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MCKeySender

By ryan.tollefson - Posted on September 28th, 2008

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MCKeySender is a simple application that can send keystrokes to the Media Center window. It can also be used to automate basic Media Center tasks. It is used by running the MCKeySender.exe with command line parameters.

MCKeySender supports the following parameters:

Keyboard Shortcuts

By ryan.tollefson - Posted on April 12th, 2008

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keyboard shortcuts

Here is a list of keyboard shortcuts for Media Center.

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With a picture on screen, press "Info" (or "More") on the remote and select "Rotate" to rotate it.

Press "Clear" on the remote to delete the media that is currently highlighted (works for Recorded TV, Videos, Music, and Pictures).

In the Guide, press FF/REW on the remote to skip forward/back 3 hours at a time.

Pressing "OK" on the remote while watching Live TV will go to the previous channel.

While in the guide press the Record button on the remote twice to do a series recording.

You can enhance your Media Center experience through 3rd party applications. Click here to see some.

Almost any menu strip can be hidden with a simple registry tweak. Click here for details.

In the picture library, highlight the folder or tag you want, then press "Play" on the remote to start a slideshow.

With an album, video, or recorded show highlighted, simply hit "Play" on the remote to start it playing immediately - faster than pressing "OK" and then selecting "Play" on the menu.

Use the channel +/- buttons on the remote to browse the guide a page at a time.

In the Guide, press Skip/Replay on the remote to skip forward/back 12 hours at a time.