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17.03.2009 04:21:47

Apple Remote work normally with Front Row

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Is there a way to let the Apple Remote work normally with Front Row? Ideally, I'd like Remote Buddy to ignore one remote and let it work normally with Front Row and Eye TV and map another one to specified functions.

If I don't use Remote Buddy, my apple remote will toggle between Front Row and Eye TV when pressing the menu button. When in Front Row and down viewing a DVD movie and I press the menu button, it goes back to the DVD menu. If I press it again it goes back to the previous menu and so on until it is at the highest menu in Front Row. How do I get this to work with Remote Buddy?

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

17.03.2009 10:56:17

Re: Apple Remote work normally with Front Row

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This posting is older than 6 months and can contain outdated information.

Thanks for asking.

If you just want to "hand through" the Apple Remote events, please see
this Feature:

http://www.iospirit.com/index.php?mode=view&obj_type=infogroup&obj_id=24&o_infogroup_objcode=infogroup-23&o1_infogroup_objcode=html-139

(paragraph: "Optional: Using Remote Buddy purely as a driver")

Best regards,
Felix Schwarz

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