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18.06.2010 02:57:10

Can't pause iTunes when using the Music Browser.

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The Music Browser is a really nice feature. However, I would like to modify the button mapping for the music browser. As it is, I find it hard to pause iTunes while it is playing a track from the MB.

The problem seems to be that the Music Browser captures the "focus" of the remote and captures all key presses. Pressing Select will change tracks in the Music Browser instead of invoking Play/Pause in the iTunes behavior.

In order to pause, I need to bring the iTunes window to the front, which requires navigating all the way back out of the Music Browser. Once iTunes is in the front, Select -> Play/Pause works as expected.

I guess what I would like is to assign Select (long press) to pause the current track while the Music Browser is active. But I can't find how to remap the buttons for the Music Browser in the preferences.

Any ideas/workarounds welcome.

These entries from the FAQ may be relevant to this topic:

Hardware - Apple® Remote

After uninstalling/quitting Remote Buddy, my Mac® no longer reacts to the Apple® Remote. (FAQ015E0241)
To enable you to use all capabilities of the IR Receiver of your Mac®, Remote Buddy is using its own driver. In contrast, all other applications with integrated Apple® Remote support usually use the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem.

As long as you're running Remote Buddy, Remote Buddy and its driver are responsible for turning the received button presses into actions. As soon as you quit Remote Buddy, this task is again handled by the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem.

If other applications don't use the interface to the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem correctly, this can lead to the effect that nothing happens when you press a button on your Apple® Remote. For as long as you're running Remote Buddy, issues like this are covered by Remote Buddy and it's driver and are therefore not visible to you. However, as soon as you quit Remote Buddy, the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem is back in control and any issues caused in it by other applications become visible.

Therefore Remote Buddy is neither the cause of the issue nor is it responsible for it. Instead, the cause of the issue exists independently of Remote Buddy. It's located elsewhere and can also only be solved there.

Although our products can't cause any such issues, we're regularly contacted about such issues and asked for help. In order to make locating and fixing the cause of such issues as easy and efficient as possible, we've developed a free diagnostics tool: Remote Control Diagnostics. It can locate issues with a single click and will provide you with information about the issue as well as with instructions on how you can fix it.

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Can't pause iTunes when using the Music Browser., User, 18.06.2010 02:57:10

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