User

09.10.2007 06:53:05

I have been trying remote buddy and am very happy with it. However, 
since the last update, I noticed that Dvd Player and also iTunes will 
start themselves as soon as you access their menu inside of remote 
buddy instead of asking if I want to activate their behavior. This 
becomes annoying especially when you are trying to quit the 
application since it keeps starting itself instead of quitting. The 
only way I seem to get around is to show/hide Dvd player instead of 
quitting it, however before the update I don't remember having this 
problem.

Thank you 

User

10.10.2007 01:08:01

Thanks for the report.

Please try the - for now silently - released V1.7.3 available from

http://www.iospirit.com/remotebuddy/download/

It should fix the problem.

Best regards, 
Felix 

User

10.10.2007 06:18:37

Thank you for your answer.

I have downloaded the 1.7.3 version but I seem to have the same problem. Maybe I'm doing something wrong but Dvd Player and iTunes don't activate and quit like they should.

Thank you. 

User

10.10.2007 09:59:01

In which way does the behaviour on these two occassions differ from 
what you expect?

Best regards, 
Felix 

User

10.10.2007 10:31:01

Hello Felix,

When I enter Dvd Player menu (via Remote Buddy) the application 
starts immediately instead of asking if I want to activate the 
behavior, also quitting the application (via Remote Buddy menu) is 
impossible since the application keeps restarting itslef endlessly 
(unless I quit it using mouse or keyboard). The same goes for 
iTunes, of course this is not the case with the other apps that I 
launch via RemoteBuddy (such as Dvdpedia etc.)

Thank you for your time

On Oct 10, 2007, at 9:59 AM, Felix wrote:

 

User

10.10.2007 22:13:48

I have been having the same issue since the update. When I view a movie in DVD Player and then select Quit from the remote buddy menu, the program quits and then immediately reopens. I end up having to quit using the virtual mouse if I do not have my bluetooth keyboard around. 

User

12.10.2007 10:47:03

I have the same issue since the last update (1.7.3). its not only with DVD Player its in all - QuickTime, iTunes ....

And I cant quit an application if I stay in its menu - I select quit and its immediately reopens.

HELP please.

BTW - how can I get the older V? I like to go back to the last one

Thx

Last edited: 12.10.2007 10:48:33 

User

12.10.2007 19:02:02

I've proof-read and debugged the Behaviour indepth step by step - and 
while I couldn't reproduce the behaviour you describe, I could 
identify a few spots that could cause this when timing is bad. They've 
been changed accordingly in V1.7.4 - which is now available.

Best regards, 
Felix 

User

12.10.2007 20:03:01

Yes!!! Thank you!!

It now works without any problems.

Ciao

Luca

On Oct 12, 2007, at 7:02 PM, Felix wrote:

 

User

12.10.2007 22:20:04

Not good! Upgraded to new version - all of my behaviours and changes are gone!!! I have been working on them for the last 2 days and everythings is gone no matter what profile I select!!! Help!!!!

- Sent through a series of tubes.

On Oct 12, 2007, at 10:02 AM, "Felix" wrote:

I've proof-read and debugged the Behaviour indepth step by step - and 
while I couldn't reproduce the behaviour you describe, I could 
identify a few spots that could cause this when timing is bad. They've 
been changed accordingly in V1.7.4 - which is now available.

Best regards, 
Felix

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User

12.10.2007 23:49:01

A refresh bug has been fixed in the settings, but I don't see how that 
could remove any changes as it strictly deals with display code rather 
than data modification. Other than that, no changes were made in the 
configuration interface between 1.7 and 1.7.4. Also no identifiers - 
which configuration heavily relies on - have been changed ever since 
the first release preview of Remote Buddy back 1 1/2 years ago.

Remote Buddy keeps all of its settings in plists located at ~/Library/ 
Preferences/com.iospirit.remotebuddy.*.plist.

These plists are written in an especially safe manner: OS X first 
creates a new, temporary file. And only after it succeeded saving that 
file will it replace the old with the new copy.

This way, even if the app crashes while preferences are saved, the 
file's content still remains intact. This method of saving files is 
also called "atomic".

The only occasion where I ever experienced this strategy being turned 
into the opposite, effectively replacing all updates prefs files with 
zero length files, was when I recorded something in EyeTV and the HDD 
would get filled up to its last byte. Apple Mail would then usually 
greet me with its "Welcome to Mail - do you want to configure a mail 
account?" screen when I started it next time.

This kind of scenario (a full system partition and OS X choking on it) 
is the only way I could see the loss of any Remote Buddy settings 
happening.

Maybe the problem lies elsewhere, but then I'll need more info from 
you - Behaviours and profiles are two very different things and I 
don't see how the choice of one would logically affect the other.

Best regards, 
Felix 

User

13.10.2007 08:47:01

 
Felix,

I can confirm that the iTunes stopped restarting itself on 1.7.4. Also, I did not lose any custom mappings I made with the older versions in the last days.

As a side note, the PS3 remote scan-right bug (blue ring appearing to the right, outside the remote image) is still there (I know you said you fixed it, probably just not released the code yet).

andre

User

16.10.2007 01:07:01

Thanks for letting me know.

The fix for the small visual glitch with the PS3 remote's image is 
indeed only part of private builds right now. I more or less fixed 
that issue right after releasing 1.7.4.

Best regards, 
Felix