Getting a Hauppauge remote working under Windows MCE
As I posted previously, I use a Hauppauge PVR 250 as the tuner card in my home built PVR / DVR solution. Initially when I used GB-PVR I was able to get the remote that came with the card working, but after I switched over to Windows Media Center Edition I lost the functionality. For the longest of times I gave up on it and I just used the wireless keyboard and mouse that I had. A bit clunky, but it worked none the less.
Well a few days ago I was inspired and I finally decided to sit down and configure my remote to work with MCE – I sure didn’t want to spend the money on a new remote when I had one that should work. After some Googling and a lot of clicking I found this post over in the Hauppauge support forums. The second post in the thread has 2 attachments (there are 2 different remotes) along with instructions on how to use the files included to get MCE working with the remote.
So far I haven’t had any issues with it. It’s a lot nicer to use the remote as opposed to the keyboard. I have by no means put it through a barrage of tests, but the basic functionality works great.
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