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Front Row 1.2.2 Now Available

Great new feature in the update. If you hold the menu down on the remote and hold down the shift and left arrow key the magnet will now activate on the left side of the imac screen as well, so you can place the remote on the left side. You have to hit menu, shift, right arrow if you want to bring the magnet back to the other side. :D
 
On the way down, just hope it will fix all my problems.....well next update I want more functionality.....:cool:

Movie trailer works, CPU usage is fine after I quit FR....great :)
 
Its nice to hear that some people are having luck and are happy, personally the feature I would like if for apple to all front row to run on all macs, not just the new ones. I know there are hacks and things, but I like OS X because its stable, all these hacks and tweaks make the system unstable! <goes off to install UNO> :D
 
Slightly off-topic, but does the current Mac Mini and Apple DVD Player support DTS passthrough? IOW, can the optical output be connected to a DTS compatible AV amp for multichannel audio? Can all audio produced by Mac Mini be automatically routed to the optical output instead of analog/headphone? Does the Mac Mini have enough horsepower to decode digital SDTV and HDTV streams?
 
cazlar said:
"Purchased movies" - do they mean video content in general or is this a sign?
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I suspect "in general", given that all video content tends to go into a "Movies" folder on your hard disk.... unless they're Pixar short movies, in which case they're in your iTunes library, or video podcasts, which are similar.
 
JFreak said:
Slightly off-topic, but does the current Mac Mini and Apple DVD Player support DTS passthrough? IOW, can the optical output be connected to a DTS compatible AV amp for multichannel audio? Can all audio produced by Mac Mini be automatically routed to the optical output instead of analog/headphone? Does the Mac Mini have enough horsepower to decode digital SDTV and HDTV streams?
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My mini's optical out is routed to my AV amp and last time I checked, it seemed to pass through the Dolby Digital sound from DVD Player through OK. Don't know about DTS though.

Normal sound goes down the optical link too.

Multi-channel audio AAC does not get encoded as 5.1 or whatever, so you just end up with stereo. Shame that.

My mini is a core duo jobbie and it has no obvious problems with 720p playback. I've not bothered with 1080 stuff as my TV isn't that highres.
 
Easy install

If you've already installed 1.2.1 with FRE, simply unpack the Archive.gz file that's inside the 1.2.2 updater package. You'll find the new Front Row.app file inside, replace the old one with it (you will need to quit it, which can be done with a simple AppleScript: tell application "Front Row" quit end tell)
You will need to log out and log back in for it to work.

Works great on my dual G5 and my old G4 :)
 
problem with Software Update on new MBPro17

I just picked up my MBPro 17 last night, did the firewire transfer, and the only issue was that it said Virex did not transfer. Funny thing was that Virex was abloe to do an eUpdate after that, and it seemed fine.

Then, I ran SoftwareUpdate, yesterday's big one, and restarted, and then I was stuck upon fully relaunching. Starting up in Safe mode, and repairing permissions, did not help. I did a search, and found there might be an issue with Adobe Version Cue, but I didn't seem to have that file.

Finally, I thought back about the warning, trashed Virex Folder, and restarted, and all was well. Funny how Virex was fine in it's crippled state until the update.

All of the other Apps seem to have transferred fine so far.
 
FrontRowUpdate1.2.2. error on install

I just ran the new security update on my MBP 17" and tried to update to the Front Row 1.2.2. I get the strange error message during install

"This software update requires a Macintosh with a built-in infrared (IR) receiver running Mac OS X 10.4.5 or later."

Obviously the MBP has system 10.4.6 and has IR. Any ideas?
 
Esay Install No Problems

Installed along with Security update on

Mac Mini Duo Core
MacBook Pro
iMac Duo Core

No problems, no glitches, easy install.
 
lekun said:
Isn't there some way to check app files for what computers they support (e.g. Macbook Pro 1,1)? Has anyone done this to see if these updates provide support for unrealesed computers?
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yes there is. select show package contents on the installer, then go into the contents folder. open up the frontrowupdate1.2.2.dist with text editor and look for the installation check. here's what it says:

function installationCheck()
{
if ( !isModel("PowerMac12,1") && !isModel("iMac4,1") && !isModel("MacBookPro1,1") && !isModel("Macmini1,1") )
{
my.result.message = system.localizedStringWithFormat('ERROR_MODEL');
my.result.type = 'Fatal';
return false;
}
return true;
}


so.. all we have here iMac core duo, MacBoook Pro, Macmini and the PowerMac12,1 (which is the iMac G5 with iSight). so..nothing new here. sorry.
 
Use Pacifist For Rejecting Installs

Herfnwolf said:
I just ran the new security update on my MBP 17" and tried to update to the Front Row 1.2.2. I get the strange error message during install

"This software update requires a Macintosh with a built-in infrared (IR) receiver running Mac OS X 10.4.5 or later."

Obviously the MBP has system 10.4.6 and has IR. Any ideas?
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Try running the updater with Pacifist. Worked for me on a Non IR Quad. Be patient and wait 15 seconds to hit the "not now" button to avoid needing to buy it. :)
 
Easiest Install

The easiest way to install Front Row on non-IR Macs doesn't require even Pacifist.
Just like the previous post explained how to check which models it supports, you just need to right-click on the FrontRowUpdate1.2.2.pkg and show package contents, then Contents, then open the FrontRowUpdate1.2.2.dist with Textedit. Navigate to where it says what models are supported. (e.g. "PowerMac12,1"
Going to 'About This Mac', then 'More Info' on your computer will show your model. (e.g. My Dual 1.8 G5 is PowerMac7,3)
Just replace one of the models in quotes in the .dist file in Textedit with your model, save, then run the pkg as usual. Simple. Make sure you take the package out of the disk image though before you try to edit the dist file, because sometimes it won't allow you to save the file if it's still on there. Just put it on your desktop before starting.
 
solidgoldmini said:
The easiest way to install Front Row on non-IR Macs doesn't require even Pacifist.
Just like the previous post explained how to check which models it supports, you just need to right-click on the FrontRowUpdate1.2.2.pkg and show package contents, then Contents, then open the FrontRowUpdate1.2.2.dist with Textedit. Navigate to where it says what models are supported. (e.g. "PowerMac12,1"
Going to 'About This Mac', then 'More Info' on your computer will show your model. (e.g. My Dual 1.8 G5 is PowerMac7,3)
Just replace one of the models in quotes in the .dist file in Textedit with your model, save, then run the pkg as usual. Simple. Make sure you take the package out of the disk image though before you try to edit the dist file, because sometimes it won't allow you to save the file if it's still on there. Just put it on your desktop before starting.
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or what's even easier is to delete all that stuff so it just says:

function installationCheck()
{

return true;
}

i think that is the easiest way to do this.
 
I'm not sure if this is a new feature, or just something I never noticed before (I didn't use Front Row at all, so didn't bother with the remote), but you can use the remote to run iTunes. You do not need to go through Front Row in order to do this.
Thus, you can have the iTunes visualizer going full screen and use the remote to move through your songs. Is this new?

With the update, the 'Movie Trailers' feature in Front Row FINALLY works. 'bout time. I can now better show off Front Row to the PC users in the family. (Still, it would be nice if you could access all movie trailers...not just current ones.)
 
Use Apple Movie Trailers Web Page

BlueMars said:
I'm not sure if this is a new feature, or just something I never noticed before (I didn't use Front Row at all, so didn't bother with the remote), but you can use the remote to run iTunes. You do not need to go through Front Row in order to do this.
Thus, you can have the iTunes visualizer going full screen and use the remote to move through your songs. Is this new?

With the update, the 'Movie Trailers' feature in Front Row FINALLY works. 'bout time. I can now better show off Front Row to the PC users in the family. (Still, it would be nice if you could access all movie trailers...not just current ones.)
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You can access all by going to the Apple Movie Trailers Web Page where many more are listed. Worst case you have to google a movie to find its web site and manually download its trailer. ;)
 
People love explosions!

ATG said:
Now all I need is a Mac with front row. Donations anyone? ;)
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You may need to propose that you'll blow up your existing one once you get enough donations to buy a new Intel Mac. :D
 
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