Archive:Apple remote

We tried hard to come up with a proper mapping for the few buttons on the AppleRemote. If there's something strange or misbehaving, or you've just a great idea to improve the mapping, either open up a ticket in Trac or post to the ATV/OSX section in our forums for public discussion!

Here's what we currently have:

Global:

• Plus - Up
• Minus - Down
• Previous / Rewind - Left
• Next / Forward - Right
• Play / Pause - Select
• Menu - Previous Menu
• Hold Play - Full Screen
• Hold Menu - Contextual menu

Home:

• Menu - Favourites
• Hold Menu - Shutdown Menu

Browsing videos/Library:

• Hold Up/Down - Scroll list
• Hold Play - Movie Information
• Hold Menu - Contextual menu

Full Screen Video:

• Left - Step back
• Right - Step forward
• Up - Volume Up
• Down - Volume Down
• Hold Left/Right - RW/FF
• Menu - Stop
• Hold Play - OSD

Music Playlist:

• Hold Left - Move Item Up
• Hold Right - Move Item Down
• Hold Menu - Delete Item
• Hold Pay - Visualisation

Screen/GUI Calibration:

• Play - Next Calibration

Apple Remote Button Translations (for use in keymap.xml):

• 1 Up
• 2 Down
• 3 Left
• 4 Right
• 5 Play
• 6 Menu
• 7 Hold Play
• 8 Hold Menu
• 9 Hold Left
• 10 Hold Right
• 11 Hold Left
• 12 Hold Right

Buttons IDs only available on ATV (>2.3) through "Learned Remote" feature

• 70 Play
• 71 Pause
• 72 Stop
• 73 SkipPrevious
• 74 SkipNext
• 75 Rewind
• 76 Forward
• 77 Return
• 78 Enter

Extract from keymap.xml:

<joystick name="AppleRemote">
  <!-- plus       -->      <button id="1">Up</button>
  <!-- minus      -->      <button id="2">Down</button>
  <!-- left       -->      <button id="3">Left</button>
  <!-- right      -->      <button id="4">Right</button>
  <!-- play/pause -->      <button id="5">Select</button>
  <!-- menu       -->      <button id="6">PreviousMenu</button>
  <!-- hold play  -->      <button id="7">Fullscreen</button>
  <!-- hold menu  -->      <button id="8">ContextMenu</button>
  
  <!-- old buttons for ATV <2.2, used on OSX  -->
  <!-- hold left  -->      <button id="9">Left</button>
  <!-- hold right -->      <button id="10">Right</button>
  
  <!-- Buttons IDs that are added with the "Learned Remote" feature on ATV >2.3 -->
  <!-- Play -->      <button id="70">Play</button>
  <!-- Pause -->      <button id="71">Pause</button>
  <!-- Stop -->      <button id="72">Stop</button>
  <!-- Previous -->      <button id="73">SkipPrevious</button>
  <!-- Next -->      <button id="74">SkipNext</button>
  <!-- Rewind -->      <button id="75">Rewind</button>
  <!-- Forward -->      <button id="76">FastForward</button>
  <!-- Return -->      <button id="77">OSD</button>
  <!-- Enter -->      <button id="78">ShowVideoMenu</button>
</joystick>

For details make sure to check the keymapping file in GIT