no way to bring up the Context menu while browsing your library (the one you use to mark something watched/unwatched for example).. A bit frustrating, but I believe B&O implemented just the basic functionalities of the Apple remote (another example is that it's impossible to keep the left arrow pressed to go back 10 mins. The TV sends only a single keypress to the Mac).
Thanks for the quick reply. This explains and makes sense. I have one issue though, which is different. I cannot bring the menu up when playing. I can only play and pause, but "back" does not bring the menu up. Any idea why this happens and did you map anything to make it run well?
Thanks for the quick reply. This explains and makes sense. I have one issue though, which is different. I cannot bring the menu up when playing. I can only play and pause, but "back" does not bring the menu up. Any idea why this happens and did you map anything to make it run well?
I will load XBMC later tonight and try. I'm surprised it does not work though, the Plex player is actually a customised branch of XBMC. FYI, I'm using a BV10.
On second thoughts, did you try the OK button on the joystick? I'm only suggesting it because on my Samsung (running XBMC on a Cubox-I) I bring up the in-playback menu with the OK button in the Samsung remote (using HDMI-CEC).
Ok I think I found out.
I installed XBMC Gotham and while the BACK button stops playback getting you back to the menus, you bring up the playback menu by pressing and holding for a few seconds the ok button on the joystick. That works for me, hopefully for you too!
Thanks for your replies. The joystick button does not do anything. However, I realized that most things actually work. For example, the "back" key of XBMC is mapped to a long-press of "back" on my Beo4. It would be better if it could be done with a normal "back" press rather than a "long" press". But I think better like this than not at all.
I am thinking to buy remote buddy. How would this impact XBMC?
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