Front Row/Remote

[Chris Carroll-Davis]

Tom -

Good suggestion - I rushed off to try.  But unfortunately no joy.   
Front Row is a very non-standard app and doesn't seem to be at all  
scriptable. Blast.

I am expecting to be beaten by this one!

C



On 22 Apr 2006, at 15:33, Thomas McGrath III wrote:

> 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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