HDMI-CEC support?

[invertedknife 13]

Is there a way for you to enable this? i know chromecast supports this. i can use my tv remote to play/pause other apps but it doesn't work with emby, 

[Deihmos 169]

I think whatever device you use will have to support it and not emby. The nexus player and i think fire tv has HDMI CEC and so does the raspberry Pi. To get CEC support on a PC you will need something like the Pulse 8 adapter.

Edited November 22, 2015 by Deihmos

[bluemonkey07 590]

If you mean emby theater on windows yes you would need a hdmi-cec adapter and theater would need to support it, which it doesn't atm.

 

Kodi however does support it

Edited November 22, 2015 by Vidman

[jagerm 6]

Pulse 8 HDMI CEC adapter, libCEC driver, and Event Ghost is the way to go.  I'm using that combination to control my tv/amp power and volume when I hit the green button on my remote.  Works great.  The adapters show up on EBay every now and again for around $35.  If you end up going that route let me know and I can share my Event Ghost script to get you started sending cec commands.

[bluemonkey07 590]

Not really helpful unless you can go the other way. What is being asked is to control emby from your tv remote. Ie receive cec commands rather than send them

Edited November 23, 2015 by Vidman

[snake98 10]

Pulse 8 HDMI CEC adapter, libCEC driver, and Event Ghost is the way to go.  I'm using that combination to control my tv/amp power and volume when I hit the green button on my remote.  Works great.  The adapters show up on EBay every now and again for around $35.  If you end up going that route let me know and I can share my Event Ghost script to get you started sending cec commands.

Could you post your scripts I'm thinking about getting one.

[jagerm 6]

Not really helpful unless you can go the other way. What is being asked is to control emby from your tv remote. Ie receive cec commands rather than send them

 

It is possible to go the other way too.  The CEC adapter can read the traffic the TV sends from the TV remote and with Event Ghost you can then look for that CEC code on the wire and then fire a Media event or Arrow key etc that the Windows based Emby client can act on.  The one thing it won't work for is having the TV remote turn on the PC.  As the CEC adapter has to be powered on and the driver running in order for it to process commands.

 

snake98, I will PM you the script later tonight when I'm home from work.

[bluemonkey07 590]

It is possible to go the other way too. The CEC adapter can read the traffic the TV sends from the TV remote and with Event Ghost you can then look for that CEC code on the wire and then fire a Media event or Arrow key etc that the Windows based Emby client can act on. The one thing it won't work for is having the TV remote turn on the PC. As the CEC adapter has to be powered on and the driver running in order for it to process commands.

 

snake98, I will PM you the script later tonight when I'm home from work.

turning on can be done with the internal version....or rather wake up can be done

[invertedknife 13]

i am actually not sure how the CEC technology works. but chromecast is able to use it. for example the netflix app can be played and paused by the tv remote. unfortunately, the same does not work with the emby app. i am guessing the enable CEC support the chromecast app will have to be updated? but to be frank i have no idea how it works so i am asking minds more experienced than mine. 

[Luke 42080]

Hi, we've pushed changes to our Chromecast receiver to enable HDMI-CEC control. Please try it out. Thanks !