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by bennynihon
Fri Apr 11, 2014 6:14 am
Forum: General Support
Topic: Determine current screen (e.g. TV Guide) of WMC (ehome)?
Replies: 7
Views: 2422

Re: Determine current screen (e.g. TV Guide) of WMC (ehome)?

awesome! you just made my night. thanks again for all the work you put into a great plugin.
by bennynihon
Thu Apr 10, 2014 4:32 pm
Forum: General Support
Topic: Determine current screen (e.g. TV Guide) of WMC (ehome)?
Replies: 7
Views: 2422

Re: Determine current screen (e.g. TV Guide) of WMC (ehome)?

In the plugin configuration there is an option to generate events.

The events will output to the screen as: ******.FS_Home 'True'

This one means that it is on the home screen. There are many others ex. FS_Videos, FS_RecordedTV, FS_Guide

You can use this to activate or deactivate what commands ...
by bennynihon
Wed Apr 09, 2014 11:36 pm
Forum: General Support
Topic: Determine current screen (e.g. TV Guide) of WMC (ehome)?
Replies: 7
Views: 2422

Re: Determine current screen (e.g. TV Guide) of WMC (ehome)?

OK, I've got it all setup. Looks nice. I can send commands no problem using your plugin. But how do I go about reading status messages? You mention something about using the Network Event Receiver, but it's unclear how I'd go about setting this up to receive messages from WMC Controller. Thanks!
by bennynihon
Wed Apr 09, 2014 11:13 pm
Forum: General Support
Topic: Determine current screen (e.g. TV Guide) of WMC (ehome)?
Replies: 7
Views: 2422

Re: Determine current screen (e.g. TV Guide) of WMC (ehome)?

thanks. that looks promising. This may actually come in handy for displaying WMC status on the VFD of my PC. So I suppose there's no way to grab text from the WMC window (presumably because it's using a fullscreen directdraw type display)? Or even a registry entry that may have the current screen ...
by bennynihon
Wed Apr 09, 2014 4:25 pm
Forum: General Support
Topic: Determine current screen (e.g. TV Guide) of WMC (ehome)?
Replies: 7
Views: 2422

Determine current screen (e.g. TV Guide) of WMC (ehome)?

Currently I use XBMC as a media frontend on my PC and Windows Media Center for Live TV. I launch WMC from XBMC which I have set to go directly to the Live TV Guide of WMC. When I am watching a show, pressing the back button on my remote (through EventGhost) returns to the TV Guide. Pressing it again ...