I was going to post this info here:
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?board=3;action=display;threadid=12365but that thread has been hijacked a couple times and I thought starting a fresh topic might be a good idea.
My primary goal was to be able to control basic JRiver Media Center playback operations using the universal remote I use for my AV system. Controlling other apps and other aspects of Media Center is a secondary goal.
- So I ordered USB-UIRT.
- I installed Girder while I waited for the USB-UIRT to ship
- USB-UIRT took a little over week to arrive and came with instructions for downloading the drivers off the web (http://usbuirt.com/getstart.htm). Installation & setup instructions are on the same page including the important steps of
- Copying the USBUIRT.DLL plug in to Girder's plug in directory.
- (Re)starting Girder (exit completely first)
- Going to Girder's "Settings..." menu (under "File...")
- Clicking on the "Plugins" tab (if necessary)
- Enabling the USB-UIRT plug-in.
- While not in the USB-UIRT instructions, this is a good time to also enable Girder's "SendMessage" plug-in.
- In Girder, use "Import Group..." (under "File...") to import the MC9_131_USBUIRT.gml file located in C:\Program Files\J River\Media Jukebox\Data\Extras\Girder (or where ever you installed MC).
- Expand the MC tree in Girder and learn the functions you want your remote to control. For me it was mostly the transport functions: Pause/Play, Next, Prev., Stop, etc.
- YMMV but I had to tweak somethings to keep duplicate messages from being sent. I was hitting "Next" on the remote once and MC was advancing two tracks. Adding a 200ms delay helped as did tweaking the remote.
Now that I've come this far I want to satisfy my secondary goals:
- I want MC to start up when the power button on the remote is pressed
- I want to be able to navigate my playlists using the Up/Down/Left/Right buttons on the remote.
I'll look into this soon but if anyone has already done this and can save me some time...