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More => Old Versions => Media Center 14 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: scm on July 05, 2010, 12:10:23 pm

Title: Remote Control Not Initializing on Portable Install
Post by: scm on July 05, 2010, 12:10:23 pm

I have Win7, MC14.165, and the J River Remote Control, which works fine on my local install, but I recently made a portable install and when I go to Options, Remote Control, Devices & Options, Select Input Devices, there are none available.  Usually there's a list.  Why is this?

Title: Re: Remote Control Not Initializing on Portable Install
Post by: Matt on July 08, 2010, 09:49:44 pm

Sorry, but the remote control engine requires the Media Center service that runs when the program runs, and thus requires a full installation.

Title: Re: Remote Control Not Initializing on Portable Install
Post by: Mr ChriZ on July 09, 2010, 01:56:38 am

I still wish there was a way around this....

Title: Re: Remote Control Not Initializing on Portable Install
Post by: scm on July 15, 2010, 02:41:51 pm

Me too.  Cuz I LOVE the portable install to my portable 1TB hard drive, so I can take it between home and car and office, etc. but at home I enjoy my customized Media Center Remote, which is now rendered useless.  Since I paid for a remote and MC14, can anyone from JRiver advise me on whether a workaround or solution at least WILL be coming in the future?  I can't use the remote I paid for.

I understand I can use it with a full install, but it defeats the purpose of a portable install if I have to sync the library each time I come home with a full install in order to use the remote.

Title: Re: Remote Control Not Initializing on Portable Install
Post by: scm on July 15, 2010, 03:15:15 pm

Also, why do my MUTE, VOL UP and VOL DOWN buttons on my laptop not work when I'm in MC14 portable, and I have to minimize the window to go into another program in order for them to work.  In MC14 full install they work fine, why would portable disable them?

Title: Re: Remote Control Not Initializing on Portable Install
Post by: JimH on July 15, 2010, 03:32:19 pm

Right click on the speaker icon in the upper right corner, and switch playback among internal, system, and application.  One may work.

Title: Re: Remote Control Not Initializing on Portable Install
Post by: scm on July 16, 2010, 09:51:13 am

Thanks jim, and what about the remote control issue that this thread is about?

Title: Re: Remote Control Not Initializing on Portable Install
Post by: JimH on July 16, 2010, 12:14:29 pm

I think Matt said it won't work on a portable installation.

Title: Re: Remote Control Not Initializing on Portable Install
Post by: scm on July 19, 2010, 01:13:14 pm

Yes he did, then I asked if there are any plans to add that functionality, otherwise I'm not sure why I bought this Media Center Remote, since it doesn't work on a portable install.

Again, are there any plans to add this functionality to a portable install?

Title: Re: Remote Control Not Initializing on Portable Install
Post by: Matt on July 19, 2010, 01:49:46 pm

Quote from: scm on July 19, 2010, 01:13:14 pm

Yes he did, then I asked if there are any plans to add that functionality, otherwise I'm not sure why I bought this Media Center Remote, since it doesn't work on a portable install.

Again, are there any plans to add this functionality to a portable install?

I apologize, because I misspoke slightly.  IR blasting and IR learning require a Windows service.  This is a Windows thing, not a JRiver thing (it was a fair chunk of work for us to write a service and do inter-process communication).

However, IR receiving with the Green button, etc. should work fine with a portable install.  It looks like there was just a bug.

This will be changed in a coming build of Media Center 15.  Thanks.