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I would be great if you could controlle your Gaming console with Homey thrue Bluetooth.
The PS3 & PS4 can be controlled via the Harmony remote, it would be great if the same is possible with the Homey.

Controlling your gaming console through Homey? Possible, sure, I'm fairly certain someone could make an app for that, but I doubt it would be practical.
"Hey Homey, go left" would be way too slow in gaming.
Even controlling the game console through the Homey app on your smartphone would probably be too slow to make it useful for gaming.

Exactly, I used Youtube and Netflix for a while via my PS3.
I only needed to press one buton on my logitech harmony ultimate remote and the TV, Hometheater set and PS3 started up.
After the ps3 startup it did 3 left commands and two down command followd by X on the PS3.
This would start my Netflix.

Hey everyone. Just looking for expertise from other out there. Until now I have been using an old iphone and Hipporemote as a remote control for using Emby (theater and classic) and Kodi. Now that I've upgraded to Windows 10 on a couple computers, and the iphone is getting older (starting to notice battery is swelling and not holding charge very long). I was looking to get a more standard home theater remote control and was wondering about what is a good choice. I know that I can probably use a logitech harmony, but I was curious if there were cheaper alternatives (don't need all the bells and whistles)??

I am not sure what direction you want to go with this, but I use a simple Flirc dongle that I ordered about 2 years ago and it works great for me. It just emulates keyboard buttons and shortcuts that you can easily set up within the program itself. I currently use a Harmony 650 remote but prior to that I used a simple universal remote that could separately control my TV, Receiver and the programs within Windows 10. It works great for me.

The trouble I've always had with remotes is that you often don't just want to control the HTPC - you might also need control over an AVR and a TV as well. My living room has a Kodi box, a Roku box, an Apple TV and a surround AVR to switch between multiple HDMI inputs before routing to the TV. I used to use the Harmony but they still use IR for the hub - which compared to serial and IP control is the most unreliable of the bunch. With newer IP controlled devices the feedback provided to the device allows macro commands to be very reliable.

FWIW - I have stuck with the iOS device using Roomie Remote. It has been the most robust and feature rich remote control I have ever found. The activity functions allow you to program a single button that will, for example, power on your TV and AVR plus launch the Netflix app on the Roku while simultaneously making sure your AVR is on the correct HDMI input. Another button could switch into the Movies section of Kodi while making sure you are on the correct inputs for your setup. Device feedback ensures that command automation executes reliably and quickly. It also has a Media Guide that can display/launch playback of the contents of your Movie and TV library from Kodi within the app - and it will even open web pages from within the app so you don't have to exit. I've been experimenting with the Emby web client from with the app and it works well.

I just did a clean install of my HTPC with Windows 10 and Emby Theater (I have Emby Server running on Windows Server 2011). I have a Harmony One remote and a TSDX-IR14 USB receiver. Installed the Logitech MyHarmony desktop app and am having trouble choosing the correct Manufacturer / Model to get things working properly. I eventually landed on "Microsoft / Media Player TSDX-IR07" but with mixed results. Can you share your settings? BTW, not using any TV functions, just movies, music, and photos.

My case is an Antec Fusion Remote Black with the dreaded iMON IR software and ridiculously bright LCD display (which I covered in electrical tape 6 years ago). I bought a generic USB IR receiver but can't find a match for it under "manufacturer" as it was probably a Foxconn unit sold under 20 different brand names.

One more question: Is there a key combination that can be mapped (to menu, for instance) that will return Emby Theater to its initial start up screen? After finishing a movie would like to go back to that. I use ESCAPE from a keyboard but that doesn't appear to be among the available Harmony commands.

I don't use Emby Theater so I don't know what key combo would do this, sorry. I'm hoping to use it once the new version it release, currently use Emby for kodi and I'm not a fan, but the current emy theater just isn't working very well for me.

it will also support out of the box some special media keys that are found on various remotes and keyboards. out of the box it will also support gamepads, but whether we'll automatically choose the buttons you're desiring for OK and Cancel will probably be hit or miss, and won't likely won't be perfected until we have onscreen configuration for it.

Thanks for that. It's been many years since I've had to program my Harmony One and I forgot all about adding the MCE Keyboard. It also occurred to me that I made a mistake on my initial attempt by choosing "Windows Media Center" as the device instead of "Windows Media Center SE" which gives the full set of available commands.

Sounds good. Really do need a way of configuring it. E.g. some remotes like the Mele F10 Deluxe I just bought to try, sends the Media Skip and Previous key presses and the Home key for the Home button. ATM that skips forward and back 5 min in Emby Theater. No good... (And seems like a pain to intercept with a 3rd party tool and remap.) [side note the Mele F10 seems to learn IR commands fine, but it's not sending them for my TV and receiver.]

(Spent about half an hour trying to get the transport keys (play/pause etc) on my Panasonic IR TV remote to pass through via CEC with no luck. Managed to map enough controls to other buttons though. TV remote is still IR though.)

I'm amazed there still really doesn't seem to be a nice remote solution available. Seems like the ideal at the moment would be a good RF TV remote, that you can use CEC to control Emby Theater, and the receiver if you have one.

Gamepad support would be nice. Could make an OK controller - wireless and enough buttons. Pretty much just need to support Xbox controller others basically emulate that. But next would be PS3 and Steam Controller.

You'd mentioned simplifying keys and just needed DPAD, OK/Enter, and Back. Assume that means while playing media you could do something like using OK to play/pause, left/right to skip forward/back and up/down for volume. These buttons may as well be useful...

Sorry for the delay. I am pretty sure I used the IR learning functions on Harmony to teach the harmony remote all the commands I wanted to use from the original remote. It takes a few mins and that way you don't need to buy a more expensive IR receiver like the flirc. Since setting it up for each TV room its been a set and forget type setup and I haven't needed to think twice about it since.

However, I have split with my ex, who owned the xbox, and so now I need a new solution. I own a ps5, so was thinking about just simply using that instead, however it doesn't work with the harmony remote.

If it's just for streaming apps get an Apple TV as it is the best streaming box. If you have a Dolby Atmos setup and plan to stream locally stored TrueHD BluRay rips then get an Nvidia Shield Pro. Avoid Google and Amazon...

Doesn't do TrueHD Dolby Atmos passthrough audio for local rips though. Shield is the far superior product. If price is an issue and/or you don't care about TrueHD passthrough then sure go for the CCWGTV

Yeah possibly, but depends on which Harmony the OP has, as the hub-based ones use bluetooth, and can be used to control the Chromecast with Google TV, Nvidia Shield, Fire TV Cube, Apple TV etc, but if it's an IR Harmony, then it's probably irrelevant, as none of those devices can be fully controlled without using their original remote or getting an IR adapter.

Most likely, although you can try using the CEC mentioned above, and/or potentially use the IR transmitter in the PS5 or Chromecast remotes to control your other devices (essentially replacing the Harmony):

It's my understanding that, at this time, it doesn't integrate at all into Hubitat. At this point though i'm not really looking for that integration, just some feedback on the unit and preferably experience on how it differs/comparison to harmony hub.

One of the things that I hate about logitech hubs are when they get out of sync. Most often when my wife/children will leave the tv on long enough to go to sleep. It's a continual mode of frustration.

It is definitely different than the harmony hub... Some good, some bad. This is not geared around power users that want ultimate flexibility and control. This is geared around making up to 4 devices (well, 5 in some cases if you have a separate soundbar that can be operated via IR) very simple to hook up, and simple to get to streaming content.

This sounds like a good thing to me, But one thing that I do enjoy about harmony is that I can use a virtual keyboard on the app if needed, Any chance theres an accompanying app? and does it have similar capability?

Nvidia Shield is listed as supported. I don't have one, so can't comment on how well. I saw some threads a while ago saying it didn't work well at one point, but then was improved or fixed in a later firmware.

Just saw this while reading through the website, Looks like there is an ios app. That's unfortunate to me as well as it seems like any company that Only support ios for even a while, seems to always treat android as second fiddle even if they throw those users a bone later.

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