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h2a
i'm still waiting for volume control and then this would be perfect. until i have volume contol with the apple remote, i can't bother with AppleTV as a substitute for FrontRow
Ozir
DsurioN is the man! thumbsup_anim.gif
bsod
My keyboard works with IRKeyboardEmu.kext by b.holland but for some reason if i press Up on my keyboard, the kext thinks it has been pressed 5 or 6 times. So it is impossible to actually navigate the menus, anyone else have this problem?
sponkemonke
Followed all the instructions. I see that intro video. Then the screen goes blank for a few seconds then it loads the OSX Finder. Anyone know whats happening?
Note this on a Hackintosh
bootsee
Mine is running fine. I use RemoteBuddy with Keyspan RF remote for Frontrow.

Volume works just fine (if u want to disable the fact that it changes with the up/down keys, remove RCD.app from /system/library/coreservices)
And set the REMOTE BUDDY to respond to UP(or Donw) key held to Volume UP/DOwn
MACaroni
Hay,

I have Apple TV installed on my External Harddrive....On startup I entered the OSX and when I pushed my remote to startup the Apple TV I worked fine...
But heres the problem...when i wanted to play music Apple TV asked to connect whit ITunes.
So I quited ATV and opend Itunes, putted in my right screen. opend ATV again on my left screen.
In Itunes,ATV connected but I had to give in a code in Itunes.
But i couldnt switch to Itunes to put in the number...

Any help?

Thanx in advance!
xShad0w
I don't get one thing, If i put mac os x on my apple tv, can i replace that front row with this, or is this only for intel macs
TheLucster
QUOTE(pix @ Mar 31 2007, 08:35 PM) *
hi!

i tried everything like describe, but Front Row.app always crashes for me on a 20" intel iMac. here is hwat i get:

EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE (0x0002) at 0x000007f0

Thread 0 Crashed:
0 0x1000 + 201158
1 -[BRMediaHost addMediaProvider:] + 138
2 0x1000 + 33227
3 0x1000 + 27006
4 0x1000 + 21589
5 0x1000 + 21043
6 0x1000 + 18932
7 0x1000 + 1512278
8 0x1000 + 1512061

console.log:
Mar 31 12:33:33 iMac FrontRow[393]: Message Handler Installation Failed: bootstrap_check_in(): 0x44c: Bootstrap not privileged\n
Mar 31 12:33:33 iMac FrontRow[393]: No matching IR micro server found.
Mar 31 12:33:33 iMac FrontRow[393]: VERS: failed to get ImageVersion for display
Mar 31 12:33:33 iMac FrontRow[393]: VERS: failed to get BootImageVersion for display
Mar 31 12:33:33 iMac /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/BackRow.framework/Resources/SettingsHelper: Failed to setuid
Mar 31 12:33:33 iMac FrontRow[393]: Settings helper failed: status 100
Mar 31 12:33:33 iMac /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/BackRow.framework/Resources/SettingsHelper: Failed to setuid
Mar 31 12:33:33 iMac FrontRow[393]: Settings helper failed: status 100
Mar 31 12:33:34 iMac FrontRow[393]: VERS: failed to get ImageValid for display
Mar 31 12:33:35 iMac FrontRow[393]: Message Handler Installation Failed: service port is NULL\n
Mar 31 12:33:36 iMac crashdump[397]: Front Row crashed
Mar 31 12:33:36 iMac crashdump[397]: crash report written to: /Users/rl/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/Front Row.crash.log



anyone has any thoughst on why this might be? sounds like many folks here have run this on 20" iMac without trouble?

thanks!


Im getting exactly the same on a 1.83Ghz CD MacBook running 10.4.10. Strangely it works fine on my Hackintosh, but as I have no IR I can't control it....

QUOTE(bsod @ Jun 24 2007, 07:16 AM) *
My keyboard works with IRKeyboardEmu.kext by b.holland but for some reason if i press Up on my keyboard, the kext thinks it has been pressed 5 or 6 times. So it is impossible to actually navigate the menus, anyone else have this problem?


I get this as well as the volume changing, but I presume bootsee's suggestion would fix this.
Ozir
Updating to 1.1 question:

I grabbed the Apple TV 1.1 installer from the interwebs. Do I just run it on my mac mini (currently running aTV 1.0) or are there some steps I must take? unsure.gif

Thank you cool.gif
omikronz
Has anyone that had the issue of back row crashing after intro video figured out what was wrong?
joachim_vanhove
I have a question on installing the original Front Row app again
I've tried to put the backup of the original back into the /System/Library/CoreServices/ directory
and there I have to click Authenticate, Replace, and give my password. But then i get an error messages that tells me that it can't complete the operation because I don't have enough rights...
Wo now i don't have any front row when i press my menu button on the remote...

what can I do about it?
thanx!!!
philznow
is there a way of docking the front row by anychance also anyway of changing the resolution and also is there a way to use my mac book using the mini dvi to vga to put the front row on the second screen ?
hemiola
Any word if the new update will work with this method ? Or do we need to wait for a new build of the hacked version?
jay.tyler
is anybody working on a hack to get the "take 2" software running on Macs?
aragorn
yeah, i definitely also can`t wait for this...
netcastle
Just found this. It looks like it is only running on Tiger. But what is so intriguing about it is that this might somehow allow us to use Nvidia GPU decoding of h264 which is what the @tv uses. I will look into it further, but I hope this re-ignites the initiative.
thespottedelf
Could you install Atv take two onto a mac using this same method? or is it completely different?
netcastle
I'm not sure if this guy did this on a mac or a hack. I haven't yet looked into the discussion on the IRC. I'll see what I can find out.
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