The problem, and maybe the source of your confusion, is that I dont know how to "put a command in a menu".
In case it's still unclear...To add such a menu item, select
Options > Theater View > (Items to Show) Add > External Program. The default is MC17.exe, so just add the
/Close. Or any other available command—see
The Command Line and
MC Core Commands.
Also I do use a Harmony One remote. I have it set-up to control the ASRock. It works in MC for play, pause, FF etc.... but I am not sure how to map specific MC commands to it. This would be great to learn.
I don't know much about the
Harmony One or IR remotes in general. I use a
Firefly RF remote and
LM Remote KeyMap software. I guess your Harmony One mimics a standard MCE remote to provide those basic commands. If so, you should be able to use the same software. Try the free version, just to see if it works, and if you might prefer using a remote over JRemote or a mouse. The Harmony One doesn't have many (any?) extra buttons, but you could use the number keys for commands and (with the 'donator' version) full nested menus (using an OSD) of any number of commands. (It doesn't appear to be possible, but it would be
very cool if a 'one touch' item could be mapped to a command defined in the software.) And a 'command' can be any combination of keystrokes, include simple conditional logic, etc. So, even if the only way to do something in Theatre View is with a bunch of key presses or clicks, those can still be programmed and executed in an instant with one button press.