The actions of '*'

[Disorganise 15]

Guys,

 

Does * do something different with a keyboard versus a remote control?

 

I used * on the remote to bring up the context menu.  Tonight I'm accessing from a different PC with MBC installed and wanted to edit some metadata or at least get some info where the files are located - so I hit * and got thrown to the end of the movie list, which I figured must have been like a shortcut search - and since no movie name begins with *, it threw me to the end.

 

But I was just browsing the file system so I could update the IMDB info manually so it might update the rest of the metadata, and found that the Video_TS folder is empty. 

 

• So I think '*' had the effect of deleting the files? 
• Is this correct? 
• Should there not have been a warning?

 

thanks

[BATTLE DONKEY 98]

As far as I know the * does the same thing on a remote or keyboard. The only way to delete anything from within MBC is to first manually edit the .xml file and even tho I dont use the delete function I doubt it would leave left over empty folders.

[ebr 14944]

There is no metadata editing facility in MBC.  The * key is universal but it is possible your remote isn't actually sending a '*'. 

 

To delete anything from within MBC requires you to manually edit your config files and respond 'Yes' to a confirmation prompt. And delete is not an option from the context menu.  Only the detail page.

[Cheesegeezer 3088]

Well I'm having this issue too with the MCE 1039 Model Remote (Actually using a harmony One but it's mapped to this mce remote control) 

 

My * key on the remote does Jack!! but pressing the asterix key on the numpad or Shift+8 works fine.  It's so annoying, i never really used the * key shortcut before but it's going to be useful in my collection very shortly.

 

Does anyone know a work around for this to work.  All the other shortcut keys work fine.

[BATTLE DONKEY 98]

Well I'm having this issue too with the MCE 1039 Model Remote (Actually using a harmony One but it's mapped to this mce remote control)

 

My * key on the remote does Jack!! but pressing the asterix key on the numpad or Shift+8 works fine. It's so annoying, i never really used the * key shortcut before but it's going to be useful in my collection very shortly.

 

Does anyone know a work around for this to work. All the other shortcut keys work fine.

Do u have ur harmony remote programmed to control media centre SE? If that isn't working u can try programming shift + 8 on the remote either using the hot keys or mouse control

 

http://forums.logitech.com/t5/Harmony-Remotes-Programming/Expanded-control-for-Windows-Media-Center-now-available-in-our/td-p/374844?nobounce

[Cheesegeezer 3088]

Do u have ur harmony remote programmed to control media centre SE? If that isn't working u can try programming shift + 8 on the remote either using the hot keys or mouse control

 

http://forums.logitech.com/t5/Harmony-Remotes-Programming/Expanded-control-for-Windows-Media-Center-now-available-in-our/td-p/374844?nobounce

Yeah I had it mapped to SE and thought that that was the issue, so I physically made the Harmony relearn the * key from the original remote.  I'll have another look into it, but i think i maybe doomed.  If i do get a result I'll be sure to post up.

 

Cheers

[Disorganise 15]

My goof.  I looked through my backup and found the folder empty too - must have been a mistaken metadata stub for a movie with the same name but different year.  To make a tad more confusing, the 'correct' movie is an mkv not DVD format as I had expected, and so in a different folder - hence when I looked under the DVD's I found the only the 'wrong' stub which was empty and jumped to all the wrong conclusions.   Move along, nothing to see here...