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A while back I posted asking for this feature, and you said it would be available in Preview 7, but it doesn't seem to be there yet. So, perhaps there was a misunderstanding.
I keep all of my DVDs backed up to an external 1TB disk. As things are now, I can use the remote to control VLC just fine, but I still need a keyboard to select a movie. Navigating the VLC playlist is a pain period, and more so with the remote. I generally end up using the Finder to find a movie I want to watch, then dragging it over to VLC. I want to be able to do everything with the remote, though.
I'd like to have an action that lets me specify a given folder (say, /Volumes/Media), browse that folder using the remote, and whenever I select a folder that contains a VIDEO_TS folder, open it in VLC (or, another user-specified app).
Does this seem doable? It's really the last thing I need to be able to do everything from my couch with the Apple Remote :-)
-Jonathan