Will nexus player remote work with Pi3

[rcmpayne]

I have some pi3's on order and with xbian, i was wondering if the Nexus Player/Nvidia Shield remotes will pair and work with kodi? Also will any BT remote that exist work with this?

[Nachteule]

Don't know, you will have to try

[rcmpayne]

Ok thanks, will let you know when they arrive. Anyone know off hand if the xbian kodi ui has a way to pair bluetooth devices? Looking on my pi2, i don't see any options for bt in the settings screen.

[Nachteule]

I think you'll have to do it manually (but I'm a complete BT noob)

[f1vefour]

No we don't have a configuration option in Kodi like OpenELEC has, manual it will have to be.

[IriDium]

BT will work, but it is a bit of a pain (Shame OE has a frontend for it)

Install package from xbian-config → Packages → Audio → a2dp

reboot

From ssh

hcitool dev – shows hci0

Turn on scanning on device

hcitool scan - should pick up BT device

(New replacement to bluez-simple-agent)

bluetoothctl -a

>> power on
>> agent KeyboardOnly
>> default-agent

(Switch pairing on device)

>> pairable on
>>scan on

Discovery Started – Make a note of the <ID>

At some point - it will ask for you to enter a <pass key> with your keyboard.

>>pair <ID>
>>trust <ID>
>>connect <ID>
>>quit

BT device should now be working in Xbian

[rcmpayne]

Just tried openelc and found the Nexus remote and nvidia remote works. Can't get the nvidia gaming controller to pair tho. When will you have a ui for BT?

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