Volume control with Apple Remote

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I agree with this shout out, using Plex for more than six years with a great pleasure, from phones, pads, computers, web clients, and so on, and sharing all this pleasure with kids, family, friends…

One client is installed on a Mac mini directly connected to a video projector. It is only controlled via an Apple remote and this is great to watch every kind of movies on big screens.

This had worked perfectly fine with Plex Home Theater. But, for the last four years, it has been stick to OpenPHT, only because Plex Media Player does not let to control directly the volume while playing. Why on earth this setting could not be allowed?

The eternal problem of 5.1 to stereo mixdown, mixed with the fact that children are often sleeping while watching Michael Bay explosions force to constant volume adjustments. Which is still impossible, four years after the release of PMP, and makes this software unusable.

This has been asked for a long time without any answer. With the recent turmoil about PMP & Plex TV mode, it has been suggested to start new threads with current issues.

So, let’s hope that the fortunate news to pursue PMP, TV mode & other great Plex features will allow to solve this so ludicrous trouble.

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I write here to announce my very interest in using volume up/down via the aluminium/silver apple remote control.

On a Raspberry Pi, using Kodi, the remote works just great (with keymaps\gen.xml).

Unfortunately, with Plex addon, or OpenPHT, it is very inconvenient to regulate the volume.

I know, this is a very rare usecase, so I am willing to work hard for a solution :slight_smile:

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Hi,

This would be so great! It works properly with OpenPHT on a Mac Mini, but Plex Media Player has still not been updated with this feature. Watching very different kind of videos, it makes this soft unusable without a proper volume control.

Thanks a lot if you can fix that!

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Totally agree with this and include my support.

To say it is “too difficult” to change the mapping of a remote is complete garbage.

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