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19.07.2006 10:37:57

vlc, second screen, Remote Buddy

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Hi,

i just downloaded remote buddy and its great for now!
I want to use my MBP as a media central with vlc for playing HD video files on my beamer. The beamer is my second screen and has a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels. Now I want to play these video files with vlc, because it can passthrough 5.1 ac3 or dts sound to my multichannel receiver attached with S/PDIF to my MBP.
My problem is, how can I do it, that, when opening a movie, this movie shows up on the beamer in fullscreen and not on my MacBookPro? Or can I map a key from the Apple Remote to do the F7 function (syncing screens) so that remote buddy shows up on the beamer as well.
Another suggestion is to put a key sequence on a key (likely long press - or so) to select the beamer as main screen and play the movie on this screen?

Sincerly, Jan

Last edited: 19.07.2006 12:28:07

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.
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.

User

20.07.2006 22:10:02

Re: vlc, second screen, Remote Buddy

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Hi Jan,

thanks for your posting, sorry for the delay in answering.

I don't see a way to make VLC move its window to a screen of your
choice. It remembers the position of the playlist window but not the
playback window. You could however create a simple action in the
Behaviour Construction Kit that emulates the keystroke needed to sync
screens, check the "Globally available" checkbox and then map it in
the preferences either inside the VLC mapping settings or globally
(although I wouldn't do this for this function).

I've looked into ways to switch main screens but yet have to find
one. This function in OS X is not covered in its dev docs. I'll keep
looking into it, though. No promises, but the idea for sure is not
forgotten.

Best regards,
Felix

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