New Firefly Sofware (works also for Streamzap)

[mikek753]

Thanks a lot.
I got those buttons work

And now I need keystrokes for BTV for:
"|<<" - next, ">>|" - prev, "||" - pause


Do I miss any other buttons in MINI?

Thanks.

[StephaneM]

Originally Posted by mikek753

Do I miss any other buttons in MINI?

Last : "Keystroke" action / "l" (Letter L lower case without the quotes)
Exit : "Keystroke" action / "{ESC}" (without the quotes) - Should already work with the default profile

Pause : either "Keystroke" action / " " (just a space) or "AppCommand" action / "MediaPlayPause" or "MediaPause"
SkipBackward : either "keystroke" / "," (comma without the quotes) or "AppCommad" / "MediaPrevTrack" - should already work with the default profile
SkipForward : either "keystroke" / ";" or "." (without the quotes, depending on your keyboard US or Not) or "AppCommand" / "MediaNextTrack" should already work with the default profile.

Regards,
Stéphane.

[mlomker]

Originally Posted by StephaneM

Note : if you made a donation you'll be able to download a Beyond TV profile.

I really think you should include the BTV profile with the initial download. It's one thing to ask for a donation for 'extra' applications like PowerDVD or WMP, but when you write a Firefly remote replacement it should really work like a Firefly remote. I don't think that every user should have to figure out the keys that were mentioned in a previous post (info, menu, etc). I don't think you can reasonably expect a donation until people have had a few days to evaluate whether or not it will meet their needs, but those keys need to work in order to even evaluate it!

I spent a lot of time trying to send some keystrokes to PowerStrip. Is CTRL-ALT-F12 = ^(%{F12}) ? I figured out that I could launch a batch file to change my screen resolution and am now doing that instead, but I'm curious what I was doing wrong. PowerStrip doesn't have a 'window' and that Ctrl-Alt-F12 sequence is captured no matter what I have open...tried sending the sequence to explorer.exe and a few other things without any luck.

[StephaneM]

Originally Posted by mlomker

I really think you should include the BTV profile with the initial download. It's one thing to ask for a donation for 'extra' applications like PowerDVD or WMP, but when you write a Firefly remote replacement it should really work like a Firefly remote. I don't think that every user should have to figure out the keys that were mentioned in a previous post (info, menu, etc). I don't think you can reasonably expect a donation until people have had a few days to evaluate whether or not it will meet their needs, but those keys need to work in order to even evaluate it!

Well, the donation is not only for downloading the BTV profile but for the "Menu Mode" / "Mouse Mode" / Online database access. Other than that you can see that I help people when they asks me question about what they should use as keyboard shortcuts etc...

Moreover I created this software first for the Streamzap, then the Firefly, then the Firefly Mini and it is intended for users that need to tweak their remote usage (the original software for those remotes works well) so I didn't include any profiles other than the default one on purpose :

* The application is not loaded with not so useful profiles (the less profiles, the more responsive)
* Users only have the profiles they want.

I spent a lot of time trying to send some keystrokes to PowerStrip. Is CTRL-ALT-F12 = ^(%{F12}) ? I figured out that I could launch a batch file to change my screen resolution and am now doing that instead, but I'm curious what I was doing wrong. PowerStrip doesn't have a 'window' and that Ctrl-Alt-F12 sequence is captured no matter what I have open...tried sending the sequence to explorer.exe and a few other things without any luck.

I do think that "Ctrl+Alt+F12" requires a real keyboard (just like "Ctrl+Alt+Del"). I will investigate on this.

Regards,
Stéphane.

[mlomker]

Originally Posted by StephaneM

Other than that you can see that I help people when they asks me question about what they should use as keyboard shortcuts etc...

You're doing a great job, which is how I found out about it in the first place. I just believe that the download file for the Firefly remote should have all of the BTV keys defined in the default profile.

When I evaluate a product that is supposed to be an enhancement, the first thing that I do is verify that I haven't 'lost' any functionality. Out of the box this software doesn't work as well as Snapstream's firefly software and that doesn't seem like a good strategy to me.

I donated this morning even though I don't need the extra features...it's just obvious that you've put a lot of time into this and deserve a few euros for it.

[samundsen]

I donated this morning as well. I use the Firefly Mini version. I've been testing it for the last week or so, and think this software is awesome. I took me about 5 minutes to set up a BTV profile. It was only a few buttons that didn't work "out-of-the-box". In fact, this little application has brought my HTPC to a whole new level. I can now control BeyondTV, MediaPortal, ZoomPlayer and QuickTime Player with my universal remote control, letting me play all the types of media I use seamlessly and integrated.

My only minor problem is that I can't get QuickTime Player to launch in full screen automatically. I had to map a key to switch it to full screen (used the OK button on the remote). Also, I can't seem to get fast-forward or rewind to work in QT. QuickTime also does not disable the screen saver when it plays. I use QT to play some TV Show episodes purchased from iTunes)

[StephaneM]

Hello,

Originally Posted by samundsen

Also, I can't seem to get fast-forward or rewind to work in QT. QuickTime also does not disable the screen saver when it plays.

As far as I know there is no shortcuts for Fast Forward and Rewind (However you should step forward and backward with Left and Right).

Regards,
Stéphane.

[mikek753]

something strange with my MINI and LM RKM
SkipForward (SF) and SkipBackward (SB) work in opposite directions

When I don't use LM RKM both SF and SB wotk just fine with firefly mini s/w in BTV and WinDVD.
To make it work with BTV I map it backwards in BTV profile as "." for SB and "," for SF.
To make it work with WinDVD I remapped SF and SB to next and prev tracks as well

What I'm missing here?

btw - it isn't complain as I can't complain for what I got for free
just hope that would help to make LM RKM better. and who knows may be Snapstream would buy it ...

[mikek753]

sorry ...

[Krib]

Hi there.

I really like the software, and I donated just now. I'm using the big Firefly.

But I'm having some problems with Media Portal. Everything works ok in the Homescreen. But once I go into Media Portal's player in My Video (for example), I can't get any of my play / pause / etc. commands to work unless I first click the Media Portal window to make it active. This happens whether I have "Automatically Bring Window To Foreground" checked or not.

I am using the keystroke method to send MP's keyboard shortcuts.

Dunno if you or anyone else is familiar with the software, but this is how it is: I hit OK on the Firefly to select a movie in "My Videos". I THEN have to click the mouse on the playing movie window before my Firefly will work.

And here's another example with the power button. I want it to close any MP window. It will do that off the default profile in the Homescreen, or in the My Video screen. But in the MP video window, it doesn't work until I click in the window with the mouse.

Thanks for any input!

[StephaneM]

Originally Posted by Krib

But once I go into Media Portal's player in My Video (for example)

Do you mean that this is for every other screen in Media Portal or only when you are playing a video?

This happens whether I have "Automatically Bring Window To Foreground" checked or not.

The "Auto Foreground" only works if :

* You are not using the "Executable name" for the Media Portal profile
* You are forcing the "Media Portal" profile (by using the "ChangeProfile" action under the button you use to launch Media Portal)

This way when the profile is forced, LM RKM will know that you use the remote exclusively for Media Portal and will try to find the Media Portal window (using the windows title and/or class name) and bring it to the foreground.

Also do not forget to put a "ChangeProfile" action to revert to the default profile upon exiting Media Portal (for instance by adding it to the "Power" button)

Dunno if you or anyone else is familiar with the software, but this is how it is: I hit OK on the Firefly to select a movie in "My Videos". I THEN have to click the mouse on the playing movie window before my Firefly will work.

If your movie is a DivX/Xvid file and you are using the DivX codec, then this is a known issue with DivX : when you play a DivX movie a taskbar notification icon is created and it steal the focus (the only application that doesn't suffer from this seems to be SageTV). You can download an utility for DivX web site to remove the taskbar notification icon.

Note: if you want to diagnose specifically the issue or see what are windows title / class name of the active application, you can turn on the verbose tracing mode in LM Remote KeyMap (see the FAQ on my web site). When you have finished testing with trace enabled shut down LM Remote KeyMap and go to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\LM Gestion\LM Remote KeyMap and you can review the trace.log file.

Regards,
Stéphane.

[Krib]

Originally Posted by StephaneM

an explanation to my problem

Ack, I was too quick. I accidentally fixed this in just the manner you describe by installing ffdshow and uninstalling the divx codec last night to get my .avi files looking better. Sure enough, it was the divx toolbar stealing focus.

Everything is working perfectly now with two very small exceptions:

1) ObjectBar 2, which is a very obscure toolbar emulator from Stardock. I have an OB2 sidebar which is a Start Menu replacement, and it auto-hides with control-o (global function). If I map ^O to one of the FF default buttons, that will not hide the application. I also tried making a profile for OB2 and using window class as identified by FFs AppIdentifier.exe (since I had it), but that did not work either. OB2 won't come into focus, so I can't hide it, or use the arrow keys to scroll through my sidebar (also global function). Not a big deal, and also probably not the right place to ask you about that

2) I have also noticed that the Firefly button seems to only support one mapping. I have the FF button mapped in default profile to start Media Portal. If I map it in my Media Portal profile to do something else, this breaks both functions. Again, not a major issue.

All in all though, this software is doing virtually everything I have asked it to do. I will be using it exclusively to program my Firefly.

[Krib]

disregard

[StephaneM]

Originally Posted by Krib

1) ObjectBar 2, which is a very obscure toolbar emulator from Stardock. I have an OB2 sidebar which is a Start Menu replacement, and it auto-hides with control-o (global function). If I map ^O to one of the FF default buttons, that will not hide the application

In my opinion Ctrl+O cannot be a global shortcut (but rather Shift+Ctrl+O) but I may mistaking. Another thing to consider is that you may try Ctrl+o (lower case "o") because when you use upper case it may not be the same thing (the application can consider you are also pressing Shift...)

Otherwise you can consider using the "DisplayMenu" action to replace ObjectBar. When using this LM RKM will display an OSD with menu entries you create (you can assign a nice PNG icon if you want and also skin the menu entirely but I do not have any docs for this yet). You can navigate in menu with arrow keys and select the entry with Ok. So it can work as a start menu replacement (I also believe that you can nest menus but I have not tried it personally).

2) I have also noticed that the Firefly button seems to only support one mapping. I have the FF button mapped in default profile to start Media Portal. If I map it in my Media Portal profile to do something else, this breaks both functions. Again, not a major issue.

For those mapping problems look in the trace, the trace will explain what it did or did not. The Firefly button is not different from the other buttons so if you assign an action in a profile other than the default if LM RKM consider that it should use this profile when you press the Firefly button it will carry the action assigned to it in this profile.

The way LM RKM works is simple : try to load actions for a button in a profile that match windows title and/or class name or exec. name. If no actions can be found (either because there is no profile for the active window or because there is no actions for that button) then the button actions of the default profile will be used instead.

Regards,
Stéphane.

[RiderFan]

I just tried this out for the first time tonight and the first thng that I noticed is that when I change the volume, both BTV and your program show a volume bar on the top right hand part of the screen. I can not seem to remove the lm remote part. How do I just show the BTV volume bar?

Also, I can only adjust BTV's red volume bar, but not the yellow one.