Hauppauge Remote, DVBviewer and Vista

[blackosx]

Hi

 

Can someone offer advice on how to get the Hauppague remote to work with DVBViewer and Windows Vista SP1?

It's the remote which came with the Hauppauge Nova-S2-HD card.

 

I have read through the following links on these forums...

http://www.DVBViewer.info/forum/index.php?...rt=#entry206520

http://www.DVBViewer.info/forum/index.php?...rt=#entry201064

http://www.DVBViewer.info/forum/index.php?...rt=#entry195074

http://www.DVBViewer.info/forum/index.php?...rt=#entry194926

 

... they all make sense. But I still can't get it to work.

 

Here's what happens.

The remote works with Windows Media Centre and with debug.txt I can see each button press registered.

I run DVBViewer, and have tried in windowed mode and full screen but nothing happens when I press the remote buttons. I ask myself has DVBViewer got the focus on Vista SP1? because when DVBViewer is the active window and I press the info button (which is mapped to MENU={switch(*task*)}{shift}{tab} in irremote.ini) Windows shows the tabbed window view. Therefore Windows is picking up that input? not DVBViewer?

 

I have tried re-installing the Hauppauge IR remote drivers,re- editing irremote.ini and restarting the Remote service etc many times..

 

After reading so many people have had success with getting their remotes working I know it must be possible. Can someone please help?

 

Thanks

[habibm]

Hi

 

Can someone offer advice on how to get the Hauppague remote to work with DVBViewer and Windows Vista SP1?

It's the remote which came with the Hauppauge Nova-S2-HD card.

 

I have read through the following links on these forums...

http://www.DVBViewer.info/forum/index.php?...rt=#entry206520

http://www.DVBViewer.info/forum/index.php?...rt=#entry201064

http://www.DVBViewer.info/forum/index.php?...rt=#entry195074

http://www.DVBViewer.info/forum/index.php?...rt=#entry194926

 

... they all make sense. But I still can't get it to work.

 

Here's what happens.

The remote works with Windows Media Centre and with debug.txt I can see each button press registered.

I run DVBViewer, and have tried in windowed mode and full screen but nothing happens when I press the remote buttons. I ask myself has DVBViewer got the focus on Vista SP1? because when DVBViewer is the active window and I press the info button (which is mapped to MENU={switch(*task*)}{shift}{tab} in irremote.ini) Windows shows the tabbed window view. Therefore Windows is picking up that input? not DVBViewer?

 

I have tried re-installing the Hauppauge IR remote drivers,re- editing irremote.ini and restarting the Remote service etc many times..

 

After reading so many people have had success with getting their remotes working I know it must be possible. Can someone please help?

 

Thanks

 

Just make sure in the applications section DVBViewer is listed and its own section defined, how the keys map to the settings in default.remote is up to you. You will need to restart IR by running shortcut IRrestart or IRreload after changing the IRREMOTE.INI file in the Windows folder.

 

This is my copy of IRREMOTE.INI, in between the speech marks:

 

"

; This is only for the 45 button Hauppauge remote control and using IR32 software

 

[Remote]

RepeatDelay=3

 

 

; Button "name" lookup table

 

[systemCode]

30=HCWPVR2

 

 

; Hauppauge 45 button remote. The numbers on the left are what is read by IR32 software when you press the labelled button on the remote control.

 

[HCWPVR2]

0=0

1=1

2=2

3=3

4=4

5=5

6=6

7=7

8=8

9=9

10=TEXT

11=RED

12=RADIO

13=MENU

14=SUBCC

15=MUTE

16=VOLUP

17=VOLDOWN

18=CHNLPREV

20=NAVUP

21=NAVDOWN

22=NAVLEFT

23=NAVRIGHT

24=VIDEOS

25=MUSIC

26=PICTURES

27=GUIDE

28=TV

30=SKIPFWD

31=BACK

32=CHNLUP

33=CHNLDOWN

36=SKIPREV

37=OK

41=BLUE

46=GREEN

48=PAUSE

50=REWIND

52=FASTFWD

53=PLAY

54=STOP

55=REC

56=YELLOW

59=GO

61=GRNPOWER

 

 

; First item in this section IS always the default app if no others found

 

[Applications]

Default=

DVBViewer=

 

 

[Default]

0=

1=

2=

3=

4=

5=

6=

7=

8=

9=

 

NAVDOWN={down}

NAVLEFT={left}

NAVRIGHT={right}

NAVUP={up}

OK={enter}

 

; Starts DVBViewer

GRNPOWER={run(..\DVBViewer\DVBViewer.exe)}

 

; default mappings to drive apps that use APPCOMMANDS on Win2000/XP

MUTE={app(0x80000)}

CHNLUP={app(0x330000)}

CHNLDOWN={app(0x340000)}

VOLUP={app(0xa0000)}

VOLDOWN={app(0x90000)}

REC={app(0x300000)}

STOP={app(0xd0000)}

PAUSE={app(0x2f0000)}

PLAY={app(0x2e0000)}

REWIND={app(0x320000)}

FASTFWD={app(0x310000)}

SKIPFWD={app(0xb0000)}

SKIPREV={app(0xc0000)}

 

 

[DVBViewer]

GRNPOWER={alt}x

GO=

TV=

VIDEOS=

MUSIC=

PICTURES=f

RADIO={shift}f

GUIDE=e

SUBCC=

BACK={space}

MENU={esc}

 

NAVDOWN={down}

NAVLEFT={left}

NAVRIGHT={right}

NAVUP={up}

OK={enter}

 

REC=r

STOP=

PAUSE=

PLAY=

REWIND=

FASTFWD=

SKIPFWD=

SKIPREV=

 

MUTE=m

VOLUP={pgup}

VOLDOWN={pgdown}

CHNLUP=+

CHNLDOWN=-

CHNLPREV=

 

RED={f5}

 

GREEN={f6}

 

YELLOW={f7}

 

BLUE={f8}

 

TEXT=

 

0=0

1=1

2=2

3=3

4=4

5=5

6=6

7=7

8=8

9=9

"

Edited August 11, 2008 by habibm

[blackosx]

Thanks for the reply habibm

 

I will have a try when I get home this evening. I like the fact that you have stripped your irremote.ini down to just the bare minimum. Do you use Vista too?

[habibm]

Thanks for the reply habibm

 

I will have a try when I get home this evening. I like the fact that you have stripped your irremote.ini down to just the bare minimum. Do you use Vista too?

 

Yes, Vista Ultimate 32-bit.

 

It took me a while to understand IRREMOTE.INI at the beginning of last year, you can have multiple applications listed in the 'Applications' section and control them if they have keyboard shortcuts. I also control PowerDVD and Media Centre, I stripped those sections out to make it easier for you to read.

[blackosx]

OK.

 

I have been doing some reading and I think I understand irremote.ini quite well now, and I am sure my settings are good. If I open a debug.txt window it registers my remote button presses. I have double checked the settings that you (habibm) have supplied, but still no joy. DVBViewer won't recognise a remote button press.

 

Do I have to change any settings within DVBViewer under Options/Input? (I read previously that I had to import a .remote file..) Also do I have to set WinLirc, MCE2005 or MCEIr input plugins?

[Frogster]

I have been using EventGhost to control Zoomplayer with an MCE remote in XP for ages. It works really well.

 

I was pleased to see that there is an EventGhost plug-in available for DVBViewer also and this allows me to control DVBViewer using the Hauppauge remote, and Zoomplayer with the MCE one at the same time.

 

It all works brilliantly together. There are also loads of plug-ins for other equipment, home automation, media players and other software etc. Once you understand how EG works it is very easy to configure (drag and drop).

[blackosx]

Hi Frogster

 

Yippee...

Eventviewer works a treat... I have never heard of it before now and it is great.

 

Thank You

[habibm]

OK.

 

I have been doing some reading and I think I understand irremote.ini quite well now, and I am sure my settings are good. If I open a debug.txt window it registers my remote button presses. I have double checked the settings that you (habibm) have supplied, but still no joy. DVBViewer won't recognise a remote button press.

 

Do I have to change any settings within DVBViewer under Options/Input? (I read previously that I had to import a .remote file..) Also do I have to set WinLirc, MCE2005 or MCEIr input plugins?

 

You don't need to use any input plugins in DVBViewer. IR32.EXE receives the button press on the remote control, it checks the current foreground Windows application, goes to the section in IRREMOTE.INI for that application, it then converts the button press to a keyboard shortcut and passes on this keyboard shortcut to the application.

 

Okay, let me run through the jigsaw:

 

1. In DVBViewer if you go to Settings menu and choose Options, you get a list of settings you can make changes to. The setting you need to be interested in is 'Input'. Here you teach (or Learn) DVBViewer the keyboard shortcut you want to use to control the listed action. E.g. the second listed action is 'Exit', select this and click on the 'Learn' button, now press CTRL together with the letter 'X', so you will have CTRL+X. You will now notice an entry is made called 'Keyboard' and CTRL X is next to it. You have now assigned the keyboard shortcut CTRL+X to carry out action 'Exit'. (The process actually edits a file called 'default.remote' located in 'C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\CMUV\DVBViewer\Remotes', you can edit it using Notepad or any text editor, make sure you understand it before doing so). Carry on and assign the keyboard shortcuts you want to use and make a careful note of them.

 

2. Edit IRREMOTE.INI text file by making changes to the button description and what keyboard shortcut IR32.EXE will send to the application. E.g. for action 'Exit' I use the button GO and I want keyboard shortcut CTRL+X do be passed to DVBViewer when I press GO, so under section DVBViewer:

 

[DVBViewer]

GO={ctrl}x

.

.

.

 

by the way the keyboard function keys are represented in curly brackets CTRL={ctrl}, SHIFT={shift}, ALT={alt}, F5={F5}...etc, HOME={home}, END={end} Page Up={PgUp}, Page Down={PgDn}, UP={up}, DOWN={down}, LEFT={left}, RIGHT={right}, ENTER={enter}. Where you want 2 function button pressed at once, e.g. pressing PICTURES botton on remote you want keyboard shortcut SHIFT+HOME, edit PICTURES={shift}{home}.

 

3. Now run 'Restart IR' from the Hauppauge WinTV submenu.

 

Have fun, you can't break it and VERY important always backup the files before making changes.

[blackosx]

Wow, Thanks for spending the time to help and for giving such a detailed explanation habibm.

I will have to give it a try later this evening.

 

However, Eventghost recommended by Frogster worked last night! I will weigh up the pro's and con's of each setup and see which one works out to be the most configurable for my HTPC.

 

Thanks again

[blackosx]

Hi habibm

 

Just to let you know that I have got DVBViewer working with ir32.exe and irremote.ini.

It just works now! I am going to learn to use your button mappings and now have the knowledge to change them if I want to.

 

Thanks for your help.