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Title: MC11 + MCE Remote problem
Post by: RedDom on March 16, 2005, 05:50:05 pm

I'm using windows media center edition, along with jriver, as this allows me to have a seperate ASIO soundcard that i can use with jrmc and netremote.  Anyway for some reason as soon as i start jrmc the MCE remote back button and sip left button stop working.  All the other buttons work just fine its just those 2, but it makes MCE unusable.  I cant wor out what it can be, and i'm not sure whose bug it is.

Dom

Title: Re: MC11 + MCE Remote problem
Post by: Matt on March 16, 2005, 09:30:19 pm

This sounds like an MCE remote issue.

As an aside, you can program MC to use your MCE remote in MC's Theater View.  Just load the Girder MCE remote plugin with MC 11.

Title: Re: MC11 + MCE Remote problem
Post by: RedDom on March 17, 2005, 07:52:43 am

well it could be a jrmc thing, is there anything in MC that catches keystrokes or usb events, that i can turn off?  Its very annoying!  as i really want the two to coexist.

RD

Title: Re: MC11 + MCE Remote problem
Post by: JimH on March 17, 2005, 08:01:16 am

Quote from: RedDom on March 17, 2005, 07:52:43 am

well it could be a jrmc thing, is there anything in MC that catches keystrokes or usb events, that i can turn off?  Its very annoying!  as i really want the two to coexist.

RD

The Remote Plug-ins in MC could respond to the MCE remote.  Is one running?

Are you running any third party plugins or other software with MC?

Title: Re: MC11 + MCE Remote problem
Post by: RedDom on April 04, 2005, 06:58:24 am

I've uninstalled the remote plugin and still get the same behaiviour.  I'm using it with Netremote, but if i stop mediabridge and just start jriver i get the same issue, i suppose it could be netremote changes the controller for jriver as you have to install it second.

RD

Title: Re: MC11 + MCE Remote problem
Post by: RedDom on April 06, 2005, 06:05:46 am

It seems to be related to MC11's support of the windows media key shortcuts.  I have tried some other stuff that uses the shortcuts, so that if you have a keyboard with play, pause, fwd rwd etc you can control it.
Seems like some but not all software that supports this causes the same problem. MC11 is one that is causing problems.
Is there a way to switch this support off, or maybe it is to do with passing on those events that it doesn't understand, or only listening for them when in use.

RD

Title: Re: MC11 + MCE Remote problem
Post by: RedDom on May 11, 2005, 03:47:15 am

I've got a bit more info on this.  The remote buttons that don't work typically seem to be ones that fire a windows message as

WM_APPCOMMAND.  Its not all of them but definately some of them such as
WM_APPCOMMAND APPCOMMAND_BROWSER_BACK, NEXt Track and Previous track.

It seems like MC catches these events but does not pass them on to other applications  .  This is kind of annoying as these are used to navigate in MCE.  I don't really know much about windows messaging, however is it right that MC intercepts these even when its not being used, just open in the background should it not pass the events through?

thx

RD.

Title: Re: MC11 + MCE Remote problem
Post by: JimH on May 11, 2005, 06:59:51 am

We'll take a look at this.

Title: Re: MC11 + MCE Remote problem
Post by: RedDom on May 12, 2005, 04:45:41 pm

Thanks

0264 seems to fix it Now i can mix the two brilliant!

RD