Is Front Row Really Gone?

[Resist]

I heard that Mac OS Lion doesn't have Front Row. This just figures after I finally started connecting my Macbook Pro to the TV. Front Row was an easy way to navigate to my content from the couch. Darn you Apple!

 

[480951]

This has been asked many times, however for those who haven't seen this yet a user already made a fix: http://www.mac-hatter.com/blog/frontrowenablerforlion

 

[ConnorCG]

And of course there are always third party alternative, such as Plex or Boxee.

 

[Resist]

Shouldn't have to make a fix or use a third party alternative. Front Row worked and people liked it.

 

[ConnorCG]

Oh I'm with you man, I was just giving some recommendations.

 

[Rychiar]

i liked it in Tiger. the Leopard version looked dated and lost something. i stopped using it then

 

[njvan]

Everything I did in Front Row, I can do better with an AppleTV2. I really love that little thing! I recommend getting one of those.

 

[Resist]

I wish I could get an AppleTV, but my dated HD TV doesn't have HDMI inputs.

 

[WeegieMac]

This has been asked many times, however for those who haven't seen this yet a user already made a fix: http://www.mac-hatter.com/blog/frontrowenablerforlion

Works like a charm, my wife loves the trailers on Front Row as well as watches movies and TV shows on it. Superb.

 

[Resist]

Okay so I decided to give Flex a try and while it looks nice, it's not seeing all my media and what it does see, the app changed the names. And the Plex icon in my applications folder has a circle with a line through it. I don't think it's working correctly.

 

[Reaktor5]

Okay so I decided to give Flex a try and while it looks nice, it's not seeing all my media and what it does see, the app changed the names. Why is it doing this?

Plex pulls in metadata to help organize your media.

 

[Resist]

Plex pulls in metadata to help organize your media.

Well I'm not pleased. Front Row was much easier to use.

 

[PeterHolbrook]

Front Row 2.2.1 works just fine under Lion. Its integration with iTunes, however, is seamless only with iTunes 10.3.1 and lower. With iTunes 10.4 integration gets broken. Perhaps someone will figure out a way of making them work together again, or maybe Apple will release a revamped version of Front Row (possibly for SL only).

 

[Resist]

Plex is only seeing 1/10th of my music collection. What the heck?

 

[mgridgaway]

I, too, installed Plex after finding out Front Row was no more. I like the interface, but it crashed on me whenever I tried to play a video. I assume this is Lion related.