firefly exclusively for beyond tv

[AustinShea]

Is there any way to make the firefly work exclusively for beyond tv? I have no need for the beyond media nonsense. I want to be able to hit the firefly button and have the beyondtv screen popup, like media center would react.

[nanook105]

You can just use the TV button at the bottom of the remote instead of the FF button - that will start BTV without using BMB

[Eric3a]

Or you can use Girder to control all Firefly functions.
then you can exactly define each key the way you want.
Eric

[ruel]

Is there any way to make the firefly work exclusively for beyond tv? I have no need for the beyond media nonsense. I want to be able to hit the firefly button and have the beyondtv screen popup, like media center would react.

Something along the lines of what you're asking about is that I remapped the buttons on my Firefly remote to be a little bit more logical for how I watch TV using the different TV cards and different TV software that I have on my system. I have the Firefly button in the middle remapped to bring up Beyond TV. And the Info button to the right goes to SageTV and the Option button goes to Showshifter. The TV button goes to the ATI TV software. Then when you're in the TV software, then the Firefly button is for going to full-screen TV. The other buttons are remapped also for TV functions including where the Menu button goes to the EPG when in the TV software -- when in global mode outside of any TV software then the Menu button brings up the Firefly Beyond Media Basic menu.

You'll have to go about tweaking the profiles for the Firefly remote. Once you get the hang of how to edit the profiles, then you'll have the Firefly remote work the way you want it to work. This customization is not obvious at first to new users it seems but it can be done using the software you get with the Firefly remote without having to revert to other software like Girder.

ruel

[rakeshagrawal]

How to remap the Firefly button (and other buttons):

1. Open global.xml located in C:\Documents and Settings\all users\application data\snapstream\firefly\Profiles in notepad (or some other text editor).

2. Replace this tag in global.xml:
<Actions Button="Firefly" Description="Beyond Media Basic">
<ToggleFireflyAction ActivationState="Down" />
</Actions>

with something like this:

<Actions Button="Firefly" Description="Beyond Media Basic">
<LaunchAction ActivationState="Down" Program="C:\Program Files\SnapStream Media\Beyond TV 3\WTLPVSApp.exe" Arguments="/mode FS" Description="Beyond TV" />
</Actions>

(change the "Program=" setting to correspond to exactly how you want to load up Beyond TV -- see this KB article for more info on this: http://kb.snapstream.com/?kbid=63)

3. Now, restart Firefly (if it happens to be running) and when you press the Firefly button, it will bring up the Beyond TV menu.

[nanook105]

Or, if you want to keep it simple, just use the TV button, it is already mapped:rolleyes:

[splootch]

I've been having problems with BTV ever since I installed BMB. Sometimes when I hit the TV button, BTV's splash screen starts but then instead of my fullscreen interface, it closes BTV completely. The only work around I've found is to reboot. I've also encountered BTV freezing to a standstill during playback since I installed BMB, although I can't say for sure that it is the culprit.

I'd like to be able to just select the firefly remote in BTV's setup wizard the way all the other remotes are listed. I'd also rather not use girder since I only want to use Firefly for BTV. It would be nice if there was a selectable built in driver in the next release of BTV or even a non-girder stand alone driver just for BTV.

[AustinShea]

wow thanks a lot guys! definitely answered all of my questions