Thread: [Announce] Pierogi - a universal infrared remote control app
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2015-04-25 , 19:47
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Originally Posted by xes View Post
Well, if the apps button is too far from media or utility menu it could become a little bit hard to use loading it with macros.
I agree. Setting up a key as a button on the Macros panel is currently the last resort for making it available in Pierogi. (However, you can also bind it to a keyboard key, which might make using it a little easier.)

I would expect to see rewind and fast forward buttons enabled in the media menu, now they are greyed/disabled.
Oh, I see! Please try using LG TV Keyset 1c, that might make things work right. (It looks like only the more advanced LG TVs have full media controls. However, older models could apparently use the blue/yellow/green buttons for play/pause/stop. I don't see any ff/rew commands in the older keyset, and play/pause/stop have new values in the newer keyset, so I don't think I could get away with pushing them up from the 1c keyset to the root keyset. Anyway, I'll take a closer look at this situation. )

Concerning EXIT and BACK button, just to explain it better, now the EXIT button of this keyset behaves like EXIT and while browsing submenus it could be used to exit everything and return to the tv channel.
Interesting! Keyset 1 should have "Exit" mapped to what I have listed as the "Back" button for modern LG TVs, where keysets 1a and 1c have it mapped to the "Exit" or "Return" button. Looks like I need to do more homework, I suppose...

If i can say my opinion, from the usage perspective, i feel the "guide" and the "zoom" buttons in the wrong place and i would expect to find them in utility tab since they are standalone functions.
Yeah, the menu panel was originally designed with DVD/BD players in mind, as those are the devices that I personally have spent most of the time navigating menus. I threw "Guide" onto that panel as it normally requires navigating menu commands as well. It would make a lot of sense to have a TV-centric menu panel for TV keysets; I could fit in not only the apps and back buttons, but the "Quick Menu" command that way as well... It'd take a little longer to put that together, but I'll see what I can do.
 

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