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15.05.2007 14:47:32

MediaCentral 2 and screensaver problem

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I 've experienced the following minor Problem using RB and the Keyspan RF remote to control MediaCentral 2:

Whenever I press a Button on the remote in order to deactivate the screensaver during the use of MediaCentral, the triggered action does not belong to the "MediaCentral" behaviour but to the "Audio & CD / DVD" behaviour. (i.e. the "left" button triggers the eject action")
By the time the screensaver is deactivated the MediaCentral behaviour is active again.

This problem does not occur for example during the use of the "virtual mouse" behaviour. Is there something I can do about this?

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.

User

17.05.2007 18:43:01

Re: MediaCentral 2 and screensaver problem

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Thanks for asking.

What is happening here is that the Default Behaviour (which is pre-
mapped to actions from the Audio & CD / DVD Behaviour) is
automatically chosen because MC2 is no longer the front most
application (the screen saver is now).

If you want your selected Behaviour to stick until you explicitely
deactivate it - and no matter which application is active / front
most - you have to turn on

"Manually activated Behaviours stay active until they are
explicitely deactivated"

Preferences > General > Advanced…

It was the default once, but the concept of auto-switching and manual
switching turned out to be confusing for too many.

Virtual Mouse & Co. make Remote Buddy API calls to ensure the
"stickyness" of this selection. You can also achieve this through
AppleScript for any other Behaviour.

Best regards,
Felix

User

17.05.2007 19:54:34

Re: MediaCentral 2 and screensaver problem

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Thank you for your quick reply, Felix.
As You suggested I switched on the "Manually activated Behaviours stay active until they are explicitely deactivated" option.
The result is, that all triggered actions during screensaver activity belong to the "MediaCentral" behaviour but will no longer terminate the screensaver, even though the option "Button presses create activity" is switched on. A restart of RB did not change this. Any suggestions?

User

17.05.2007 20:43:02

Re: Re: MediaCentral 2 and screensaver problem

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Are you using the latest version of Remote Buddy?

There was an issue in RC1 that could sometimes render the option to
create inactivity ineffective (mainly, if you activated the screen
saver by placing the mouse on any of the left hand corners of the
screen).

As this was fixed with RC2, this option should work just fine.

Best regards,
Felix

User

18.05.2007 01:16:14

Re: MediaCentral 2 and screensaver problem

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I'm using Version 1.0 Preview 15b (RC2) - the current version. The screensaver is set to start after a few minutes of inactivity (no active corners).

Just in case it helps you to find the problem:

- I'm using Mac OS X 10.4.9 on a Mac Mini G4 1,25 GHz
- attached only to a TV (as media center)
- neither mouse nor keyboard is connected

Best regards,

Michael

User

21.05.2007 16:51:01

Re: Re: MediaCentral 2 and screensaver problem

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Hello Michael,

thanks for the info.

I found the bug - it's actually very subtle ;-)

Will be fixed with the next release.

Best regards,
Felix

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