Hello, some PCs do have so called HID hardware buttons. Also an MCE remote control could be (partially) such a HID (Human Interface Device). Some keyboards have extra HID buttons. Some are assigned by Windows by default to some functions, like the Play/Pause/Stop/… buttons on Gyration MCE remote control, and some are not assigned automatically or can be reassigned to other functions.
For example for Winamp and Windows Media Player there is a piece of Software called “HID Plugin”. it’s configurable inside WinAmp and Media Player to assign some player functions to buttons of such deives. Here is it: http://www.deepsoftware.ru/hidplugin/
The free version supports only one HID while the (cheap) pro version supports many at the same time. So one can assign multiple HID to one application (WinAm or Mediaplayer) to control it without using mouse and keyboard. I have assigned the play/pause/next/prev/etc. buttons of my Gyration MCE remote control and the FSC Activy Mediacenter integrated front panel buttons (integrated in Futuba MDM140GINK VFD) with this HID plugin to Mediaplayer and WinAmp with the Pro version and that works just fine.
Now the question: Is there something similar for Kodi which can assign such standard functions to HID buttons on any HIdevice? I want to assign specially the HID buttons of the Futuba display of my (rebuild) Activy Mediacenter to be used with Kodi.