Alternative keymaps for Fire TV remote

Amazon Fire TV

Alternative keymaps for Fire TV remote

Alternative keymaps for the Amazon Fire TV remote, as suggested by the community.

Note: To make the remote work with XBMC's on-screen-keyboard, go to XBMC -> Settings -> System -> Input devices and enable Remote control sends keyboard presses

Note: These keymaps can also be applied using elmerohueso's "XBMC Tweaks for FTV" program addon, which is available from elmerohueso's XBMC repo.

Keymap 1

Cut and paste the following into a new text document and save as keyboard.xml and place in userdata/keymaps/

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<keymap>
  <FullscreenVideo>
    <keyboard>
      <menu>SmallStepBack</menu>
      <backspace>Stop</backspace>
      <up>volampup</up>
      <down>volampdown</down>
      <rewind>Rewind</rewind>
      <fastforward>FastForward</fastforward>
    </keyboard>
  </FullscreenVideo>
  <VideoMenu>
    <keyboard>
      <backspace>Stop</backspace>
    </keyboard>
  </VideoMenu>
</keymap>

What it does

Changes from the default are shown in bold print.

Button	Global action	Fullscreen video action
3	Directional pad: Up Down Right Left	Directional pad: Up: Volume amplification up Down: Volume amplification down Right: +30 seconds Left: -30 seconds
4	Select	On-screen-display menu
6	Context menu	SmallStepBack (go back 7 seconds)
8	Play/pause	Play/pause
9	Back	Stop

Keymap 2

Cut and paste the following into a new text document and save as keyboard.xml and place in userdata/keymaps/

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<keymap>
  <FullscreenVideo>
    <keyboard>
      <menu>CodecInfo</menu>
      <backspace>Stop</backspace>
      <rewind>Rewind</rewind>
      <fastforward>FastForward</fastforward>
    </keyboard>
  </FullscreenVideo>
  <VideoMenu>
    <keyboard>
      <backspace>Stop</backspace>
    </keyboard>
  </VideoMenu>
</keymap>

What it does

Changes from the default are shown in bold print.

Button	Global action	Fullscreen video action
3	Directional pad: Up Down Right Left	Directional pad: Up: Next chapter or go forward 10 minutes Down: Previous chapter or go back 10 minutes Right: +30 seconds Left: -30 seconds
4	Select	On-screen-display menu
6	Context menu	CodecInfo overlay
8	Play/pause	Play/pause
9	Back	Stop

Keymap 3

Cut and paste the following into a new text document and save as keyboard.xml and place in userdata/keymaps/

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<keymap>
  <Global>
    <keyboard>
      <rewind>PageUp</rewind>
      <fastforward>PageDown</fastforward>
    </keyboard>
  </Global>
  <Home>
    <keyboard>
      <menu>XBMC.ActivateWindow(favourites)</menu>
    </keyboard>
  </Home>
  <FullscreenVideo>
    <keyboard>
      <menu>ShowSubtitles</menu>
      <backspace>Stop</backspace>
      <rewind>Rewind</rewind>
      <fastforward>FastForward</fastforward>
    </keyboard>
  </FullscreenVideo>
  <VideoMenu>
    <keyboard>
      <backspace>Stop</backspace>
    </keyboard>
  </VideoMenu>
</keymap>

What it does

Button	Global action	Home Screen action	DVD Menu action	Fullscreen Video action
3	Directional pad: Up Down Right Left	Directional pad: Up Down Right Left	Directional pad: Up Down Right Left	Directional pad: Up: Next chapter or go forward 10 minutes Down: Previous chapter or go back 10 minutes Right: +30 seconds Left: -30 seconds
4	Select	Select	Select	On-screen-display menu
6	Context menu	Show Favourites	Context menu	Toggle subtitles on/off
7	Page Down	Page Down	Page Down	Fast forward
8	Play/pause	Play/pause	Play/pause	Play/pause
9	Back	Back	Stop	Stop
10	Page Up	Page Up	Page Up	Rewind

Keymap 4

Cut and paste the following into a new text document and save as keyboard.xml and place in userdata/keymaps/

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<keymap>
  <Global>
    <keyboard>
      <rewind>PageUp</rewind>
      <fastforward>PageDown</fastforward>
    </keyboard>
  </Global>
  <Home>
    <keyboard>
      <backspace>XBMC.ActivateWindow(favourites)</backspace>
    </keyboard>
  </Home>
  <FullscreenVideo>
    <keyboard>
      <menu>SmallStepBack</menu>
      <backspace>Stop</backspace>
      <rewind>Rewind</rewind>
      <fastforward>FastForward</fastforward>
    </keyboard>
  </FullscreenVideo>
  <VideoMenu>
    <keyboard>
      <backspace>Stop</backspace>
    </keyboard>
  </VideoMenu>
  <VideoOSD>
    <keyboard>
      <menu>CodecInfo</menu>
    </keyboard>
  </VideoOSD>
</keymap>

What it does

Button	Global action	Home Screen action	DVD Menu action	Fullscreen Video action
3	Directional pad: Up Down Right Left	Directional pad: Up Down Right Left	Directional pad: Up Down Right Left	Directional pad: Up: Next chapter or go forward 10 minutes Down: Previous chapter or go back 10 minutes Right: +30 seconds Left: -30 seconds
4	Select	Select	Select	On-screen-display menu
6	Context menu		Context menu	SmallStepBack (go back 7 seconds) (also opens CodecInfo when the on-screen-display controls are visible)
7	Page Down	Page Down	Page Down	Rewind
8	Play/pause	Play/pause	Play/pause	Play/pause
9	Back	Show Favourites	Stop	Stop
10	Page Up	Page Up	Page Up	Fast forward