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06.03.2010 18:10:43

How to easily switch between EyeTV and Plex?

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Hi,

Without RemoteBuddy installed, EyeTV offers a simple way to get into Front Row easily by just holding down the menu button.
I would like to get this feature to work with Plex instead. What would I have to do to in RemoteBuddy fix it?

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 - EyeTV Receiver

Which receivers are supported? (FAQ015E0211)
The latest info on hard- and software-requirements including info on support hardware can be found on the dedicated page for EyeTV receivers.

Please consider making use of the free Remote Buddy trial version to test your device for compatibility directly on your computer.

User

07.03.2010 18:47:41

Re: How to easily switch between EyeTV and Plex?

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You can easily switch between applications using Remote Buddy out of the box.

If you want to dedicate a button on your remote to switch to another application B while being in application A:
1) go to Prefs > Mapping > [Application A]
2) select the action "Behaviour > Activate Behaviour [Application B]" for the button of your choice

Best regards,
Felix Schwarz

User

08.03.2010 18:49:24

Re: How to easily switch between EyeTV and Plex?

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Thanks for your reply.

Yeah, it's amazing how much you can do with RB. Best 20 euros ever spent.

I currently switch by bringing up the RB menu. I'm trying to simplify this a bit.
The problem is that I have to quit Plex (because it is in fullscreen mode and always on top) and then start EyeTV so I need at least two button presses, and it takes time. The other way around is the same; I need to pause or quit EyeTV to save resources and then start Plex again.

I understand this is not a functionality of RB but the programs themselves, but I can imagine that more people want to use RB for the same purpose so I thought I'd ask. I am trying to write an AppleScript to hide Plex and open EyeTV and another one to pause EyeTV and bring Plex back up. There might be easier solutions though. And nicer ones too - AS is quite an ugly workaround.

Any ideas are welcome :-)

EDIT: if anyone's interested, this is my AppleScript solution so far. I think it works pretty well:
http://forums.plexapp.com/index.php?/topic/13392-an-easy-way-to-switch-between-plex-and-eyetv/

Last edited: 08.03.2010 20:45:50

Last edited: 08.03.2010 20:46:03

User

17.03.2010 15:39:46

Re: Re: How to easily switch between EyeTV and Plex?

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Thanks for your explanations.

You can create custom actions in Remote Buddy to achieve what you want to do.

For pausing EyeTV and launching Plex, you can use this AppleScript snippet:

tell application "EyeTV" to pause
tell application "Plex" to activate

Similiarly, for quitting EyeTV and launching Plex:

tell application "EyeTV" to quit
tell application "Plex" to activate

... and vice versa:

tell application "Plex" to quit
tell application "EyeTV" to activate

Best regards,
Felix Schwarz

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