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by ethereal
Wed Feb 18, 2015 7:49 pm
Forum: General Support
Topic: problems with windows 8.1 screensaver
Replies: 13
Views: 7506

Re: problems with windows 8.1 screensaver

i got the alternative mouse to work but it didn't turn off the screensaver

i'm thinking out going back to windows 7 :-(

thanks for your help
by ethereal
Wed Feb 18, 2015 2:05 pm
Forum: General Support
Topic: problems with windows 8.1 screensaver
Replies: 13
Views: 7506

Re: problems with windows 8.1 screensaver

okay - i got your plugin working - i think the problem was i had a folder in plugins called Mouse Old with the original plugin, i moved this folder and now i can see the alternate method checkbox.

i haven't had a chance to check if it turns off the screensaver - i'll get back to you
by ethereal
Wed Feb 18, 2015 12:17 am
Forum: General Support
Topic: problems with windows 8.1 screensaver
Replies: 13
Views: 7506

Re: problems with windows 8.1 screensaver

i couldn't get the mouse to work like he said

"The action that starts a mouse movement into one direction has now 3 additional paramenters: Initial mouse speed, Maximum mouse speed and Accceleration factor"

there is no additional parameters

"All mouse move/set pointer actions have now a checkbox ...
by ethereal
Tue Feb 17, 2015 2:20 pm
Forum: General Support
Topic: problems with windows 8.1 screensaver
Replies: 13
Views: 7506

Re: problems with windows 8.1 screensaver

thanks.

i'll give it a go

do i need to replace the original __init__.py or do i put it in a seperate folder ?

i'll let you know if it works or not
by ethereal
Mon Feb 16, 2015 9:28 pm
Forum: General Support
Topic: problems with windows 8.1 screensaver
Replies: 13
Views: 7506

problems with windows 8.1 screensaver

hello there

i have a home theatre pc - which had windows 7 on it. i used a eventghost to turn my ps3 blutooth remote control presses in to commands the pc understood, i was able to control windows media center, xbmc(kodi) and powerdvd. i was able to stop the windows 7 screensaver with a button ...
by ethereal
Sun Jul 31, 2011 12:17 am
Forum: General Support
Topic: controlling XBMC and WMC with PS3 remote
Replies: 2
Views: 2143

Re: controlling XBMC and WMC with PS3 remote

thanks a lot - as you can probably guess i never looked at the example - i'll have a look tonight.

i was using tskill in a batch file to close eventghost - i don't suppose it is the proper way to close it as it leaves icons behind - i had 14 last night :D
by ethereal
Sat Jul 30, 2011 4:48 am
Forum: General Support
Topic: controlling XBMC and WMC with PS3 remote
Replies: 2
Views: 2143

controlling XBMC and WMC with PS3 remote

hello there.

i have successfully controlled XBMC and WMC individually but i wish to controll both (but not at the same time)

my green button closes xbmc - and starts a batch file which closes eventghost and starts it again with my WMC.xml

my blue button closes WMC - and starts a batchfile which ...
by ethereal
Sat Jul 30, 2011 4:36 am
Forum: General Support
Topic: Windows 7 Media Center and PS3 Remote
Replies: 0
Views: 1583

Windows 7 Media Center and PS3 Remote

Hello there thank you for reading my post.

I am using event ghost and the MCE plugin to control Windows Media Center using my PS3 bluray remote control.
Everything seemed to be okay but i have found 1 problem - when i want to make a scheduled recording i wish to use the search function and there is ...