johan Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 Just wondering, is there a universal binary of frontrowe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urig-herb Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 It must exist on the new intel macs, but it's not out there in the wild (yet). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takuro Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?showtopic=7151 There's already a topic about this. It hasn't had any new posts in a while. I really wish the uni-bin FrontRow would leak too. I might ask the guy who leaked the ATi kexts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p3n5t3r Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 How would you control front row without the remote? With a PDA maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiaboliK Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 you can use griffin airclick or one of your bluetooth phones. theres a couple tricks out there to use a remote on FR with no prob. just get some google action goin and you'll find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takuro Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 If you're not a very lazy person, you could always just hit the ESC key (or any other key you configure FrontRow to run with) and it pops up. Then you just use the arrow keys and enter key to navigate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alc0h0lic Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 FrontRow 1.3 unibin will be released very soon. Estimated for: 10th February 2006 More major updates packed into Front Row including an easy installer and Universal Binary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takuro Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 The current FrontRow preinstalled on all iMacs is universal already. Why wait till February 10th... Any credible sources, alc0h0lic? o_o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p3n5t3r Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 Nice, I figured out my phone can control my mac through bluetooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
errandwolfe Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 How would you control front row without the remote? With a PDA maybe? Most of the Keyspan remotes now have beta unibin drivers for Intel Macs. Using that plus Front Row through Rosetta. Was a little tricky to get working, but it does work. Still has a few issues now and then. If you are a patient person wait for the Front Row unibin. But the remote itself (Keyspan iTunes Remote) does have maps for Front Row and works fairly well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alc0h0lic Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 A hacked "free for all" FrontRow 1.3 universal version is scheduled for release on 10 february by mcmacsite. http://www.mcmacsite.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takuro Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 Front Row 1.3 SOON!January/18/2006 08:06 PM We are proud to announce a new version of Apple's Front Row software. You might be asking yourself, why are we releasing a version of Front Row if Apple's has not. Well the truth is, it is a massive update for "Intel" users and a easy installation for new users. See the full feature list below. Easy Apple Installer Universal Binary (INTEL & POWERPC) Full iLife '06 Support and format compatibility USB IR adapter support We think this is a good update to make Front Row run along side the new Media Centers for the Macintosh that are currently out or that are releasing at the end of this month. iTheater, CenterStage, MediaCentral, etc. Release date for people outside of the McMAC Site Loop is currently unknown. We are currently waiting a little bit of time to make sure it will run on a PC running Mac OS X x86 v.10.4.4 once it is hacked. But we might release a 1.3.1 after that is hacked and released. So stay tuned to your favorite Macintosh site for more information over time. Here's the article for anybody who wants to read it. Thanks, alc0h0lic. I actually read this article a while ago and didn't realize it was for the uni-bin Front Row. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munky Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 10.4.4 restore disc has leaked... maybe you could use pacifist to grab Front Row out of that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuruu Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 strange, i couldn't find the front row app on the leaked restore disc... used pacifist. anyone else had luck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tek_No Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 It's in folder /Volumes/Mac OS X Install Disc 1/System/Installation/Packages/.packages What I did is just use Terminal to copy the FrontRow.pkg to my desktop using: cp -R -L -p ./FrontRow.pkg/ /Users/xxxxyyyy/Desktop/FrontRow.pkg (where xxxxyyyy is your username) When double-clicking the .pkg file I get a "This software is not compatible with your system" error... What does FrontRow need: loaded ATI kext? Working OpenGL? Working Core Image? (I'm using a Radeon 9000 in vesa mode for the moment...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sudar Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 When double-clicking the .pkg file I get a "This software is not compatible with your system" error... What does FrontRow need: loaded ATI kext? Working OpenGL? Working Core Image? Probably it just checks your system version.. If you put there "10.4.4" it may be just enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuruu Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 so i extracted the frontrow.app, and it is a universal binary. but it doesn't execute... is there something you have to do? does it work like xpose or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tek_No Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 Extracted the .app??? I guess you first need to install it in a proper way: by installing the application's pkg (package) before you can try to actually use it About my version... I already changed my version to read "10.4.4" so that is not the problem... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuruu Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 used pacifist to run the pkg and install it. seemed to go no problems. but there was no sign of frontrow in my pref pane for keyboard shortcuts. tried logging out. no go. maybe stupidly, i ran the software from http://www.andrewescobar.com/frontrow/ because it has a step 'enable front row' now i can't access my sound or keyboard pref panes. hmmmmm. =P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuruu Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 The package ripped from the DVD is available here [Edited] Hope someone can have a good poke around. =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sudar Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 The package ripped from the DVD is available here [edit - the one Mashugly missed - sorry] Hope someone can have a good poke around. =) Thanx a lot! In 3 hours on getting home I shall try it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tek_No Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 At least you were able to install it: I even can't get to that point Do you have any video kext loaded? Do you have CI, QE and OpenGL running? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suleiman Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 for the broken sound and keyboard bits you can check earlier in this thread melchior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sudar Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 At least you were able to install it: I even can't get to that point Do you have any video kext loaded? Do you have CI, QE and OpenGL running? I have Intel D915GUX, everything works that supposed to work (10.4.3 8f1111a/g). Will see tonight how about this FrontRow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urig-herb Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 I can't install it. It shows a "not compatible" message. See my system below. I manually set my version to 10.4.4 8G1165, but that didn't help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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