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02.05.2008 16:56:51

atv4Mac

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Hi Felix,

Thanks for a great application & the excellent support & updates.

I'm running the atv4Mac on a Tiger partition.

Remote Buddy works fine via Manta TR1 receiver & can control Front Row.

On installation, atv4Mac replaces Front Row & runs fine but only via wired Keyboard.

No control via my Apple Remote.

Can anyone offer a suggestion to obtain control via the remote.

Cheers,

Roger

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.
After updating to OS X 10.6.2, my Apple® Remote is no longer available for selection in Remote Buddy. (FAQ015E0236)
Please update your copy of Remote Buddy to version 1.15 or later.

User

06.05.2008 11:54:02

Re: atv4Mac

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You may want to try using Remote Buddy's Virtual Remote or Virtual
Keyboard Behaviour.

Or you could most likely simply use actions from these Behaviours to
build your own Behaviour in the Behaviour Construction Kit.

Best regards,
Felix Schwarz

User

07.05.2008 00:25:24

Re: atv4Mac

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Thanks for the advice Felix.

I tried virtual remote & virtual keyboard, then watched your excellent video & tried the behaviour construction kit.

No success unfortunately.

I am running OSX86 (10.4.9) and ATV4Mac so perhaps it's not surprising.

The ATV4Mac installer replaces Front Row App with ATV emulator.

Before I install ATV4Mac, Front Row & RB works fine.

After I install & launch ATV4MAC no RB actions produce any response in the ATV.

I can use the bundled ATV4Mac keyboard remote emulator, with a wired keyboard it works fine. With a wireless USB keyboard the ATV cursor responds but moves too fast!

I hate to give up as success seems close but my lack of knowledge forces me to ask for help.

Any other suggestion welcome,

Cheers,

Roger

User

21.07.2008 14:17:29

Re: atv4Mac

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Any succsess on runnig atv4mac with RemoteBuddy?

I also tried to map the buttons via the Behavior Construction Kit but still no response from the Apple Remote after launching frontrow.app (atv4mac)....

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Hubsi

User

21.07.2008 15:28:06

Re: Re: atv4Mac

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I've never looked at atv4mac, but if the mentioned keyboard emulator
does what I think it does, the solution to get things to cooperate
with one another is most likely to remove the atv4mac keyboard
emulator (and any kernel extensions that it may have installed) from
the system and reboot.

Best regards,
Felix Schwarz

User

21.07.2008 15:39:21

Re: atv4Mac

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The Keyboard Emulator isn't installed by default.

I've installed it afterwards i tried the BehaviourConstructionKit.

So removing the Emulator can't be the soloution...

Also tried installing SofaControl and Mira... Same story. atv4mac can be started but then there's no more response on the Remote buttons...

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