Changing amount of time for skip forward

[tthkbw]

I know that I can configure the amount of time to skip forward and skip backward, and that I can assign skip forward and skip backward to the Firefly buttons of my choice.

What I'd like to be able to do is easily change the amount of time to skip forward and backward. The ideal would be to have one Firefly button skip forward by 30 seconds, and a different Firefly button skip forward 15 seconds, for example.

Does any one know of an way to do this? I wouldn't mind if there were a way to configure a button to toggle the amount of time between 30 and 15 seconds.

Why would I want that? Well, for most shows I record the 30-second skip works well for skipping through commercials (I don't use commercial skip, I have found it too inconsistent. Besides, pushing the buttons is fun!). However, when I am watching football, 30 seconds is a bit too much for skipping dead time between plays.

Thanks,

[tthkbw]

Ok, so nobody has an answer? Well, I'm a clever boy, so I guess I'll answer it myself.

After considering complicated solutions like AutoIT (Windows macro stuff), I finally came up with a really simple solution.

Turns out that you can put multiple keystrokes in a profile and assign them to a button.

So if I set the skip time to 10 seconds on the BeyondTV setting page, and then do this in the BeyondTV profile:

</Actions>
<Actions Button="SkipForward" Description="Skip Forward">
<KeyAction Keys="..." />

I get a 30 second skip by pressing the "Next" button on the remote! Note the three periods. Cool!

Now I just need to choose another button, for example "FastForward" and do:

<Actions Button="FastForward" Description="Fast Forward">
<KeyAction Keys="{.}" />
</Actions>

And this button now gives me a 10 second skip. Voila! Just what I wanted. And the FastForward function is still available during playback on the right arrow key.

[enigma9o7]

Brilliant.