Kodi Button Configuration

[Germs]

Hey , 

 

i have alan's Kodi Driver installed. I have however a few questions / issues regarding the button configuration : 

- I mapped the Hard Buttons on the NEEO Remote up down left right to match fast forward (right) reverse (left) skip forward (up) and backwards (down) . That works perfect. However if i hit the MENU button in Kodi when a Movie is playing (to change subtitles for example) when i want to scroll around with the hardcoded buttons , the movie fast forwards, rewinds etc... when i move around the menu.

Does anyone have a solution to this ? 

 

Also the new Yamaha Driver has been added to my system and the Volume Buttons work as expected. I would like to use the INFO Button = Display on the Yamaha AVR in my Kodi Configuration . However the NEEO has no Hard INFO Button , and the Yamaha Driver does not have any INFO / Display Variables. Any clue how i could solve this ? map the Button on to the Blue Button for example ? 

Thanks in advance

 

[mindedc1]

There are two ways to send commands into Kodi. The first is to use an API to tell kodi to do something. This is an absolute command such as FF, RW, menu up/down etc. the meaning of the command never changes.

The other way is to send a "keypress" into kodi. The behavior of the keypress is context dependent. I.E. in the menu left means menu left but while watching the video it means rewind. This also means your're doing things the way kodi wants the remote to work.

It's possible for Alan to have written his driver to take into account the various conditions in his driver and say "While in menu left means left, however while watching video left means rewind" and pull the correct API at the right time however the amount of programming and testing to get it right is significant.

There is a free (both meanings) kodi driver floating around that I have made a large number of improvements to. This uses the second method of control where it sends the commands in. I extended the driver to work better in more situations, maintain network connectivity better, and have access to the first API for triggering media scans, also signaling to C4 when video starts/stops, and a few other things. I have support for kodi devices that need an IR power on/off but would still be controlled over the network. The free driver is an older .c4i driver so it doesn't have nice icons etc... my rework is a .c4z and includes icons.

Alans driver does a lot of things and he is a great part of the community so I don't want to say anything negative or take anything away from him or his work. There may be a way to make it work for you. If his driver doesn't support your specific scenario I wouldn't count that as a flaw, just a corner case that's not accounted for and the Neeo remote is very new. I don't have a copy of his driver so I can't help you out. I believe my driver/the free driver would not have the corner case issue you have above. I also don't have a Neeo remote and due to a significant number of custom drivers on my system am not planning on upgrading to 3.0 super soon.

If you want a copy of my driver I would be happy to share here. Its posted elsewhere here and on the Kodi forum.

[TimCarter]

Hi. I would very much like a link to see your driver. I’m in the process of creating a mini server that can take in and jsonrpc call and convert it to kodi for whatever commands you would like. It can also detect if kodi is in fullscreenvideo meaning your buttons could behave differently if your watching a movie vs menu or navigation

 

[Singularity]

I just programmed the Red, Green buttons to change subtitle and audio stream. Works perfectly. Just use the toggle command then you can go through all the subs and all the audio options by pressing either red or green. I guess you might be able to do the same with the Yamaha.