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Infuse from a game controller

Download InputConfig on the Mac App StoreThe Infuse layout is built into InputConfig, free on the Mac App Store. You don't have to make an account, there are no subscriptions, and nothing is locked. Optimized for Apple silicon.

On a Mac: Infuse for Mac reads keys from this layout while it is in front. If a row does nothing, Infuse's menus show its key for that action.

Yes, a game controller works as an Infuse remote on a Mac: play on the big button, full screen beside it, seek on the stick, volume on the bumpers, a click for the library. Infuse reads these keys while it is in front. It is the same layout as Plex, because a remote is a remote.

The layout, control by control

Click a control. Labels:

How the layout thinks

  • Play. Play and pause (Space) on the bottom face button, full screen (F) on the right, Escape on Start to leave full screen.
  • Seek. The left stick and the D-pad send the arrow keys.
  • Volume. Command Up and Down Arrow on the bumpers.
  • Click. The right trigger clicks.

If a row does nothing, Infuse's menus show its key for that action. Change the row to match.

Tune it for the library

  • A pointer. Give the right stick four Mouse Motion rows, one per direction, the way Desktop Navigation has them.
  • Audio and subtitle tracks. Put their keys from Infuse's menus on the stick clicks.
  • From any app. System Function media outputs control playback while Infuse is behind another app.

Add the subtitle key first, because it is the one you reach for in the middle of a film.

Get it in two clicks

  1. Get InputConfig free on the Mac App Store, open it, and click Smart Preset Maker on the welcome screen.
  2. Search for Infuse and pick it. The layout is created as a preset in your sidebar, named and ready.
  3. Press Activate. Every row can be changed afterwards: the editor's Scan button rebinds any control the moment you touch it.

Every binding, as a table

The Infuse preset in InputConfig, drawn on a DualSense Edge with each control labeled with the key or action it sends.
Figure 1. The Infuse preset drawn on a DualSense Edge in InputConfig's Live Visualizer. For example, A / Cross is labeled Play / Pause (Space), and B / Circle is labeled Fullscreen (F). Any other controller shows the same layout on its own drawing.
ControllerSendsWhat it does
A / CrossSpacePlay / Pause (Space)
B / CircleFFullscreen (F)
Left stick leftLeftSeek back (Left)
Left stick rightRightSeek forward (Right)
LB / L1Command (Left), UpVolume up
RB / R1Command (Left), DownVolume down
D-pad leftLeftSeek back
D-pad rightRightSeek forward
Right triggerLeft clickClick
Start / OptionsEscapeExit fullscreen (Esc)

Button names follow the Xbox / PlayStation pair shown in the editor, so A / Cross is the bottom face button on either pad. On a Switch Pro Controller the bottom button is labeled B; the mapping still fires on position.

Questions

Does this match the Plex layout?

Yes, the rows are the same.

Download InputConfig on the Mac App StoreCompletely free. You don't have to make an account, there are no subscriptions, and nothing is locked. Optimized for Apple silicon. Open source on GitHub.

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