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Keys and Buttons

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Keys and Buttons

The list screen is fully described by the help screen of Enigma2: press HELP inside MovieCockpit to see the current keys. This page is the same information in one place.

In the list

Navigation

Key Action
UP / DOWN Cursor up / down
LEFT / RIGHT Cursor one page up / down
CHANNEL+ / CHANNEL- (bouquet) Jump to the top / to the bottom of the list
OK Play the recording, or open the folder
0 Directory up. In the top directory of a bookmark: go to the home directory
0 (long) Go to the home directory
FAST FORWARD Next list content (see User Guide)
REWIND Previous list content
EXIT, POWER, HOME, TV Leave MovieCockpit

Selecting

Key Action
VIDEO / PVR Mark or unmark the entry, then move down
VIDEO / PVR (long) Unmark everything

Information and menus

Key Action
INFO EPG info of the entry
INFO (long) TMDB info (needs TMDBCockpit)
MENU Function menu
MENU (long) Plugins menu (plugins registered for the movie list)
5 Recording info (technical details)
8 File operations progress
STOP Stop the selected running recording(s). Asks first

Colour buttons

Four colour buttons, four levels. The current level is shown bottom left as <1> to <4>, and the button labels at the bottom always show what the buttons do at that level.

Key Action
NEXT Next level (wraps from 4 to 1)
PREVIOUS Previous level

Pressing any colour button runs its function and then returns to level 1.

Level Red Green Yellow Blue
1 Delete Sort mode Move (Restore inside the trashcan) Trashcan (Home inside the trashcan)
2 Empty trashcan Sort order Copy Home
3 Reload cache - Archive (only with Enable archive on) Bookmarks
4 Reset progress Date / Mount Timer list Open setup

What the buttons do:

  • Delete moves the entries to the trashcan. Inside the trashcan it deletes them for good, after asking.
  • Sort mode switches between date and alphabetical sorting for the current folder. Sort order reverses it.
  • Move, Copy ask for a target folder. Restore moves entries out of the trashcan.
  • Trashcan opens the trashcan of the home bookmark. Empty trashcan deletes everything in it, after asking.
  • Home goes to the home directory.
  • Reload cache rescans all mounted bookmarks (after a confirmation).
  • Archive moves finished recordings to the archive disk (see Managing Recordings).
  • Bookmarks edits the list of directories MovieCockpit scans.
  • Reset progress sets the watched position of the marked entries back to the start.
  • Date / Mount switches the date column between the programme date and the name of the disk the file is on.
  • Timer list opens the Enigma2 timer list.
  • Open setup opens the settings.

In the function menu

MENU opens a choice list. Number keys are not used there; select with the cursor and OK.

Entry Does
Home, Directory up Change directory (only shown when you are not in a bookmark root)
Delete, Move, Copy As the colour buttons
Create series directory Creates a folder named after the entry (see Managing Recordings)
Move to series directory Moves the entries into the matching series folder
Empty trashcan As the red button on level 2
Delete cover Removes the cover file and cache entry of the entries
Bookmarks Edit the scanned directories
Archive Only shown when Enable archive is on
Reload cache Rescan
Remove all marks Deletes the cut-list marks of the entries (not the resume position)
Setup Settings
About Version and licence

While playing

Key Action
OK Show or hide the info bar; while paused, resume
PLAY Play / pause
STOP, EXIT, POWER Stop playback and return to the list (the position is saved)
CHANNEL+ Skip forward (smart jump)
CHANNEL- Skip backward (smart jump)
INFO EPG info of the recording
FAST FORWARD, REWIND, pause, slow motion Standard Enigma2 trick play
Audio and subtitle keys Standard Enigma2 audio and subtitle selection

Smart jump is explained in Playback.

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