Nice video Nillaz! I think you have some nicer graphics than I do but the flow of things is fairly similar to what I have done. One thing I wanted to mention is that you said you couldn't hold down the directional arrows and have it send the command repeatedly. But it works that way for me and looking at the code in fxSmartRemote.js, I see the code that should keep sending the command. It's coded for the volume up/down and page up/down as well as the arrow keys. So you may want to go back and check into that.
Thanks man I appreciate it! I feel like the flow of this layout is pretty logical and efficient given that I don't want to spend a lot of time unnecessarily cycling in and out of pages or drilling down through menus to change settings or turn things on and off. I did spend a fair amount of time on the graphics with gradients, drop shadows, adjusting fonts, and extruding icons to make things as glanceable and finger friendly as I possibly could. Unfortunately a lot of it didn't get captured well by my webcam but it looks pretty great IRL and I couldn't be more pleased with how it all turned out!
Are you using a ShieldTV or do you have another streaming device? I have no idea what I might be doing wrong here with the command repeats. I double checked and I believe I'm on the most recent fxSmartRemote.js build. My SmartRemote template matches the SmartRemote-Sample template and both have a file modification date of 03/25/24. I'm also on the latest myServer software and AndroidTV driver.
I just switched all of the DPAD commands back to IP control instead of my usual IR commands, removed all longpress commands associated with these buttons, and watched the log while I tried this with my ShieldTV. My first thought was that maybe the Shield is receiving too many commands too quickly and buffering them all but it actually looks like myServer keeps issuing the command after I let go of the button. I held the button for about 3 seconds, yet it continued repeating the command for approx another 9 seconds or so after I let go. If I hold the button longer myServer keeps repeating the command for an even longer duration.
The command I sent is "AV|{{active_shieldtv_{{clientname}}}}~SendKey~xxxxx" where xxxxx is obviously the button direction (to the best of my knowledge these are the default commands) but it's not behaving like the volume keys where when I let go of the button it INSTANTLY stops sending the command.
I just looked at the code in the fxSmartRemote.js file and I think I see the section that controls this (near the beginning of the file with the line that starts "onButtonPressed") but frankly for as much as I know about javascript I might as well be trying to decipher hieroglyphics. I'd REALLY love to get this fixed and correct my video. No one should have to sit through a half hour of me blathering on and still walk away with incorrect info lol.
