Amazon Fire TV stick remote Support

[rafgav]

Hi, i bought for 15 bucks a month ago, a cheap awesome amazon remote (Fire TV remote) for my RP2 with this bluetoooth dongle.

http://www.amazon.fr/CSL-Adaptateur-Bluetooth-Technologie-compatible/dp/B014L88D64/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1453123296&sr=8-4&keywords=bluetooth (sorry for the french link)

I’ved install bluetooth and then i create a “keymap.xml” file from this page http://kodi.wiki/view/Alternative_keymaps_for_Fire_TV_remote (the first keymap).

Then i’ved try to select it from osmc but i couldn’t select it from the menu,

maybe i’ve done something wrong ?

What is the path location for the sd card (where i install OSMC)

i’m sorry for my poor english and thank you so much for your amazing OS, i were before on Openelec, but i switch like a month back to your OS for Raspbian and i’ve install Plex + Transmission.

Thank You.

[fzinken]

For the location of the config files checking the wiki would have helped

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[DBMandrake]

The remote.xml files for the Fire TV Stick that you are linking to will not work on OSMC unfortunately - they are designed for use on a Fire TV Stick running Android.

This because a Fire TV Stick remote on an Android device acts as though it is a keyboard device (generates keyboard scan codes) while on OSMC it acts as a remote control, thus the remote.xml needs to be modified.

Does the remote work at all for you ? The remote.xml only changes the mapping of the buttons to be a bit more useful but isn’t required for it to work.

You could try downloading the remote.xml that I rewrote for OSMC for the Fire TV Stick remote here:

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