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[lowjoel]

Hey guys,

I just upgraded my PC to Windows 10 following some corruption on my Windows 7 install.

After upgrading, using Theatre View, the first few minutes work fine, but subsequent button presses just seem to be ignored by the application. The keyboard arrow keys continue to work, however.

Am I the only one experiencing this? I'm running MC 21 build 2 (I'll go upgrade to build 6 now and have a go again..)

[Arindelle]

work ok for me ... might want to try and re-learn the buttons under options=>remote. Might be faster than trying to figure out what went awry?

[lowjoel]

Not that the buttons don't work, it's more that the buttons stop working after a while. With 'a while' ranging from the second button press after boot, to maybe 30 seconds.

[lowjoel]

Wait, it's not about using the IR blaster. I can't use the remote with Theatre View.

[DeaneG]

Do the keyboard shortcut keys still work?

[lowjoel]

Yeah, I can navigate theatre view with the keyboard arrow keys, I can switch out to normal mode using Ctrl+1, but the buttons on the remote don't work.

I've tried to change the Selected Input Devices on the Remote Devices and Options page MCE, Keyboard, IRMAN, USB-UUIRT but it doesn't seem to change anything.

[RoderickGI]

Put some brand new, you know that they are fresh, not expired yet or getting close to Use-By date, batteries into the remote control.

Working now?



(You would be surprised how often this fixes this sort of problem, even though the remote previously worked fine. Try it.)

[lowjoel]

D'oh. It didn't occur to me since the receiver still showed the red lamp every time I pressed a button on the remote, so looks like the remote was blasting nonsense.

Thanks!

[RoderickGI]

  I've been caught by that one before. I have even changed batteries to what I thought were good ones, but weren't. The hint was "the first few minutes work fine".

Spread the word if ever you see a similar question. I have been abused for suggesting it before, and no doubt will again, but often people just quietly go away and never admit that the batteries were the problem. 

So I'm glad it fixed your problem, and thanks for letting us know!