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How to figure out VK_ virtual key for a key?
Hi folks,
Quick summary: what's a good way to press a key on a keyboard and have some utility tell me what VK_XXX it is? I have an Adesso wireless keyboard that has a cluster of media center keys, and I want to custom map them in Media Player Classic Home Cinema (MPC-HC). Attached is a pic of the keyboard with keys I'm trying to figure out highlighted in red.
I'm working to integrate MPC-HC into WMC/Media browser following Damian's guide:
http://www.mediasmartserver.net/2010/01/29/guide-using-mpc-hc-as-your-video-player-in-wmc-media-browser/
For WAF reasons, I want the experience of watching an MKV in MPCHC to be functionally as close to watching recorded TV in WMC as possible. This means setting up 30 second skip forward and 5 second skip back, or as close to it as possible, using the same keys WMC uses (the >| and |< keys that give +30 seconds and -5 seconds for recorded TV).
In MPCHC these keys seem to move from one chapter to the next. I never use chapter stuff… just want them to be jump forward large and jump backward medium in MPCHC. Went into MPC-HC Options… Keys... and assigned Jump Forward (Large) to VK_Next (no modifier) and Jump Backward (medium) to VK_Prior (no modifier). But these keys still do chapter movements, even if I clear out the entries for Next and Previous commands (which were the original commands to use VK_Prior and VK_Next) to none/blank.
Any thoughts here? I can assign the Jump commands to different keys and those work… but I seem to be missing something re: the VK_Next/Prior to get it to work like it does in WMC.
So I believe I've got the wrong VK_ identifier for the >| and |< keys.
The keys I'm talking about are part of a cluster on the far left of my keyboard next to pause, play, FF/RW, etc. keys.
Any help appreciated!
Marc