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User 06.09.2007 12:56:35 | Two Behaviours for one application | |
This posting is older than 6 months and can contain outdated information. I am using RB for Slingplayer and there are just not enough buttons on the Apple remote to control everything I would like to. One solution would be to buy a Logitech remote, but I was wondering if it would be possible to link two behaviours to Slingplayer. I would use the first one to remotely power on my TIVO, navigate through the menu and select a program. The second behaviour would be activated after the TV show is running and control things like fast forward, rewind, pause, and volume up and down. Thanks for any ideas you may have. Tim
| These entries from the FAQ may be relevant to this topic: Behaviours
There are several possible error sources:
- The application has been installed after Remote Buddy has already been launched
For efficiency reasons, Remote Buddy only searches for supported applications when its started. If you have installed an application after launching Remote Buddy, please quit Remote Buddy and launch it anew.
- Oudated program versions
The installed version of the program in question could be outdated and identify itself with a different Bundle Identifier than the version supported by Remote Buddy. This problem often occurs with Mplayer OS X. The most recent version of that application is not to be found on Sourceforge but on directly on the pages of Mplayer HQ.
- Custom menus
If you use a custom menu in Remote Buddy and you don't make use of Remote Buddy's smart folders, the menu structure is static. You have to manually add the behaviour into a place of your choice in the menu.
- The behaviour is deactivated.
Make sure, the checkbox in front of the Behaviour's name in the Mappings pane of the preferences is active.
- The Launch Services database is outdated.
Remote Buddy uses Launch Services to check for the availability of an application on your Mac. If the Launch Services database of OS X is incomplete or outdated, so is Remote Buddy's dynamically created menu. The solution, though is easy. Download LSRefresh, launch it, select the application(s) that don't turn up in Remote Buddy's menu, wait until the update is finished and then restart Remote Buddy.
General To navigate the menu, you can use the following button presses:
"Left" - up by one level in the menu
"Right" and "Play" - choose the current entry
"Left hold" - go to the main menu
"Plus" and "Minus" - scroll through the entries
"Menu hold" - jump to the first entry of the current menu
"Menu" - fade in/out the onscreen menu
Hardware - Apple® Remote
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.
Please update your copy of Remote Buddy to version 1.15 or later.
| User 07.09.2007 15:09:01 | Re: Two Behaviours for one application | |
This posting is older than 6 months and can contain outdated information. Hi Tim, you can indeed create two Behaviours for one app. I wouldn't see why
this should not work. You should keep this in mind, though: 1) You'll want your activated Behaviour to stick and not automatically
change. Activate "Preferences > General > Advanced > Manually
activated Behaviours stay.." to achieve this.
2) You'll want to give your own Behaviour a different name, so you can
differentiate the two.
3) You may also want to make use of the items in "Actions >
Behaviours" in the context menu configuration at "Preferences >
Behaviours > Context Menu" to be able to easily go from one Behaviour
to the other. Or, even more direct, use a button to assign such an
action. Other than that, if you need more buttons and you have Bluetooth in
your Mac, I can recommend the BD Remote (see "Supported Hardware" on
this website) for a cheap option to get a boatload of buttons on a
single remote. Or, if you don't mind an external receiver, the Keyspan
Remote for iTunes is also a very good choice (although with not as
many buttons as the BD Remote). Hope that helps. Best regards,
Felix
| User 09.09.2007 12:37:55 | Re: Two Behaviours for one application | |
This posting is older than 6 months and can contain outdated information. Hello Felix, Thanks for the suggestion on the Sony PS3 Remote. I picked one up this weekend and everything is working fine now. I couldn't get it working in the beginning until I realized that the bluetooth was turned off on my macbook. The only thing I don't like on this is that there are no up and down arrows that could be used for system wide volume control and no power button. Ever think about developing a cheap bluetooth remote with a better button layout and sell it as a bundle with your software? I would think you could get one contract manufactured very cheaply. On a separate note, I noticed that the "channel up" (=) as a pre-installed function on the Slingplayer did not work. Channel down (-) did work but I had to install a custom action to get channel up working. I am not sure about this, but it seems that using default mapping for the slingplayer could be a problem. For the slingbox tuner it is probably not a problem, but for the slingbox AV, you choose a remote based on the dvd recorder, tivo, etc. that you have at home and want to control. It may be that channel up on my ReplayTV box is a different keystroke than channel up on a Tivo for example. Thanks, Tim
| User 10.09.2007 16:47:02 | Re: Re: Two Behaviours for one application | |
This posting is older than 6 months and can contain outdated information. As far as the info provided by Sling is correct, "+" is the default setting for channel up - and "-" for channel down. I fully depend on user feedback regarding the SlingPlayer Behaviour.
The SlingBox is not available in Germany, so I have no access to one
and consequently also can't add advanced features like automatically
recognizing changed key settings. Regarding custom hardware: this is not feasible in Germany for a small
company. The government decided to put into place a e-waste
"recycling" system, that put prohibitive fees in place for small
companies. The baseline credo: produce small amounts of e-waste, but
pay for containers full of them (although you didn't produce even
close as much). That is, plus the same fees like major corporations.
Of course. Annually. Major corporations that produce off shore without
paying attention to environmental pollution are hardly affected, while
smaller companies that DO care can more or less close down right away. Best regards,
Felix
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