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20.09.2006 08:36:49

Graphics Slowdown with RemoteBuddy

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Hello! First off, I love Remote Buddy. However, an issue I'm experiencing with this app is really deterring me from using the program right now.

Basically, I'm getting stuttering when viewing animations or movies fullscreen. For example, the animation when Front Row opens or closes normally would be smooth when RemoteBuddy is closed. But if I run Remote Buddy, the framerate slows down and no longer shows a smooth animation. This slowdown also affects movie viewing, where the video begins to fall behind audio (this does not happen when Remote Buddy is closed).

On a side note, this graphics issue does not occur when I use rival apps.

Here are my specs:
Mac mini
1.66GHz Intel Core Duo
1GB DDR2 RAM
Mac OSX 10.4.7 (build 8J2135a)

Last edited: 20.09.2006 08:37:57

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.

User

20.09.2006 12:11:02

Re: Graphics Slowdown with RemoteBuddy

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Hello Jason,

thanks for sharing (and sorry I didn't get around to answer your
email regarding this yet).

There should only be a short slowdown when you switch applications
since this will make Remote Buddy internally update its display to
represent the current state, so it'll appear instantly when you next
call up the menu. Since none of the other apps for the remote do have
a real, fully integrated menu system like Remote Buddy - with online
help, sliders, ratings and everything, they of course can't even be
tempted to redraw anything of that for later viewing ;-)

Rest assured, though, I'm aware of the problem and am working on a fix.

Best regards,
Felix

User

13.03.2007 13:13:15

Re: Graphics Slowdown with RemoteBuddy

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Hi Felix,
I have the same problem, too. Especially when using Frontrow RemoteBuddy seems tu slow down the framerate. I am using a MacBook Core2Duo with 1,5GB RAM.

Regards,
Daniel

User

13.03.2007 23:07:11

Re: Re: Graphics Slowdown with RemoteBuddy

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Hi Daniel,

thanks for posting. Are you using the latest release?

Previous releases did do some drawing in the background (and IIRC I
also fixed some remains of this in the upcoming RC2) to present a
refreshed menu when it is being invoked. Since Apple seems to rely on
Front Row having exclusive access to the graphics system at the time
it's invoked and no major drawing being done in the background, a
minimal slow down - or interruption - in the intro animation can occur.

Also, the phenoma is more likely to occur on mobile Macs as well when
they are running on battery power, since their GPUs are then
throttled by OS X (I noticed when testing some new stuff in RC2).

Best regards,
Felix

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