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09.11.2010 20:41:12

Custom actions in EyeTV context menu?

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Hi,

I'd like to add some specific actions to Remote Buddy's context menu for EyeTV and which are not available as choices. There are some things I'd like to do with EyeTV using only the Apple Remote, but corresponding choices don't appear when I go to edit the EyeTV context menu: only a limited list (9 actions) is displayed in the top level of the Item Library for EyeTV and no custom actions are shown as available.

That is in contrast to the choices in the drop down list for each button under the Mapping tab where there are 22 top level actions and custom actions can also be selected.

Is there some way I can get a custom action into a context menu?

Glenn

These entries from the FAQ may be relevant to this topic:

Configuration

How do I add a new action to a Behaviour - f.ex. an emulated key press or AppleScript? (FAQ015E0153)
1) Open the Remote Buddy Preferences via the pulldown-menu and choose "Mapping".
2) Choose the mapping you want to modify.
3) Select "Custom actions" for the button you want to map to an action of your own.
4) Create the action you need using the appearing editor.

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.

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

11.11.2010 06:43:11

Re: Custom actions in EyeTV context menu?

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Thanks for asking.

Please make sure that - in the Custom Actions window in Prefs > Mapping - you have selected the "globally available" checkbox for the actions you want to use in the menu.

Best regards,
Felix Schwarz

User

11.11.2010 20:16:12

Re: Custom actions in EyeTV context menu?

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Thanks Felix.

That works, but there is an aspect of it that I prefer not to have. I'd like an action to be in a context menu, but not be global. Would it be possible to choose those independently?

A non-custom action in the EyeTV behavior, such as "Close video windows", gets sent to and is executed by EyeTV, whether or not an EyeTV window is on top. That is in contrast to a custom action I tried, which is executed by the application with the window on top. For instance, if a finder window is on top and a custom action in the Remote Buddy menu for EyeTV is executed (say, "Command-i") then the finder executes it, not EyeTV, even though I've implemented the action as an Applescript to be sent to EyeTV: 'Tell Application "EyeTV" to keystroke "i" using {command down}'.

Glenn

Last edited: 12.11.2010 02:40:48

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