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- Fri Apr 11, 2014 6:14 am
- Forum: General Support
- Topic: Determine current screen (e.g. TV Guide) of WMC (ehome)?
- Replies: 7
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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.
- Thu Apr 10, 2014 4:32 pm
- Forum: General Support
- Topic: Determine current screen (e.g. TV Guide) of WMC (ehome)?
- Replies: 7
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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 ...
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 ...
- Wed Apr 09, 2014 11:36 pm
- Forum: General Support
- Topic: Determine current screen (e.g. TV Guide) of WMC (ehome)?
- Replies: 7
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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!
- 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 ...
- Wed Apr 09, 2014 4:25 pm
- Forum: General Support
- Topic: Determine current screen (e.g. TV Guide) of WMC (ehome)?
- Replies: 7
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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 ...