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How to Remote control Android TV from PC (send keyevents)

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brotbuexe
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How to Remote control Android TV from PC (send keyevents)

Post by brotbuexe »

Hi,

I have a Nvidia Shield TV which is connected through LAN.
I would like to send Keyinputs to the Shield.

For now I use "adb shell input keyevent <keycode>" commands. But this is kinda slow. It have a lag and browsing items with a Dpad is slow.
What other Options do I have (have root on the shield)?


1.
I have a MCE Remote IR Transmitter. Can I send Harmony compatible IR codes?
Currently I only use it to control a HDMI Receiver. For this I can record the codes I need with the IR remote from the receiver.
The Nvidia Shield have a IR Receiver which is compatible with Harmony Remotes. http://support-shield.nvidia.com/androi ... _Setup.htm

2.
Can I use a Bluetooth Transceiver in the PC to connect some emulated HID to the Shield to send HID compatible input commands?

3.
Is there an app that I can install on the shield that receives commands throught the LAN without having the same Lag as my current solution?

Any other ideas?
brotbuexe
Posts: 19
Joined: Wed Feb 21, 2007 8:40 pm

Re: How to Remote control Android TV from PC (send keyevents

Post by brotbuexe »

I'm now using option one for the dpad functions with the IR codes from:
http://www.remotecentral.com/cgi-bin/fo ... gi?1296349

But as this does not require remote adb / root maybe it is a solution for other users.
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