Get context Menu on appletv and Apple remote

[alexioklini]

hi

I searched the forums but could not Find a way to Open the context menu on a library source via the apple remote on appletv

Thanks
Alex

[davilla]

hi

I searched the forums but could not Find a way to Open the context menu on a library source via the apple remote on appletv

Thanks
Alex

I'm not sure there is a why unless a custom keymap is used. If you have an Intel OSX box, here is a link to a command-line app that can send keyboard commands to the AppleTV

http://code.google.com/p/atv-xbmc-launcher/source/browse/#svn/branches/temp/xbmc_remote

It's a remote EventClient so that has to be enabled in the XBMC on the AppleTV.

param syntax is

./xbmc_remote <IP of the AppleTV> 9777

[lboyce]

I'm not sure there is a why unless a custom keymap is used. If you have an Intel OSX box, here is a link to a command-line app that can send keyboard commands to the AppleTV

http://code.google.com/p/atv-xbmc-launcher/source/browse/#svn/branches/temp/xbmc_remote

It's a remote EventClient so that has to be enabled in the XBMC on the AppleTV.

param syntax is

./xbmc_remote <IP of the AppleTV> 9777

Can you please elaborate on how to do this for someone completely stupid? I've got XBMC on my AppleTV, but I can't use the scraper cause I can't access the contextual menu, which kind of makes it very "unpretty". I need help figuring out how to get to the contextual menu.

Thanks!

[davilla]

Can you please elaborate on how to do this for someone completely stupid? I've got XBMC on my AppleTV, but I can't use the scraper cause I can't access the contextual menu, which kind of makes it very "unpretty". I need help figuring out how to get to the contextual menu.

Thanks!

You need another computer running OSX Intel. That's the host computer. xbmc_remote is a command-line app it runs on the this computer. Run it in the terminal window.

Find the IP of your AppleTV. Use the IR remote to enabled a remote event client (network -> something ->remote events) can't remember the fill path to it

That enabled XBMC to listen for remote events coming from external computers.

./xbmc_remote <IP of you appleTV> 9777

then start typing. Your keyboard hits now will do to XBMC on the AppleTV.

[lboyce]

You need another computer running OSX Intel. That's the host computer. xbmc_remote is a command-line app it runs on the this computer. Run it in the terminal window.

Find the IP of your AppleTV. Use the IR remote to enabled a remote event client (network -> something ->remote events) can't remember the fill path to it

That enabled XBMC to listen for remote events coming from external computers.

./xbmc_remote <IP of you appleTV> 9777

then start typing. Your keyboard hits now will do to XBMC on the AppleTV.

Thank you so much!!

[lboyce]

You need another computer running OSX Intel. That's the host computer. xbmc_remote is a command-line app it runs on the this computer. Run it in the terminal window.

Find the IP of your AppleTV. Use the IR remote to enabled a remote event client (network -> something ->remote events) can't remember the fill path to it

That enabled XBMC to listen for remote events coming from external computers.

./xbmc_remote <IP of you appleTV> 9777

then start typing. Your keyboard hits now will do to XBMC on the AppleTV.

Don't mean to be a pest, but can you possibly explain how you run xbmc_remote in terminal? I'm not familiar very much with terminal and all I see is a file in that link

[davilla]

Don't mean to be a pest, but can you possibly explain how you run xbmc_remote in terminal? I'm not familiar very much with terminal and all I see is a file in that link

see http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?p=224496&highlight=xbmc_remote#post224496

and

http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?p=223941&highlight=xbmc_remote#post223941

[lboyce]

Got it. I was making that way harder than it was.

[alexioklini]

Hi davilla,

Thanks for responding.

One more question:
Is it planned for an upcoming release to have context menu automatically mapped to some button ( e.g. menu hold ) ?
If not, can you direct me on how to change the key mapping myself for the beta 1 ?

Thanks,
Alex

[steve1977]

Hi davilla,

Thanks for responding.

One more question:
Is it planned for an upcoming release to have context menu automatically mapped to some button ( e.g. menu hold ) ?
If not, can you direct me on how to change the key mapping myself for the beta 1 ?

Thanks,
Alex

Well, I am trying exactly the same thing. Here are the relevant links that should help to get it done. Unfortunately, I havent succeeded yet. Please keep me posted if you do and how you did it...

Description of the file that includes the keymaps
http://xbmc.org/wiki/?title=Keymap.xml

Description of the Apple Remote Keymaps
http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=33056

[alexioklini]

Hi steve1977,

I will try later today when i am at home and have access to my apple tv.
Of course i keep you informed about my findings.


Regards,
Alex