45/34-Button Remotes

MediaPortal supports both the 45- and 34-button versions of the Hauppauge remotes out of the box. However, drivers are required for the Hauppauge remote. Just download and install the latest drivers for your Hauppauge card.

Don't leave out the remote control part (IR32.exe), otherwise the needed driver DLL won't be installed and your remote won't work with MediaPortal. If your remote still doesn't work with MP, try installing IR32.exe again.

Configuration Settings

General

• Use Hauppage remote - Enables or disables Hauppauge remote control support
• Defaults - set the default settings for the remote
• Learn -

Settings

• External processes may use the remote control
  MediaPortal releases the Hauppauge remote as soon as it loses focus or an external process is being started (e.g. external players or a process started via My Programs), so you can use other applications with your remote control.
• Keep control when MP loses focus
  MediaPortal releases control of the Hauppauge remote only, if an external process has been started (if the above option is checked), but not if it simply loses focus.
• Filter doubleclicks
  Blocks repetition for the buttons: OK, Pause, Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, Menu, Mute and Pause buttons.
• Extended logging
  Produces a more verbose output in MediaPortal.log, only needed for debugging.

Repeat Delay

• Button release
• This is the time a key has to be released before it is pressed again in order to handle scroll speed correctly.
• If set too low, the repeat speed and repeat filter settings won't work, and you might experience unintended doubleclicks.
• You should test this value by scrolling the main menu in MediaPortal. Keep "cursor down" pushed for a few seconds until the menu starts scrolling fast. Then release the button, and press it again shortly after.
• If you feel that the menu in MediaPortal keeps scrolling too fast when pushing "cursor down" for the second time, you should decrease the value.
• If you feel that the menu is a bit unresponsive, try increasing the release time.
• As a rule of thumb, you should set this value as high as possible, then decrease it until it fits your needs.
• Different remotes and systems behave differently, so it looks like we can't supply the perfect timeout settings for all users. A good default setting is 500ms.
• Repeat filter
• Hauppauge remotes can be quite sensitive.  This sets the time before a key is repeated if it is held pressed down. Increase the value if you experience unintended doubleclicks. Decrease if you want better scrolling/repeating response.
• Repeat speed
• Sets the speed for button repetition when keeping it pushed continuously.

Status

Whenever there is a problem with the remote control driver, MediaPortal will tell you so and suggests a solution here.

Default Button Mapping

If some of the below mappings are not working for you, you should reset your mappings in the Input Mapping Editor to default and remove any user defined mappings this way. If it's still not working as expected, you should try a later SVN build, chances are that some functions/mappings did not exist in the MediaPortal version you are using.

Hauppauge 45-Button Remote

• Home
  • Jump to home screen and set focus to MediaPortal
• Power
  • Exit MediaPortal
• TV
  • Jump to TV
  • Toggle TV fullscreen mode
• Videos
  • Jump to My Videos
  • Toggle fullscreen/windowed mode for video
• Music
  • Jump to My Music
• Pictures
  • Jump to My Pictures
• Guide
  • Jump to TV Guide (EPG)
  • Toggle TV Guide / TV
• Radio
  • Jump to My Radio
• Cursor Up
  • Move cursor up
  • Zoom in to a picture in a slideshow
• Cursor Down
  • Move cursor down
  • Zoom out of a picture in a slideshow
• Cursor Left
  • Move cursor left
  • Skip to next picture in a slideshow
• Cursor Right
  • Move cursor right
  • Skip back to previous picture in a slideshow
• OK
  • Select item
  • Pause/unpause running slideshow
  • Go to next calibration step
• Back/Exit
  • Go to previous menu/screen
• Menu/i
  • Show/hide OSD (if available) and context menu
• Volume +
  • Increase volume
• Volume -
  • Decrease volume
• Mute
  • Mute/unmute volume
• Previous Channel
  • Jump to last viewed channel in TV
  • Call DVD VTS menu
  • Reset TV guide timeblock/view
  • Go up one directory in file listings
  • Jump back a small step when playing back video
• Channel +
  • Next channel in TV
  • Next subpage in Teletext
  • Zoom in to a picture in a slideshow
  • Page up in lists
• Channel -
  • Previous channel in TV
  • Previous subpage in Teletext
  • Zoom out of a picture in a slideshow
  • Page down in lists
• Record
  • Import audio CD (Music File List)
  • Record TV
• Stop
  • Stop playing media
• Play
  • Play media
  • Pause/unpause running slideshow
• Pause
  • Pause/unpause playing media or running slideshow
• Fast Forward
  • Fast forward playing media
  • Go to next picture in a running slideshow
  • Increase timeblock in TV Guide
• Rewind
  • Rewind playing media
  • Go to previous picture in a running slideshow
  • Decrease timeblock in TV Guide
• Skip
  • Skip to next track/chapter/picture
  • Page up in TV Guide
• Replay
  • Skip back to previous track/chapter/picture
  • Page down in TV Guide
• 1 - 9
  • Numpad 1-9
  • Zoom level in slideshow
• 0
  • Numpad 0
  • Delete selected item and current picture in a slideshow
  • Reset timeblock in TV Guide (EPG) and calibration in calibration screen
• */Text
  • Jump to Teletext when TV is running
  • Toggle Teletext fullscreen/windowed mode
• #/SubCC
  • Cycle through available aspect ratios
• Red
  • Toggle video fullscreen/windowed mode
  • Toptext/FastText "Red Button"
• Green
  • Switch to next available audio track
  • Jump to Teletext when TV is running
  • Toptext/FastText "Green Button"
• Yellow
  • Switch to next available subtitle track
  • Toptext/FastText "Yellow Button"
• Blue
  • Cycle through available aspect ratios
  • Toptext/FastText "Blue Button"

Further Information

• Hauppauge MCE Remote