Configure unused remote control buttons to get a new function

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MediaPortal allows a very custom configuration on the remote control 
section. You can pretty much configure any button to do anything, even 
related to what view you are in.

So you can program the "Volume +" button to normally increase the volume, 
but while viewing pictures you can map it to zoom in on the picture.

Unfortunatly this does not allow control over plugins, such as MP-
TVSeries. However many buttons go unused in many sections, for example the 
Play, Pause, Stop, Fast-Forward, Rewind, and even Record button normally 
have no function while inside MP-TVSeries navigating to watch a show.

It would be nice if MP-TVSeries configuration screen had a section where 
you could map those unused buttons to get an assigned function. For 
example toggle the "watched" status. Possibly keeping in mind that those 
buttons can be accidently pressed easy, so when a function has big 
ramifications, such as toggling watched status on an entire season/show to 
maybe add a dialog "Are you sure?".

The problem is that it has to be made conditional, because the Pause, 
Stop, Play, etc buttons do work inside MP-TVSeries when you have a mini-
view on the playing episode going (don't know exact term on it, but it is 
when you do not stop an episode, but exit back to menu). In this case 
those buttons need to retain their original function.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by RoChess....@gmail.com on 14 Apr 2010 at 1:14

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Original comment by damien.haynes@gmail.com on 28 May 2010 at 7:31

• Changed state: Accepted
• Added labels: Milestone-2.7.0

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Original comment by damien.haynes@gmail.com on 30 Jul 2010 at 2:37

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Issue 301 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by damien.haynes@gmail.com on 8 Sep 2010 at 12:16

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Two new actions have been added and mapped to cycle artwork:

ACTION_NEXT_PICTURE
ACTION_PREV_PICTURE

Original comment by damien.haynes@gmail.com on 17 Jan 2011 at 11:21

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Original comment by damien.haynes@gmail.com on 1 Mar 2011 at 11:31

• Removed labels: Milestone-2.7.0

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New action added and mapped to 'Add Item to Playlist':
ACTION_QUEUE_ITEM. 

added in r1796

Original comment by damien.haynes@gmail.com on 29 Jul 2011 at 2:14

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Something that you may not already know:
ACTION_SHOW_PLAYLIST is also available so you can jump to playlist window.

Original comment by damien.haynes@gmail.com on 29 Jul 2011 at 2:20

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These actions are awesome. I'm running out of custom remote buttons soon. 
Thankfully with these being MediaPortal actions, some conditional mapping is 
possible.

Since it is easy to differentiate between playback and GUI, I was already able 
to remap the FF/RW buttons to change covers and retain their normal use during 
playback.

Original comment by RoChess....@gmail.com on 29 Jul 2011 at 8:25

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As this Issue was merged with another one (301), the status of my feature 
request is unclear to me. 
I.e. a suggestion to assign a keyboard shortcut for switching between views 
(toggle or next/prev, doesn't matter to me). Are you still willing to add that 
feature?

Original comment by tijsgerr...@gmail.com on 27 Sep 2011 at 7:55

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Please, Would like this feature too to simply switch between views.

Original comment by spacey...@gmail.com on 15 Jul 2012 at 1:12

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Original comment by damien.haynes@gmail.com on 20 Oct 2012 at 12:00

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Bumping this -- would like to be able to switch view (e.g. most recently added 
vs all shows) in TVSeries/Movingpictures plugins 

Original comment by teo...@gmail.com on 13 Apr 2013 at 5:27