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23.06.2007 23:19:11

Position of menu after change of display resolution

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Hi Felix,

the relative position of RemoteBuddy's menu does not change after a change of display reolution occured eg. by plugging a tv into the video out of my iMac. (This model only supports mirroring of screens, and as soon as I plugin the tv set, the resolution automatically changes in order do adapt to the maximum of the cathod ray tube.)
When changing to a smaller resolution, one only sees part of the menu which leads to a certain degree of unusability. It would be nice if the menu always appeared in the centre of the display, regardless its resolution.

Regards,
Robbe

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

25.06.2007 12:27:01

Re: Position of menu after change of display resolution

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Hi Robbe,

thanks for reporting this.

I'll try to reproduce this with my good old iBook (the only Mac I
have a video adapter for). As far as I can recall, it worked nicely
on that one the last time I tried.

How long does OS X need on your machine to switch from the normal to
the new resolution?

(background is that - iirc - OS X notifies applications of resolution
changes immediately, but it will not supply them with the new
resolution info right away, but only after it has switched to it -
which makes the whole "adapt position to new resolution"-
functionality a timing problem)

And does closing and reopening the menu rectify the problem?

Best regards,
Felix

User

25.06.2007 20:09:10

Re: Position of menu after change of display resolution

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Hi Felix,

using a stopwatch I timed 7.7 seconds from the moment of plugging in the video adaptor to the moment the display resolution finally settles. A second try took 6.7 seconds.
However, today the position of RemoteBuddy's menu was fine, centred even after the change of resolution. I really don't know why it works today. Before, it never worked.
I am sorry I cannot reproduce the effect at this moment. I'll see to it.

Regards,
Robbe

User

29.06.2007 13:55:01

Re: Re: Position of menu after change of display resolution

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Thanks for the info!

The timer was set to check for the new resolution after 2 seconds.
I've now increased this to 10 seconds, so the next version should
cover this long interval now, too. Please let me know if the problem
persists with the next version.

Best regards,
Felix

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