OpenPHT1.6 built on Ubuntu - button "m" for PlayerControls during playback is commented out

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I noticed that button “m” does not bring the Now Playing window during playback anymore.
I see that it is commented out in the keymaps file in OpenPHT 1.6. Any idea why?

diff /opt/openpht/share/XBMC/system/keymaps/keyboard.xml /opt/openpht.1.5.bak/share/XBMC/system/keymaps/keyboard.xml
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   <       <!--<m>ActivateWindow(PlayerControls)</m>-->
   ---
   >       <m>ActivateWindow(PlayerControls)</m>

Edit: Actually the “m” from the keyboard brings the PlayerControls, but not the harmony remote button assigned to KEY_MENU, which before was bringing the same PlayerControls during playback.

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TAB will switch to Now Playing. m brings up the OSD controls for either the video player or music player. m never pulled up Now Playing, and really was a mistake to be assigned globally for the OSD controls. In 1.5.2 pressing m outside of the Video Player or Music player either did nothing at all (which is okay, the OSD controls aren’t meant to be shown in the home window or media libraries) or caused minor issues (invisible OSD becomes active, and controls are locked until m is pressed again to close it, or a flash of the OSD on the screen that goes away but is visually distracting). In the Kodi keymaps (which are very nearly identical to OpenPHT’s) m is only set to the OSD controls at the player level, not globally.

Having m mapped only for the players doesn’t negatively affect any functionality, but does fix some minor issues.

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Thanks for the explanation. What I really meant was the OSD controls, not the Now Playing. Now playing is working fine.

The Harmony remote button (assigned to KEY_MENU) that used to bring the OSD controls is not working after the OpenPHT 1.6 upgrade. The m button is working from the USB keyboard and brings the OSD controls. I wonder if some mapping has changed, as it is unlikely the button on the remote died.

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I fixed the issue. First I tested and noticed that the buttons are working, but they did not cause any action. From the PHT log:

17:50:49 T:139656404113280 DEBUG: OnKey: 0 (f200) pressed, action is

I had to do the following changes to fix the OSD and Stop buttons in /etc/rc_keymaps/harmony_remote:

from this:
0x77e1a0e9 KEY_STOP # Stop
0x77e14069 KEY_MENU # OSD

to this:
0x77e1a0e9 KEY_F7 # Stop
0x77e14069 KEY_M # OSD

I have no idea why the mapping has changed, but this was working in OpenPHT 1.5.2. Only appeared after I upgraded to OpenPHT 1.6.0.