Microsoft killed off the much-loved Windows Media Center years ago, which is bad enough for home theater PC enthusiasts. But it gets worse: you’ve also got a now-useless MCE remote gathering dust somewhereor do you?Get that MCE remote out of the drawer, because it’s still useful. If you’ve already found an, a free piece of software called Advanced MCE Remote Mapper Tool lets you remap the buttons on your remote to keys or keyboard shortcuts. This means you can use the remote to control any media center software, or even to browse your start menu and launch apps.You’ll be controlling your media center PC from your couch, as the TV gods intended, in no time.This program works with RC6 remotes, so if you see that on your remote somewhere, you’re good to go.
It also comes in software only versions for your PDA. Then I would use Girder to make all things IR talk to your computer and vise versa. Finally a USB-UIRT to bring IR into and out of your computer. At this time I'm using only the USB-UIRT to allow Snapstream Beyond TV 4 (Tivo type PVR software) to control my Sat receiver and it works like a. ANSYS CivilFEM Bridge - Advanced Nonlinear FE software for Bridge Engineering; BAP2 - Bridge Analysis Program; BarList - Reinforcing steel quantities for cost estimating software from Rick Brice at WSDOT Free! BEST - Bridge Engineering Software & Technology Center of the University of Maryland. Home of Merlin Dash and others.
Otherwise, plug the receiver into your computer, head to “Device Manager”, then look under “Universal serial bus controllers”, which lists all connected USB devices.If your infrared reciever shows up as an “eHome Infarared Receiver”, as shown above, your remote will work. Re-map away! If your remote isn’t supported, you might be disappointed, but you’re not out of luck: you could. You’ll need a $20 dongle, but it’s really easy to set up. How to Remap Your MCE Remote ButtonsYou can download Advanced MCE Remote Mapper Tool (though the app works for more than just Kodi). This portable Windows program lets anyone re-map all the buttons on their RC6 remotes to keys on the keyboard or keystrokes.
Just download the EXE file and run it–you can store the executable anywhere you like, including “C:Remote Mapper” if like.The “Key” dropdown works for numbers, letters, and other keys; the checkboxes let you add modifiers like Control, Shift, Alt, and the Windows key. The “Key Stroke” column will show you the complete combination of keys you’ve selected. You can also assign buttons to act like the system-wide “Multimedia Keys” offered on some keyboards, which in theory should allow you to control almost any media player (though your mileage may vary).So, to remap keys, just start checking boxes and picking keys from the dropdown for each remote button!
Which Keys You Should MapAdvanced MCE Remote Mapper Tool gives you a lot of freedom, which can be overwhelming. There’s a chance you know exactly which keyboard shortcuts you want to map to which buttons, but if not, here are a few we think everyone will find useful. The “Windows” button on the remote to the “Control” and “Esc” keys, which is an alternative shortcut for the “Windows key” on the keyboard. With this you launch the start menu from your couch.
Girder, the award winning Windows automation utility from Promixis is ready to let you control, automate and enjoy your PC! There is no limit to what you can do with Girder.
From home theater automation, PC-based media players, business applications and IT functions, to home automation- Girder can do it all. Plus, Girder's library contains hundreds of plug-ins, pre-configured actions, and support for leading third party hardware devices and software applications. Girder is very adaptable to its users needs.
Whether you want to manage your video and audio hardware, adjust your home theater lighting, or program your security system, you can control and automate it all with Girder. Included with Girder is a.26.6 MB-Girder is very adaptable to its users needs. Whether you want to manage your video and audio hardware, adjust your home theater lighting, or program your security system, you can control and automate it all with Girder. Included with Girder is a.25.8 MB-With the PyS60RemoteControl (PyS60RC) you can remote control your PC (Windows, Linux, Mac) with a Symbian S60 mobile phone via Bluetooth.
Features Plugin system for applications to be controled Applications are.481.28 KB-Intelliremote is a software program that gives you complete remote control of your Home Theater PC infrared or radio frequency remote and unlocks its true potential. HTPC makers have an excellent idea bundling an IR or RF remote control with their.5.1 MB-WatchTVPro is an alternative software to watch tv channels and radio via satellite, cable or terrestrial reception. It's developed since 2001.WatchTVPro has regularly updates and innovations (for registered customers)- descrambling of PayTV.14.81 MB-NetRemote from Promixis is the ultimate in 2-way remote control using your Pocket PC or any Windows computer.
Unleash your digital media library and control your computer and home automation systems wirelessly! Using NetRemote and your.8.6 MB-PRO AND EVENTTRIGGER UPGRADES NOW INCLUDED WITH BASE APP PURCHASE! That's over 50% savings from the previous combined app + upgrade price! This gives you FULL AUTOMATION and control over most network-connected devices at NO EXTRA.39.9 MB. Create flowcharts easily with this Windows software. Whether you're mapping out ideas, laying out the structure of your organization or creating UML diagrams, ClickCharts is the perfect user-friendly program to get you going. Simplify complex.727.12 KB-Comodo's free Firewall is your first layer of defense against viruses, worms, trojans, hackers and other internet threats.
Comodo's Firewall uses Default Deny Protection to prevent threats from occurring, rather than just detecting them when it's.5 B-DataNumen Excel Repair (formerly Advanced Excel Repair) is a powerful tool to repair corrupt Excel xls and xlsx files. It can scan the corrupt Excel files and recover your data in them as much as possible, so to minimize the loss in file.2.49 MB-Video Detailer is an elegant, easy-to-use tool for making videos of all sorts for those who don't want the complexity of applications that are difficult to learn. It works as well for the beginner as the professional and there is no programming.23.04 MB-LinkedIn Sales Navigator Extractor extracts contact information from LinkedIn and Sales Navigator at an exceptionally fast rate.
It is the exceptional extractor software to extract contact information such as first name, last name, email, business.2.74 MB-Sometimes for the fiber optic engineers it's inconvenient to work with EXFO proprietary TRC ODTR trace files, and for such a cases based on my own experience I developed my trc2sor software converter. With my simple yet helpful utility application.1.21 MB-EMLX files converts various files into other format including EML,Gmail,PDF,MSG,Thunderbird,MBOX,PST,Zimbra,MHT,Txt and HTML.This software is one of the safest and smartest conversion algorithms, it helps to save your all data without any data.59.98 MB-WMI Tools is a free toolkit from AdRem Software designed to access WMI information both locally and remotely.The General Info view presents a general summary of the system.
The Processes view shows a list of active processes and their resource.8.89 MB-SynciOS Data Recovery for Mac is a set of powerful iOS recovery software that can help Mac users retrieve lost, deleted, formatted and damaged camera roll photos and videos, contacts, reminders, calendars, bookmarks, notes, call history.83.2 MB-Hashtoolbox is a free software utility to calculate hashes for different files on your computer, hashtoolbox is able to calculate files with common hashing algorithms such as: MD4, MD5, SHA, SHA-256 and SHA-512. This utility aims to make it quick.8.27 MB.