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02.03.2015 21:40:10

Eye TV / Kodi - Stop EyeTV when behavior changes to Kodi

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Hi,

i am running eye TV and Kodi on an mac mini. Whenever both behaviors are active (even when eye tv is in pause mode) and i am on Kodi the playback of a movie is very slow. I think the reason is that i am using digital audio out. So i want that eye tv will ne closed by remote buddy when i change to Kodi. How can i get this to work?

Kind Regards

PS: When somebody knows a solution that both apps can run in parallel an help is 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 - 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

04.03.2015 23:43:01

Re: Eye TV / Kodi - Stop EyeTV when behavior changes to Kodi

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This posting is older than 6 months and can contain outdated information.

This can't really be automated at this point.

But one thing you may want to try is closing all EyeTV video windows (Remote Buddy provides an action for that which can you can add to the menu (if it's not already there by default)) - not the entire EyeTV application. On older Mac minis, graphics memory is a very scarce resource - and this should free up some of these resources, possibly already fixing the performance issues you see when using both applications at the same time.

Another idea for you may be to create a custom action in EyeTV to switch from EyeTV to Kodi. It could be composed of the actions "EyeTV > Close all playback windows" and "Behaviours > Activate Kodi Behaviour". Alternatively, you could also use "Behaviours > Quit currently controlled application" and "Behaviours > Activate Kodi Behaviour". You could then put an entry for that action in the menu or assign it to a button of your choice.

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