I just purchased the Gyration MCE remote and although it controlls the menus nicely, it does not function like the Fiire Chief when media is playing. I have seen similiar post regarding this and am wondering if anyone has found a solution for this remote or if I am better off purchasing the Fiire Chief. They are both the same price. I only purchased the Gyration remote because I could get it locally. Did Fiire incorporate specific changes to the remote that allow it to work with LMCE?
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I also can't seem to play/pause the video from the gyro mouse. Nor can I do any of the options listed in the wiki:
"When media is playing, you can use the normal keys on the i/r remote to control the media playback and volume. Or press F6 or the 'media' button on the gyro remote, and then move left and right to adjust playback speed, or move up and down to skip through chapters/tracks/channels/songs depending on the type of media. With the left and right movement you have both absolute and relative. Absolute means keep the button held down while you move left and right. This is quite useful with the gyro remote. Press the left button, and if you move your hand all the way to the left you are at the beginning of your media, all the way to the right and you are at the end. Or, tap and release the button, then when you move left and right you are in relative, or jog shuttle mode. Move slowly to the right for slow motion forward, further to the right for 400x forward, back to the left to rewind, and so on."
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Can someone please do a review to compare/contrast Gryo, Wiimote and Fiire? I am really keen to get someone's opinion of each on how well they work etc. I would like just to pick one and buy it rather than go through the process that so many others seem to have, of buy 2 or 3 different remotes before finding the one they prefer - is there any consensus on which provides the best control, functions, and most especially which does the "best" motion sensing. The last in particular, how responsive are they to motion detection? Do they "sample" slowly or do they respond nice and quickly to motion?
Also, you say that the Fiire has specific firmware to support the Follow Me function, won't anything that uses Bluetooth do this anyway through the LMCE software because they connect to the closest BT dongle and LMCE does the rest? Is there something I am missing here?
The standard Gyration remote is not one of the standard remotes that has a template in lmce. The Gyro mouse functionality will probably work but not the additional remote buttons. You'd have to add a template yourself.
The standard Gyration remote is not one of the standard remotes that has a template in lmce. The Gyro mouse functionality will probably work but not the additional remote buttons. You'd have to add a template yourself.
Do you know what I would need to do to map the keys on the remote and create a template?
You might be in luck... what follows is based on the assumption that 'MCR Remote' is compatible with the remote you have;
Go to Web Admin and Wizard -> Devices -> Media Directors
No find the green 'Add Remote' button for your Core/Hybrid and click it. In the window that appears select 'Gyration' from the Manufacturer pop-up then click 'Apply Filter'. Now select 'MCR Remote' from the Device Template pop-up and the click the green 'Pick Device Template' button and then close the Window. That should have added an 'MCR Remote' to you Hybrid. Your Gyration usb IR receiver should get auto-detected I think.
Now do a reload router and test your remote in the Orbiter... it should be working. If not try rebooting the Core/Hybrid and trying the remote again.
Hope this helps... and saves you the effort of adding a remote from scratch.
!XF86PowerDown
keycode 177 = XF86AudioRecord
keycode 164 = XF86AudioStop
keycode 110 = XF86AudioPause
keycode 152 = XF86AudioRewind
keycode 179 = XF86AudioPlay
keycode 180 = XF86Forward
keycode 144 = XF86AudioPrev
keycode 153 = XF86AudioNext
!XF86Launch0
!XF86Launch1
keycode 234 = XF86Back
keycode 134 = XF86Launch2
keycode 176 = XF86AudioRaiseVolume
keycode 174 = XF86AudioLowerVolume
keycode 97 = XF86VendorHome
keycode 160 = XF86AudioMute
!keycode 240 = XF86RockerUp
!keycode 241 = XF86RockerDown
keycode 237 = XF86Launch3
!XF86Launch4
!XF86Launch5
!XF86Launch6
!XF86Clear ; already mapped to escape
!XF86Launch7
!XF86Launch8
!XF86Launch9
!XF86LaunchA
I just wanted to report that I have tried LMCE with the Gyration Remote.
The gyro stuff works out of the box. Only a few keys worked without a custom .Xmodmap. Once the keys were mapped to X11 key events using .Xmodmap, I had to configure individual applications to understand the keys (i.e. using the "Edit keys" MythTV plugin and the KDE setup program.)
Below is my xmodmap...
Also, has anyone been able to make a template for the Gyration remote by now? I found various information on how to remap keys, but the real reason why I had bought these remotes was to use the gyro features to move forward and backward in media...
Thanks, I did look at this and that's how I setup my remote. I was inquiring about the other things that this remote is technically capable of, such as controling media with the gyroscope (movement)...