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05.07.2007 21:28:57
Why every time in iTunes?
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I tried to find if this has been discussed earlier, but didn't find. So here is my question:

Almost every time I activate RB, RB switches to iTunes. That doesn't happen if I am in Safari or in Quicktime Player. But if I just want to get RB menu and go to FrontRow (for example), I am in iTunes menu and I have to click left button to get into my main menu.

So is there any option to start RB from main menu? Thanks.

Edit: 
So I did find it in Global Mapping. Next time I'll do little more home work before asking... :)

Last edited: 05.07.2007 21:53:11 

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11.07.2007 20:23:01
Re: Why every time in iTunes?
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Remote Buddy always automatically switches to the context menu of the 
Behaviour that is currently active.

As Behaviours are not only chosen if the active application is 
supported, but also if one of a few apps (incl. iTunes) is running in 
the background, the iTunes ones will likely be chosen if it is 
running in the background - and thus its menu is displayed.

The fact that RB also makes background apps part of the choice is 
simple: nobody wants to switch to iTunes (or other media players 
supported that way) each and every time they work on something else 
and only want to change tracks or play/pause using the remote.

Hope that explains the "why" part of the question.

As for the option to start right at the top level of the menu: yes, 
there is. Go to Preferences > Hardware > *Your remote* and click on 
the entry for the menu button. You can now choose an alternative 
action that will always open Remote Buddy's menu in the root menu level.

You can also assign this action to another button, so that one button 
opens the main menu at the context menu level and the other one at 
the main menu level.

Best regards, 
Felix