Audio volume control on OSMC remote

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1

I have a raspberry pi 3 and the ‘official’ OSMC remote control. Everything works fine, except that I cannot control the audio volume with the remote. Did I miss something in the configuration? I use the analogue audio output on the pi.

2

No you didn’t. For videos, press OK then navigate to the speaker icon. Sadly. the same doesn’t apply to music. Some people re-map the up/down keys to volume up/down when media is playing.

3

I see. But how do I remap the remote’s keys?

4

You need to make a custom remote.xml file, or there are add-ons to do it. The Kodi wiki is your guide. Or do a search in here.

5

Thanks. Ik will look into that.

6

The addon keymap editor will let you do it without editing files

7

To do it manually, here are the required steps:

ssh osmc@(IP-Address)

cd .kodi/userdata/keymaps/
nano keymap.xml (ctlr+x to end editing)

Add the following:

<keymap>
	<fullscreenvideo>
		<keyboard>
			<key id="166">volumeup</key>
			<key id="167">volumedown</key>
		</keyboard>
	</fullscreenvideo>
</keymap>

sudo reboot (With a reboot the new keymap.xml gets activated)

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8

Are you sure this works with the OSMC remote? I doubt it as it is a remote and not a keyboard in Kodi.

9

Yes, 100% sure.

10

Thanks, Burrito78!
it works…perfect!

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