I have seen numerous posts that refer to using modifications to irremote.ini to get a Hauppage remote working with MCE. What I am not sure of is whether or not this 'hack' is for the Hauppauge MCE remote (using the USB donut) or for the 'extended' (as I I've seen it called) 45 key remote with the ir receiver/blaster which plugs into the Hauppauge card itself. I have the remote shown below.....

Can anyone tell me if this combination will work (and what steps/versions of s/w I need to get it going....)

I'd like to know once and for all whether I'm wasting my time here or not.

thanks in advance

You won't be able to use the Hauppauge remote if you need to connect a cable or satellite box for your TV signal. If you're just using standard analog cable, the irremote.ini hacks will work in Media Center but its not an ideal experience. The IR remote app needs to run in the background and isn't integrated into the O/S the way the Windows USB IR is, so it's not as responsive. You won't be able to use the power button on the Hauppauge remote to resume from standby, and you'll have to remember the functions you've mapped to the keys with no labels.

You can get a real Microsoft remote and receiver for around $35 new online and probably less on ebay...you'll definitely realize an improvement with it compared to the Hauppauge remote.

I am going to make you (and maybe a lot of others) happy !!!!!!!

I was looking around for solving the same question............... and i found a great working solution too.

first i will give you the links to the originbal threads and after that my irremote.ini

Enjoy and let me know if it works for you

http://www.mce-community.de/forum/index.php?showtopic=2965

http://users.pandora.be/jbosman/applications.html

(to bad, this forum doesn't allow me to post my irremote.ini in text format.

anyway, you will figure out what to do with those threads, good luck from overhere !!!

adios,

; READ THIS FIRST !!!

; NOTE: For FULL Support of ALL Buttons you will NEED the Freeware "PowerOff"
; You can always find the latest version at http://users.pandora.be/jbosman/applications.html
; Poweroff 3.0 created by Jorgen Bosman. This is Freeware!
; The new direct download link for poweroff 3.0 is: http://users.pandora.be/jbosman/pwroff30.zip
; Just Copy the "poweroff.exe" to "C:/Programme/Poweroff".
; If you use another place to store the exe, you need to chance the path several times in this file!

[Remote]
RepeatDelay=3
;Beep = 1          ; Sound for MessageBeep() to make for each Remote Keystroke
;PowerDownSound = 0 ; Sound for MessageBeep() to make when powering down
MenuLoad=1    ; use tray as app launcher

; map RC5 System Codes to button "name" lookup table
; Note: 0 (classic remote) conflicts with standard "philips" TV remotes
[SystemCode]
30=HCWPVR2

[HCWPVR2]
0=0
1=1
2=2
3=3
4=4
5=5
6=6
7=7
8=8
9=9
46=GREEN
56=YELLOW
11=RED
41=BLUE
13=MENU
15=MUTE
16=VOLUP
17=VOLDOWN
32=CHNLUP
33=CHNLDOWN
61=GRNPOWER
31=BACK
37=OK
59=GO
55=REC
54=STOP
48=PAUSE
53=PLAY
50=REWIND
52=FASTFWD
30=SKIPFWD
36=SKIPREV
;new to hcwpvr2
12=RADIO
28=TVNEW
24=VIDEOS
25=MUSIC
26=PICTURES
27=GUIDE
22=NAVLEFT
23=NAVRIGHT
20=NAVUP
21=NAVDOWN
10=TEXT
14=SUBCC
18=CHNLPREV

; First item in this section IS always the default app if no others found
[Applications]
Default=
Media Center=
Debug.txt=
Windows Media Player=

; ------------------------------------------
; The MCE-Part starts here
; ------------------------------------------

[Media Center]

; These Keys are valid, when MC is running and in front

; keys are basically listed in the order in which they appear on the
; remote control (meaning from top left to bottom right)

GO={run(C:\WINDOWS\ehome\ehshell.exe)}{ALT}{HOME}
; run or regain focus of MCE and/or go to Main Menu

TVNEW={CTRL}t
; Live TV
VIDEOS={CTRL}e
; My Videos
MUSIC={CTRL}m
; My Music
PICTURES={CTRL}o
; Pictures goes to Recorded TV, i never use the Pictures feature

GUIDE={Ctrl}g
; TV-Guide
RADIO={Ctrl}a
; Radio

NAVUP={UP}
NAVDOWN={DOWN}
NAVLEFT={LEFT}
NAVRIGHT={RIGHT}
OK={sleep(50)}{ENTER}

BACK={BACKSPACE}
MENU={CTRL}d
; Shows the "More Info" panel
CHNLPREV={CTRL}{SHIFT}z
; Zoom (use all 3 Modes in TV [live & recorded] and Video) without the Info-Panel !!!!!

VOLUP={F10}
VOLDOWN={F9}
MUTE={F8}

CHNLUP={PGUP}
CHNLDOWN={PGDN}

REC={CTRL}r
STOP={CTRL}{SHIFT}s

REWIND={CTRL}{SHIFT}b
PLAY={CTRL}{SHIFT}p
FASTFWD={CTRL}{SHIFT}f

SKIPREV={CTRL}b
PAUSE={CTRL}p
SKIPFWD={CTRL}f

1=1
2=2
3=3
4=4
5=5
6=6
7=7
8=8
9=9
0=0

; ------------------------------------------
; To turn off/on your Display (if supported)
; ------------------------------------------
SUBCC={run(C:\programme\poweroff\poweroff_deutsch.exe monitor_off)}
TEXT={run(C:\programme\poweroff\poweroff_deutsch.exe monitor_on)}

; -----------------------------------------------------------------------
; The four VideoText-Buttons have Special Features (I dont use VT at all)
; -----------------------------------------------------------------------
RED={close(C:\WINDOWS\ehome\ehshell.exe)}
; Close MC
GREEN={run(C:\WINDOWS\ehome\ehshell.exe)}
; Run MC
YELLOW={ALT}{ENTER}
; Toggle Windowed and fullscreen mode
BLUE={CTRL}{SHIFT}m
; Bring up the DVD player menu

; other MCE shortcut keys currently not programmed on my Remote Control:
; {CTRL}n - Media Center Messenger

[Default]
; These Keys are working ALWAYS. Doesnt matter MC is running or not!

; ------------------------------------------------
; Start your MC with the menu-start-page     
; ------------------------------------------------
GO={run(C:\WINDOWS\ehome\ehshell.exe)}
; start Media Center (or regain focus of it)

; ---------------------------------------------------
; This ist to start Mediacenter and jump directly to:
; ---------------------------------------------------
TVNEW={run(C:\WINDOWS\ehome\ehshell.exe /homepage:VideoFullscreen.xml /pushstartpage:true)}
; Live-TV!
VIDEOS={run(C:\WINDOWS\ehome\ehshell.exe /homepage:VideoCollection.xml /pushstartpage:true)}
; My Videos
MUSIC={run(C:\WINDOWS\ehome\ehshell.exe /homepage:Audio.Home.xml /pushstartpage:true)}
; My Music
PICTURES={run(C:\WINDOWS\ehome\ehshell.exe /homepage:VideoRecordedPrograms.xml /pushstartpage:true)}
; Pictures goes to Recorded TV, i never use the Pictures feature
GUIDE={run(C:\WINDOWS\ehome\ehshell.exe /homepage:VideoGuide.xml /pushstartpage:true)}
; TV-Guide
RADIO={run(C:\WINDOWS\ehome\ehshell.exe /homepage:Radio.xml /pushstartpage:true)}
; Radio Radio.xml

; ------------------------------------------------
; The four VideoText-Buttons have Special Features
; ------------------------------------------------
RED={close(C:\WINDOWS\ehome\ehshell.exe)}
; Close MC
GREEN={run(C:\WINDOWS\ehome\ehshell.exe)}
; Run MC
YELLOW={run(C:\WINDOWS\ehome\ehshell.exe)}{ALT}{ENTER}
; Bring to front and fullscreen
BLUE={run(C:\remote\pwroff30.exe reboot -force -warn -warntime 10)}
; Rechner-NEUSTART!

; ------------------------------------------------
; Monitor Control           SUBCC = #     TEXT = *     
; ------------------------------------------------
SUBCC={run(C:\remote\pwroff30.exe monitor_off)}
; Turn Monitor off
TEXT={run(C:\remote\pwroff30.exe monitor_on)}
; Turn Monitor on

; ------------------------------------------------
; POWEROFF (Turn your Computer off with your RC !     
; ------------------------------------------------
; The last line is to turn off PC with the GreenButton. Following actions are also available (my standard: poweroff): logoff, reboot, shutdown, standby, hibernate
; please refer to toe "PowerOff"-Readme
; You can always find the latest version at http://users.pandora.be/jbosman/applications.html
; Poweroff 3.0 created by Jorgen Bosman. This is Freeware!
; The new direct download link for poweroff 3.0 is: http://users.pandora.be/jbosman/pwroff30.zip

GRNPOWER={close(C:\WINDOWS\ehome\ehshell.exe)}{sleep(1000)}{run(C:\remote\pwroff30.exe poweroff -force -warn -warntime 10)}

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; Collected & written: kosemuckel         (you can find me @ www.mce-community.de)
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