Front Row/Remote

Thomas McGrath III 3mcgrath at adelphia.net
Sat Apr 22 10:33:40 EDT 2006


Chris,

If you approach this from the software side you might have better  
luck. Open up Applescript editor and see about the Dictionary for  
Front Row. I don't have Front Row so I can't tell what features are  
available for third party apps via AS.

Then if there are messages for FR from within AS then you can arrange  
them and control them from within Rev.


HTH - Let us know,

Tom

On Apr 22, 2006, at 10:13 AM, Chris Carroll-Davis wrote:

> Hello all -
>
> Anyone have any suggestions on how I might be able to intercept  
> input from the Apple remote control?
>
> I have to say I am mightily unimpressed with Front Row.  After you  
> get past the initial wow factor of the whizz-bang carousel effect,  
> the rest of the interface (i think) is very limited.  E.g. to  
> select shared music is a couple of presses down, even though that  
> is all I *ever* want to do (I have no music stored locally on the  
> MiniMac).  Then when I do get to choose a track, I am stuck with  
> the track name/artist in enormous white lettering. Yuk.
>
> Front Row might be fine to cover general use for most users, but I  
> (having access to Rev's abilities) could do much better for my own  
> *personal* set up.  E.g. I could (and have) use Rev to do custom  
> still/video slideshow or make internet radio interface - but I wish  
> I could hijack the remote control!!!
>
> I have tried switching on the message watcher and pressing buttons  
> on the remote in the hope that it might trigger something (e.g.  
> rawkeydown) but nada.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
> Chris
>
>
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