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07.01.2009 19:29:37
A few things
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hi folks, hi felix,

I'm trying to set up Remote Buddy so I can

1) access any folder in any program menu. For example I'd like to access my movie folder (external HDD) in the VLC menu. I'm tiered of hunting through the menus to open a file!

2) change audio tracks in Front Row (wachting a quicktime movie). Anyone?

3) always open any video file with VLC and make not RB ask me all the time whether I want to use Quicktime or VLC!

4) start iTunes AND start playing a playlist with just one click (e.g. click "play" in standard behavior)?

Last bust not least: VLC crashes if I want to close it (while playing!) with Remote Buddy. Not If I close it by clicking "cmq+q" or by mouseclick. So it seems to be a RB issue!

Thanks for any help in advance!

Dave

P.S.: sorry about my english - unfortunately I'm not a native speaker! ;-) 

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07.01.2009 20:46:12
Re: A few things
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Hi Dave,

thanks for asking. Please see my answers belows.

1) access any folder in any program menu. For example I'd like to 
access my movie folder (external HDD) in the VLC menu. I'm tiered of 
hunting through the menus to open a file!

 
Simply drag the folder from the Finder into the menu of your choice at 
RB > Prefs > Menu. That's all it takes.

2) change audio tracks in Front Row (wachting a quicktime movie). 
Anyone?

 
To the best of my knowledge, Front Row doesn't support this, so Remote 
Buddy can't, either.

3) always open any video file with VLC and make not RB ask me all 
the time whether I want to use Quicktime or VLC!

 
If you set VLC as the standard application for the media file types of 
your choice in the Finder, VLC will always be the topmost choice. 
Remote Buddy will still present you with the available options, but 
all it takes you to open the file then is an extra press of the button 
you already just pressed to select the file - which essentially brings 
down menu navigation to performing a "double click" instead of a 
"click + navigation".

4) start iTunes AND start playing a playlist with just one click 
(e.g. click "play" in standard behavior)?

 
You can do this by adding an action that contains this AppleScript 
snippet:

tell application "iTunes" to play

Last bust not least: VLC crashes if I want to close it (while 
playing!) with Remote Buddy. Not If I close it by clicking "cmq+q" 
or by mouseclick. So it seems to be a RB issue!

 
This is not a bug in or the fault of Remote Buddy. Remote Buddy sends 
a standard Quit Apple Event just like f.ex. the Dock, Activity 
Monitor, AppleScript or OS X when shutting down and gently asking 
applications to quit. It's the standard and system conform way to ask 
an app to quit. Please file a bug report with the VLC team.

Best regards, 
Felix Schwarz