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27.09.2009 04:40:10

Activating Boxee and Hulu with Remote Buddy

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I'm using Remote Buddy on a MacMini with the Logitech Harmony 880. I'd like to be able to do one of the two options below:

1) Activate Hulu and Boxee with Remote Buddy
Is there any way I can setup Remote Buddy so that a short press of the menu opens up the Hulu desktop app and a long press of the menu button opens up Boxee?

2) Actions in Finder
If I can't get option 1 to work, could I get the remote to send keyboard commands in finder? So hitting left on my remote when in Finder would send a left arrow key command and then hitting the center button would send a Command-O command to just open my Boxee and Hulu icons?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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.

Hardware - Harmony® Smart Control

How do I set up the Harmony Smart Control and connect it to Remote Buddy on my Mac? (FAQ015E0264)
Please see the detailed HowTo on this topic in our blog.
If I haven't used the Harmony Smart Remote for a few minutes, Remote Buddy does not react to the first button press. (FAQ015E0263)
Please verify that no power saving options are enabled at "Remote Buddy > Preferences > Hardware > Bluetooth Receiver".

User

02.10.2009 02:29:04

Re: Activating Boxee and Hulu with Remote Buddy

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Forgive me, I'm no expert and I've only recently come across remote buddy (and made the move to the mac platform), but, from what I've seen, wouldn't it be possible to setup a behavior that used an applescript that would start either of the applications...

You would then need to map that behavior to the appropriate button (short or long)...

I know the idea, implementation is another thing...

Shane

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05.10.2009 10:36:32

Re: Activating Boxee and Hulu with Remote Buddy

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Thanks for asking.

Regarding

1) To activate a particular Behaviour, go to Prefs > Mapping and pick
"Behaviours > Activate Behaviouor XY" from the popup for the
respective button. If you have set up your Harmony 880 to only emulate
the six buttons of an Apple Remote, however, I'd definately not
hardwire any action to either the Menu or Menu (Hold) buttons. Six
buttons are really the bare minimum to control a Mac. Dedicating a
button to a single action does exactly that - with the consequence
that it's no longer available for contextual control of applications.
My recommendation therefore is to either teach your Harmony 880 with
the codes of another Apple Remote and use RB's support for Multiple
Remotes - or - launch Hulu and Boxee from Remote Buddy's menu, which
you can customize, if you like to.

2) Remote Buddy includes both a configurable menu and built-in file
browser. Of course you could create a Behaviour to control aspects of
the Finder, but I think you really wouldn't want to do that as better
alternatives are already built-in and ready to be used from a distance.

Best regards,
Felix Schwarz

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