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Hi - can I use my MCE remote with VLC player? I can't find any info on the message boards on how to do thi. Thanks.

I'm currently working on windows remote control support.
You can track this feature request's status here : https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/443 .

OH SWEET!!!! Any idea on a timeframe?

sometime arround xmas would be a good estimate (ie when i get time to work on it ... and reboot under windows ... arg)

How is the feature progressing? Will this be a generic solution (like lirc)? It would be great if Hauppauge remotes were supported.

It's still in the works... but it won't be something like lirc. It will use the build in windows remote control handling system.

It's still in the works... but it won't be something like lirc. It will use the build in windows remote control handling system.

That's great ! I'm impatient for VLC to have this feature as it's frustrating that
Windows Media Player already has this feature transparently (ie
relies on built-in support on Windows XP HID USB peripherals like
remote IR controls).

ooh nice. Just what I signed up to the forums to find out about. Has the ability to use the MCE remote made it to the nightlies yet?

ooh nice. Just what I signed up to the forums to find out about. Has the ability to use the MCE remote made it to the nightlies yet?

Any update for the Media Center Remote Control request?

This would be perfect as I use the MCE Remote / K'Board now with the other apps. Any update?
Thanks
Nathan

I am also anxiously awaiting this feature.

The item status at

https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/443

says:

2006-10-24 17:05:29+00:00 changed by zorglub
* milestone changed from 0.9.0 features freeze to Features paradize

Can anyone interpret what this means? Is this good or bad?

paradize == without a timeframe.

Ouch. I guess I'll do it myself.

What do you think would be easier, figuring out how to handle this properly in the VLC code, or writing a global message hook to translate the HID messages into normal keystrokes?

Assume I am an experienced windows programmer but have never looked at the VLC code.

P.S. Are there many people contributing to the VLC code or is it a pretty private affair?

I would check where in vlc the currently handled MCE commands are handled, and then look up the commands for the other keys and find a way to add them to vlc.

I discovered the volume keys that do work are being handled by the OS, not VLC. So VLC may not handle HID keys at all.

I spent a few hours working on using a message hack. I sort of got it working but it is a pain and would require running extra software in the background. It would have the advantage though of having the media keys work even when VLC was in a background window.

I think I'll dive into the VLC code. If anyone can give me any hints about how to do this properly I'd be greatly appreciative.

I suggest IRC
* IRC network: irc.videolan.org
* Channel: #videolan

Has there been any progress on this? It would be a very useful feature for me!

-- Dave

I dove into the code thinking "how hard can it be to find where keys come in?". The answer it turns out is "damn hard". It appears that unless you are willing to learn how the entire structure of the code works, you can't work on a small part of it.

That's too bad. Oh well - thanks for trying and for the quick response!

hate to be a parrot but what's the status of this project?

someone mentioned a 3rd party app. can someone pm me the link for time being?

I know this board post is old but figured some users were still interested.

I have a piece of shareware called Intelliremote that lets you completely take control of your MCE Remote. It also works for Creative Soundblaster remote controls. Do you want to launch VLC from the Green Button rather than Windows Media Center? Now you can! Do you want to flop VLC back and forth between full screen mode from your sofa? Now you can! If you can think of it, Intelliremote can probably do it for you.

I have a profile for VLC which was donated by a user.

Check it out....

http://www.intelliremote.com

I will investigate how much effort it will cost me to get this thing going.
I think the easiest way is to create a background program that listens to the MCE remote and signals the running VLC process using it's telnet interface.

Any tips ?

I will investigate how much effort it will cost me to get this thing going.
I think the easiest way is to create a background program that listens to the MCE remote and signals the running VLC process using it's telnet interface.

Any tips ?

Try VLC 1.1.

I created a simple program that listens to the Microsoft/Philips MCE remote, and controls VLC using it's rc interface (tcp server)
It requires you to configure vlc with: vlc --rc-host=127.0.0.1:8765 --rc-quiet (this setting is also available from vlc's configuration menu)

Requirements:
.NET Framework 3.5 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta ... laylang=en
Windows 7 x64 ? (I have tested this only on my own machine)

Download: (update September , 22, 2010)
Setup: http://www.arenddeboer.com/Setup.msi


It makes heavy use of MediaPortal Remote/Device classes, MCE Remotes supported in MediaPortal should work in here. http://www.team-mediaportal.com/

I created a blog post about it with a bit more info: http://www.arenddeboer.com/mce-remote-with-vlc/