Closed j-m closed 5 months ago
@j-m - Thanks for filling this out!
Can you explain what happens when you press these buttons?
Also, could I trouble you to open a new app shortcut request for Freeview Play? That will be super helpful as well.
Thanks in advance!
That remote isn't our exact one so to avoid any confusion here it is
SUBT shows a dialogue to change subtitle and audio languages, i.e. Off / English TXT is actually LIVE on ours, it's akin to the typical "more info" buttons you get on older remotes. (This one displays the full text description of the current show as per, but also shows a mini guide of the current and neighbouring channels, we sometimes need to press it twice to show even more info like Signal strength and settings etc)
If things go smoothly for me in the next few hours tonight and some time tomorrow morning, I might have something for you to play around with very soon.
I have just published beta version v3.2.2b1 for you to download and test.
Testing checklist:
Please provide:
I could not figure out the LIVE button, so I need to send you some instructions that will hopefully help me gather the info I need for that... but not right now. My eyes hurt. I'm going to go relax for a while.
I couldn't test the yellow/blue buttons because I've no idea where they're used, but red and green worked fine so I guess we can assume they're good too.
Unfortunately the FPlay button doesn't work, a minute or so after pressing it an error pops up saying something like "Unable to open application".
And, as you suspected, the Live button misbehaves (I think it's currently putting the TV to sleep? π€£).
Everything else works! (In both modes). So, on the whole pretty good going, thank you!
Hooray! We're so close!
I added a comment to the [New App Shortcut]: Freeview Play issue to hopefully help us solve the Freeview Play launcher button thing.
For the rest, here is what I need you to do so we can work out the LIVE button:
Given this example, my reply would look like this:
Output from service 'learn_sendevent' from media_player.fire_tv_192_168_107_88: 'sendevent /dev/input/event5 4 4 786665 && sendevent /dev/input/event5 1 115 1 && sendevent /dev/input/event5 0 0 0 && sendevent /dev/input/event5 4 4 786665 && sendevent /dev/input/event5 1 115 0 && sendevent /dev/input/event5 0 0 0'
And now, just for fun.... (and to cover our bases) can you repeat this process but press the Freeview Play button instead?
Hopefully that will be enough info. We shall see.
Awesome! Here's the event for Live:
Output from service 'learn_sendevent' from media_player.fire_tv_192_168_0_158: 'sendevent /dev/input/event4 4 4 786877 && sendevent /dev/input/event4 1 358 1 && sendevent /dev/input/event4 0 0 0 && sendevent /dev/input/event4 4 4 786877 && sendevent /dev/input/event4 1 358 0 && sendevent /dev/input/event4 0 0 0'
And for FPlay
Output from service 'learn_sendevent' from media_player.fire_tv_192_168_0_158: 'sendevent /dev/input/event4 1 747 1 && sendevent /dev/input/event4 0 0 0 && sendevent /dev/input/event4 1 747 0 && sendevent /dev/input/event4 0 0 0'
Ready to test again?
Firemote beta version v.3.2.2b2 hopefully has a fix for the LIVE button, and maybe event the Freeview Play button. Give 'em a run, and let me know what you see.
Thanks for your help!
Woah you did that quickly!
No luck unfortunately. The "Live" button now shows a dialogue saying something like "To use Alexa, pair your TV remote", and the FPlay button does nothing at all. I suspect it's misbehaving because FPlay is a core app and can't be removed, so may be a bit different, and I could be wrong but I think the TV uses FPlay to fetch the guide, so it's a bit unique.
Don't stress it, I'm happy to call what you've already done a win!
Hey! No! Don't let me off that easy! :smile:
I just published beta version v.3.2.2b3 which takes another crack at the LIVE button and the Freeview Play button. Please download, give the buttons a test, and let me know what happens.
Also, please note the following: If NOTHING happens when pressing both either of these buttons, please find your physical remote and press any button on that first, then try your Firemote again. It's this dumb little quirk of Amazon Fire devices (more info about that here and here)
π€£π€£ Well, you're determined I'll give you that!
And it pays off! The FPlay button is now working π Had to do the physical trick you mentioned but all good!
Unfortunately Live is still misbehaving, but this time it just does... nothing?
Well... it helps when I don't do a dumb thing. LOL! Hopefully I have fixed the dumb thing, and beta 4 is the magic fix.
Another test, please? download beta version v.3.2.2b4
All working!!! πππππ
Thanks for all your help! :)
HOORAY!!!!! That's awesome!
I'll push this out in the next release, which hopefully will be today (before 1am your time)
Official Firemote version v3.2.2 has been published!
Thank you for all of your help and patience working with me on this one! I sincerely appreciate it!
Nonono you did all the hard work! Thank you for being awesome :))
Device Name
JVC 4K - Fire TV with Freeview Play (2021)
Which compatibility mode event number works BEST with your device?
event0
Device ADB Input Interrogation Response
Additional Comments (optional)
The
event0
andStrong (stronger)
modes were the only ones mapped correctly for the live/guide button. Strong wasn't actually any slower in most cases (was occasionally).