Support USB HID media control keys now common on remotes and keyboards.

mythplugins/mythbrowser/mythbrowser/libmythbrowser.cpp

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ static void runHomepage()
 static void setupKeys(void)
 {
     REG_KEY("Browser", "NEXTTAB", QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
-        "Move to next browser tab"), "P");
+        "Move to next browser tab"), "P,Media Play");
     REG_KEY("Browser", "PREVTAB", QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
         "Move to previous browser tab"), "");
 

mythplugins/mythgame/mythgame/mythgame.cpp

@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ static void setupKeys(void)
     REG_KEY("Game", "TOGGLEFAV", QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
         "Toggle the current game as a favorite"), "?,/");
     REG_KEY("Game", "INCSEARCH", QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
-        "Show incremental search dialog"), "Ctrl+S");
+        "Show incremental search dialog"), "Ctrl+S,Search");
     REG_KEY("Game", "INCSEARCHNEXT", QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
         "Incremental search find next match"), "Ctrl+N");
     REG_KEY("Game","DOWNLOADDATA", QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",

mythplugins/mythmusic/mythmusic/mythmusic.cpp

@@ -799,19 +799,19 @@ static void setupKeys(void)
         "", "", showMiniPlayer, false);
 
     REG_KEY("Music", "NEXTTRACK",  QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
-        "Move to the next track"),     ">,.,Z,End");
+        "Move to the next track"),     ">,.,Z,End,Media Next");
     REG_KEY("Music", "PREVTRACK",  QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
-        "Move to the previous track"), ",,<,Q,Home");
+        "Move to the previous track"), ",,<,Q,Home,Media Previous");
     REG_KEY("Music", "FFWD",       QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
-        "Fast forward"),               "PgDown");
+        "Fast forward"),               "PgDown,Ctrl+F,Media Fast Forward");
     REG_KEY("Music", "RWND",       QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
-        "Rewind"),                     "PgUp");
+        "Rewind"),                     "PgUp,Ctrl+B,Media Rewind");
     REG_KEY("Music", "PAUSE",      QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
-        "Pause/Start playback"),       "P");
+        "Pause/Start playback"),       "P,Media Play");
     REG_KEY("Music", "PLAY",       QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
         "Start playback"),             "");
     REG_KEY("Music", "STOP",       QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
-        "Stop playback"),              "O");
+        "Stop playback"),              "O,Media Stop");
     REG_KEY("Music", "VOLUMEDOWN", QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
         "Volume down"),       "[,{,F10,Volume Down");
     REG_KEY("Music", "VOLUMEUP",   QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",

mythplugins/mythnews/mythnews/libmythnews.cpp

@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ static void setupKeys(void)
         "RSS News feed reader"), "", runNews);
 
     REG_KEY("News", "RETRIEVENEWS",
-        QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls", "Update news items"), "I");
+        QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls", "Update news items"), "I,Home Page");
     REG_KEY("News", "FORCERETRIEVE",
-        QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls", "Force update news items"), "M");
+        QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls", "Force update news items"), "M,Menu");
     REG_KEY("News", "CANCEL",
         QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls", "Cancel news item updating"), "C");
 }

mythplugins/mythweather/mythweather/mythweather.cpp

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static void setupKeys()
     REG_JUMP("MythWeather", QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
         "Weather forecasts"), "", runWeather);
     REG_KEY("Weather", "PAUSE", QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
-        "Pause current page"), "P");
+        "Pause current page"), "P,Media Play");
     REG_KEY("Weather", "SEARCH", QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
         "Search List"), "/");
     REG_KEY("Weather", "NEXTSEARCH", QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",

mythtv/keybindings.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,35 @@
+Modern Remote Control Media Keys, MythTV 35+
+--------------------------------------------
+
+In addition to the below standard keyboard keys, modern USB HID remote
+control media keys should also work as expected in most contexts.
+They simulate the historical standard "Like" key:
+
+Like    Modern USB HID Key      Description                     Also
+====    ==================      ===========                     ====
+M       Menu                    MENU of options per context     Ctrl+M
+I       Home Page               INFORMATION per context         Ctrl+I
+Esc     Back                    ESCAPE BACK to prior screen
+Ctrl+S  Search                  incremental SEARCH of a list
+P       Media Play              PLAY or PAUSE audio / video
+O	Media Stop		STOP audio playback (in Music)
+<       Media Rewind            REWIND, move left, zoom out     Ctrl+B
+>       Media Fast Forward      FORWARD, move right, zoom in    Ctrl+F
+Home    Media Previous          PREVIOUS commercial, day, song
+End     Media Next              NEXT commercial, day, song...
+|       Volume Mute             Toggle mute                     F9
+[       Volume Down             Decrease volume                 F10
+]       Volume Up               Increase volume                 F11
+
+New version 35+ installs should get bindings for these special keys by
+default.  In existing installs the keybindings table of the database
+may still apply in which case the above keys may need mapped manually
+as recommended at:
+
+https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/MX3_Air_Mouse_Remote#Edit_Keys
+
+------------------------------------------------------------
+
 Various keys and their actions:
 
 mythfrontend
@@ -61,7 +93,7 @@ Watching TV or a recording
 - | or F9     Toggle mute
 - [ or F10    Decrease volume
 - ] or F11    Increase volume
-- Ctrl+B      Jump to the beginning of the recording / ringbuffer.
+- Ctrl+A      Jump to the beginning of the recording / ringbuffer.
 - < starts sticky rewind mode
     If a jump amount is entered, jump to that position.
 - > starts sticky fast forward mode

mythtv/libs/libmythtv/tv_play.cpp

@@ -457,19 +457,19 @@ void TV::SetFuncPtr(const char* Name, void* Pointer)
 void TV::InitKeys()
 {
     REG_KEY("TV Frontend", ACTION_PLAYBACK, QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
-            "Play Program"), "P");
+            "Play Program"), "P,Media Play");
     REG_KEY("TV Frontend", ACTION_STOP, QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
             "Stop Program"), "");
     REG_KEY("TV Frontend", ACTION_TOGGLERECORD, QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
             "Toggle recording status of current program"), "R");
     REG_KEY("TV Frontend", ACTION_DAYLEFT, QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
-            "Page the program guide back one day"), "Home");
+            "Page the program guide back one day"), "Home,Media Previous");
     REG_KEY("TV Frontend", ACTION_DAYRIGHT, QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
-            "Page the program guide forward one day"), "End");
+            "Page the program guide forward one day"), "End,Media Next");
     REG_KEY("TV Frontend", ACTION_PAGELEFT, QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
-            "Page the program guide left"), ",,<");
+            "Page the program guide left"), ",,<,Ctrl+B,Media Rewind");
     REG_KEY("TV Frontend", ACTION_PAGERIGHT, QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
-            "Page the program guide right"), ">,.");
+            "Page the program guide right"), ">,.,Ctrl+F,Media Fast Forward");
     REG_KEY("TV Frontend", ACTION_TOGGLEFAV, QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
             "Toggle the current channel as a favorite"), "?");
     REG_KEY("TV Frontend", ACTION_TOGGLEPGORDER, QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
@@ -547,13 +547,13 @@ void TV::InitKeys()
     REG_KEY("TV Playback", ACTION_TOGGLEBOOKMARK, QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
             "Toggle Bookmark"), togBkmKeys);
     REG_KEY("TV Playback", "BACK", QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
-            "Exit or return to DVD menu"), "Esc");
+            "Exit or return to DVD menu"), "Esc,Back");
     REG_KEY("TV Playback", ACTION_MENUCOMPACT, QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
             "Playback Compact Menu"), "Alt+M");
     REG_KEY("TV Playback", ACTION_CLEAROSD, QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
             "Clear OSD"), "Backspace");
     REG_KEY("TV Playback", ACTION_PAUSE, QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
-            "Pause"), "P,Space");
+            "Pause"), "P,Space,Media Play");
     REG_KEY("TV Playback", ACTION_SEEKFFWD, QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
             "Fast Forward"), "Right");
     REG_KEY("TV Playback", ACTION_SEEKRWND, QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
@@ -579,9 +579,9 @@ void TV::InitKeys()
     REG_KEY("TV Playback", ACTION_JUMPBKMRK, QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
             "Jump to bookmark"), "K");
     REG_KEY("TV Playback", "FFWDSTICKY", QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
-            "Fast Forward (Sticky) or Forward one second while paused"), ">,.");
+            "Fast Forward (Sticky) or Forward one second while paused"), ">,.,Ctrl+F,Media Fast Forward");
     REG_KEY("TV Playback", "RWNDSTICKY", QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
-            "Rewind (Sticky) or Rewind one second while paused"), ",,<");
+            "Rewind (Sticky) or Rewind one second while paused"), ",,<,Ctrl+B,Media Rewind");
     REG_KEY("TV Playback", "NEXTSOURCE", QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
             "Next Video Source"), "Y");
     REG_KEY("TV Playback", "PREVSOURCE", QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
@@ -591,11 +591,11 @@ void TV::InitKeys()
     REG_KEY("TV Playback", "NEXTCARD", QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
             "Next Card"), "");
     REG_KEY("TV Playback", "SKIPCOMMERCIAL", QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
-            "Skip Commercial"), "Z,End");
+            "Skip Commercial"), "Z,End,Media Next");
     REG_KEY("TV Playback", "SKIPCOMMBACK", QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
-            "Skip Commercial (Reverse)"), "Q,Home");
+            "Skip Commercial (Reverse)"), "Q,Home,Media Previous");
     REG_KEY("TV Playback", ACTION_JUMPSTART, QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
-            "Jump to the start of the recording."), "Ctrl+B");
+            "Jump to the start of the recording."), "Ctrl+A");
     REG_KEY("TV Playback", "TOGGLEBROWSE", QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
             "Toggle channel browse mode"), "O");
     REG_KEY("TV Playback", ACTION_TOGGLERECORD, QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
@@ -835,19 +835,19 @@ void TV::InitKeys()
     REG_KEY("TV Editing", ACTION_CLEARMAP,    QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
             "Clear editing cut points"), "C,Q,Home");
     REG_KEY("TV Editing", ACTION_INVERTMAP,   QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
-            "Invert Begin/End cut points"),"I");
+            "Invert Begin/End cut points"),"I,Home Page");
     REG_KEY("TV Editing", ACTION_SAVEMAP,     QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
             "Save cuts"),"");
     REG_KEY("TV Editing", ACTION_LOADCOMMSKIP,QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
             "Load cuts from detected commercials"), "Z,End");
     REG_KEY("TV Editing", ACTION_NEXTCUT,     QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
-            "Jump to the next cut point"), "PgDown");
+            "Jump to the next cut point"), "PgDown,Media Next");
     REG_KEY("TV Editing", ACTION_PREVCUT,     QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
-            "Jump to the previous cut point"), "PgUp");
+            "Jump to the previous cut point"), "PgUp,Media Previous");
     REG_KEY("TV Editing", ACTION_BIGJUMPREW,  QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
-            "Jump back 10x the normal amount"), ",,<");
+            "Jump back 10x the normal amount"), ",,<,Ctrl+B,Media Rewind");
     REG_KEY("TV Editing", ACTION_BIGJUMPFWD,  QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
-            "Jump forward 10x the normal amount"), ">,.");
+            "Jump forward 10x the normal amount"), ">,.,Ctrl+F,Media Fast Forward");
     REG_KEY("TV Editing", ACTION_MENUCOMPACT, QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
             "Cut point editor compact menu"), "Alt+M");
 

mythtv/libs/libmythui/mythmainwindow.cpp

@@ -808,13 +808,13 @@ void MythMainWindow::InitKeys()
     RegisterKey("Global", "BACKSPACE", QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
         "Backspace"),       "Backspace");
     RegisterKey("Global", "ESCAPE", QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
-        "Escape"),                "Esc");
+        "Escape"),                "Esc,Back");
     RegisterKey("Global", "MENU", QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
-        "Pop-up menu"),             "M,Meta+Enter");
+        "Pop-up menu"),             "M,Meta+Enter,Ctrl+M,Menu");
     RegisterKey("Global", "INFO", QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
-        "More information"),        "I");
+        "More information"),        "I,Ctrl+I,Home Page");
     RegisterKey("Global", "DELETE", QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
-        "Delete"),                  "D");
+        "Delete"),                  "D,Ctrl+E");
     RegisterKey("Global", "EDIT", QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
         "Edit"),                    "E");
     RegisterKey("Global", ACTION_SCREENSHOT, QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
@@ -834,9 +834,9 @@ void MythMainWindow::InitKeys()
         "Page to bottom of list"),   "");
 
     RegisterKey("Global", "PREVVIEW", QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
-        "Previous View"),        "Home");
+        "Previous View"),        "Home,Media Previous");
     RegisterKey("Global", "NEXTVIEW", QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
-        "Next View"),             "End");
+        "Next View"),             "End,Media Next");
 
     RegisterKey("Global", "HELP", QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
         "Help"),                   "F1");
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ void MythMainWindow::InitKeys()
     RegisterKey("Global", "REDO", QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
         "Redo"), "Ctrl+Y");
     RegisterKey("Global", "SEARCH", QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
-        "Show incremental search dialog"), "Ctrl+S");
+        "Show incremental search dialog"), "Ctrl+S,Search");
 
     RegisterKey("Global", ACTION_0, QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls","0"), "0");
     RegisterKey("Global", ACTION_1, QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls","1"), "1");
@@ -897,9 +897,9 @@ void MythMainWindow::InitKeys()
 
     // these are for the html viewer widget (MythUIWebBrowser)
     RegisterKey("Browser", "ZOOMIN",          QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
-        "Zoom in on browser window"),           ".,>");
+        "Zoom in on browser window"),           ".,>,Ctrl+F,Media Fast Forward");
     RegisterKey("Browser", "ZOOMOUT",         QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
-        "Zoom out on browser window"),          ",,<");
+        "Zoom out on browser window"),          ",,<,Ctrl+B,Media Rewind");
     RegisterKey("Browser", "TOGGLEINPUT",     QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
         "Toggle where keyboard input goes to"),  "F1");
 
@@ -935,7 +935,7 @@ void MythMainWindow::InitKeys()
         "Go forward to previous page"),     "F");
 
     RegisterKey("Main Menu",    "EXITPROMPT", QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
-        "Display System Exit Prompt"),      "Esc");
+        "Display System Exit Prompt"),      "Esc,Back");
     RegisterKey("Main Menu",    "EXIT",       QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
         "System Exit"),                     "");
     RegisterKey("Main Menu",    "STANDBYMODE",QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",

mythtv/programs/mythfrontend/mythfrontend.cpp

@@ -1636,15 +1636,15 @@ static void InitKeys(void)
      REG_KEY("Video","DECPARENT", QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
          "Decrease Parental Level"), "[,{,F10");
      REG_KEY("Video","INCSEARCH", QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
-         "Show Incremental Search Dialog"), "Ctrl+S");
+         "Show Incremental Search Dialog"), "Ctrl+S,Search");
      REG_KEY("Video","DOWNLOADDATA", QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
          "Download metadata for current item"), "W");
      REG_KEY("Video","ITEMDETAIL", QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
          "Display Item Detail Popup"), "");
 
      // Gallery keybindings
      REG_KEY("Images", "PLAY", QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
-         "Start/Stop Slideshow"), "P");
+         "Start/Stop Slideshow"), "P,Media Play");
      REG_KEY("Images", "RECURSIVESHOW", QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
          "Start Recursive Slideshow"), "R");
      REG_KEY("Images", "ROTRIGHT", QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
@@ -1656,9 +1656,9 @@ static void InitKeys(void)
      REG_KEY("Images", "FLIPVERTICAL", QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
          "Flip image vertically"), "");
      REG_KEY("Images", "ZOOMOUT", QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
-         "Zoom image out"), "7");
+         "Zoom image out"), "7,<,Ctrl+B,Media Rewind");
      REG_KEY("Images", "ZOOMIN", QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
-         "Zoom image in"), "9");
+         "Zoom image in"), "9,>,Ctrl+F,Media Fast Forward");
      REG_KEY("Images", "FULLSIZE", QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",
          "Full-size (un-zoom) image"), "0");
      REG_KEY("Images", "MARK", QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MythControls",