User

05.08.2009 12:53:39

loving this product but seem to be missing the behaviours that are listed on this page

https://secure.iospirit.com/index.php?mode=view&obj_type=infogroup&obj_id=24&o_infogroup_objcode=infogroup-23&o1_infogroup_objcode=html-109&sid=9849808G5b380b3ed503f3b5&clshop_id=4

maybe i'm missing something....

i have tried the update but apparently i'm up to date and no new stuff is available.......

also....i have many external drives that store my media.....none of it is on my laptop....as such, my main need is the file menu after which i navigate to 'volumes' then to the drives...then select the file and then chose form a long menu of apps to open with when i only need chroma and nice player on the list

is there any way to just have the 'volumes' available on my main menu so that i just navigat and open...and , secondly , can i reduce the number of apps 'to open with' ????

any help to any of the above would be greatly appreciated

thanks :o)

elliot 

User

05.08.2009 17:39:11

The Behaviours are integrated into Remote Buddy's application bundle 
and only loaded when the respectively controlled application is 
installed. For performance reasons, that check is performed only 
during Remote Buddy's launch. If you install an application while 
Remote Buddy is already running, you need to quit Remote Buddy and 
start it again, so the new application can be detected.

At Prefs > Menu, you can drag and drop any filesystem object 
(including volumes) from the Finder into a custom menu structure of 
your own to add an filesystem browser entry starting at the respective 
location you.

The list of applications is not compiled by Remote Buddy. It is 
dynamically compiled and provided to Remote Buddy by OS X Launch 
Services on a file-by-file basis.

Best regards, 
Felix Schwarz 

User

05.08.2009 19:30:36

thanks for your prompt response

i don't have internet at home but have come to the library to send this mail

in the interim i managed to find the behaviours

there are still some problems i'm having

1) while holding the right button on my apple remote to f/forward in nice player it continues waaay past the point at which i release , rendering the search function useless

2) i'm trying to have 2 different remote buddy behaviours to be accessed with the same button....one short press of the apple remote 'menu' button to bring up the remote buddy contextual menu (related to whichever app i'm using) and one long press to bring up the main menu structure

when i map these both hardwired to remote , the contextual menu works with the short press....but.... pressing and holding the menu button brings up front row which i have not listed anywhere in the mapping behaviours

3) i would like to program some custom actions to work...e.g when starting awaken's sleep timer it brings up the menu but you need to press 'return' to confirm...i need to progrm this keystroke without having to squint and try to navigate with the remote mouse

the same with vlc...when searching it sometimes brings up an annoying dialogue box for errors.....this needs to be clicked to acknowledeged and then clicked in another error to 'not display this message again'

i'm not asking you to solve this necessarily...what i am asking is if there is a more comprehensive manual available to download...the quick step-guide is sorely lacking when it comes to one of the most confusing and potentially destructive elements of programming this app

i'm happy to dive in as long as there are clearer guidelines.....am i missing something ???

thanks again for your help....there are definitely things that i wish were incorporated from [removed] but on the whole this has greater potential....it is close to being ideal for me...it would just be a shame to have all these customisation options un-usable for me

thoughts ???? :o) 

User

05.08.2009 19:51:11

1) Remote Buddy is sending a "skip forward" via AppleScript to 
NicePlayer repeatedly for the length of the button press. That's all 
it can do. It doesn't have any influence on how fast NicePlayer 
executes that command nor can it know whether NicePlayer is building 
up a backlog of such commands, both of which are likely to create the 
problem for you here.

2) All "Open Remote Buddy menu" actions can be overridden by other 
Behaviours's mapping table. If you execute a long press of the menu 
button and Front Row comes up, that action is assigned to "Menu 
(held)" in the respective Behaviour's mapping table. Solution: go to 
Prefs > Mapping > "Behaviour in question" and change the mapping of 
said button from the Front Row-action to "-".

3) In the mapping area, select "Custom Actions" to create actions of 
your own from building blocks like keystrokes, delays, applescript, 
mouse wheel events, etc. It's really easy.

Regarding dialogs popping up in Awaken, VLC, etc.: these dialogs are 
not created or caused by Remote Buddy. If they get in your way and can 
only be closed with mouse interaction, you might want to contact the 
respective app authors about the respective problem(s), so they can 
either add an option or direct you to an existing option that provides 
control over this.

Alternatively, if you have AppleScript knowledge, the use of UI 
scripting may also lead you to a solution.

Best regards, 
Felix Schwarz 

User

05.08.2009 20:15:18

hi...thanks again

the error dialogs are in no way remotebuddys fault , i just need to know how to program a simple behaviour to deal with it

regarding the searching in niceplayer...i wonder what '[removed]' does that allows it to work ....hmmmm

with awaken...again the problem is not with remote buddy...neither is it with awaken...i just need to be able to program commands to do it

i really am happy to do this but as i mentioned , i'm finding many things on screen that aren't represented in the manual and so i'm worried to screw things up....it's a shame because i can't make sense out of the very things that make this app stand out from the others

User

06.08.2009 00:53:12

I'll have a look at the NicePlayer Behaviour again as I find the time. 
Usually there are several approaches to controlling an app. The 
easiest - and somewhat fragile - one is control via emulated 
keystrokes. The most robust and best integrated - but usually harder 
one - is control via AppleScript, which is what Remote Buddy is using 
here. I'll have to check and see what gives better results. For the 
sake of completeness: what kind of media are you seeing this with?

Where are you stuck? Where exactly are you having trouble achieving 
what you want to do?

What is missing in Remote Buddy's help?

Right now, I'm not aware of any gaps in the documentation. If there 
are, I of course have great interest in improving documentation in 
that area.

Best regards, 
Felix Schwarz 

User

06.08.2009 09:28:16

hi...i really appreciate your ongoing help with this

my apple remote battery is at the end of its life and i am having trouble finding a new one in this little town, so proceedings are gonna have to halt until i do

i will also be spending a few days offline

i'm gonna try my hardest to get another battery today and then i'll spend the next few days trying to get as far as i can with it so that i can make my questions a little more focused and less about being a noob

i'll get back to you soon

thanks again