Overview: Playback input devices
Playback input devices carry user actions through infrared, Bluetooth or other human-interface arrangements.
A remote-control button must become an input event understood by the receiving system. Infrared signaling, Bluetooth pairing and HID conventions supply different routes, while a gamepad adds its own control layout. These topics explain the input path around media playback rather than the media signal itself.
Infrared remote controls
An infrared remote sends coded light pulses to a compatible receiver, whose decoding and key mapping determine the input delivered to an application.Bluetooth remote controls
A Bluetooth remote delivers supported control data over a paired wireless relationship, with its profile, host mapping and application context determining available actions.Human Interface Devices (HID)
Human Interface Device reports describe controls through declared report layouts and usages, which a host interprets before applications assign actions.Gamepad input
Gamepad input exposes button and axis state that a media application maps into navigation and playback actions with appropriate thresholds, repetition and focus handling.