I thought I would consolidate a few different threads on the new MCE Remote Control mappings as I "think" (but happy to be proved wrong) that there are some mapping improvements that can be made.
Just to make sure we are on the same page, the pic below is the typical MCE remote and the sugestions I've made are in accordance with the MS at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb417079.aspx (amoung others) and in particular:
* "Replay" (<|) should be "Previous Track" (APPCOMMAND_MEDIA_PREVIOUSTRACK / CTRL+B)
* "Skip" (|>) should be "Next Track" (APPCOMMAND_MEDIA_NEXTTRACK / CTRL+F)
I think the MCE support improvment is terrific after playing with the current mapping I'd suggest the following changes in
red:
Green Button: This toggles between Theater View and a Blank screen -
it may be also good to toggle Theater View --> Blank Screen --> Shutdown OptionsLive TV: Takes you to the last played TV Station
Recorded TV: Takes you to the "Television"
but should go to the "My Recordings" sub viewGuide: Toggles between "Television" --> Std View --> Blank Screen but
should go to the EPG Section (eg the All Programs subsection of Television)DVD Menu: Does nothing in TheaterView
but should go to "DVD/CD" section. When playing a DVD it takes you to the DVD Menu as you would expect
My TV: Takes you to the Television section
My Videos: Takes you to the Videos section
My Pictures: Takes you to the Images section
My Radio: Commences the MC "Radio" playback function, nice!
My Music: Takes you to the Audio section
Back: Takes you back on level
i: Takes you to Playing Now
Ch/PG+: Advances one TV Station / One Music Track etc
Ch/PG-: Goes back one TV Station / One Music Track etc
>>(FWD): Advances a Music Track by 30sec - I think this should just be like a constant FFW not 30sec Skip Forward
<<(REW): Skips a Music Track by 10sec - I think this should just be like a constant REW not 10 sec Skip Back
>|(Skip): Same as >> but it should be the same as Ch+ in that
it should skip forward to the next track not advance the track by 30sec
|<(Replay): Same as << but it should be the same as Ch- in that
it should skip back to the start of the track/prev track not skip back the track by 10sec
Record Button: No longer starts recording while viewing a TV Program (
seperate post on this one at http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=50708.msg346567#msg346567 )
Navigation Buttons (Up/Down/Left/Right/OK): As you would expect
Play/Pause/Stop Bottons: As expected through the Play & Pause buttons both toggle Play and Pause
Colour Bottons: Do nil
Thanks
Nathan