Problems with the Mac remote.

[psibreaker]

Whenever the remote is enabled in Boxee, It never works when I'm not on Boxee. If I disable remote in Boxee it works fine outside of it.:confused:

Any work around for this?

[crackertc]

Whenever the remote is enabled in Boxee, It never works when I'm not on Boxee. If I disable remote in Boxee it works fine outside of it.:confused:

Any work around for this?


Yes, go into boxee's settings, and where you disable the remote, leave it enabled but uncheck "ALWAYS RUNNING". This way the remote will work on boxee only when boxee is open, if it's closed it will work on everything else...

[brumos]

What's the solution for AppleTV users?

I'm stuck at the main menu because i can't select boxee in order to go in and change the settings. The remote is not functioning.
I'm sure there's a way to do it using Terminal.
Any help would be much appreciated.
As of now my Apple TV is useless until I do a factory restore (which i do not want to do unless it's a must).

Is there a way to uninstall Boxee without having to do a Factory Restore?

[crackertc]

What's the solution for AppleTV users?

I'm stuck at the main menu because i can't select boxee in order to go in and change the settings. The remote is not functioning.
I'm sure there's a way to do it using Terminal.
Any help would be much appreciated.
As of now my Apple TV is useless until I do a factory restore (which i do not want to do unless it's a must).

Is there a way to uninstall Boxee without having to do a Factory Restore?


I have no idea if your remote is not functioning, you could try "re-pairing" the remote by pointing to the appletv and holding menu/next buttons at the same time.

If that doesn't work, and you have ssh access to the apple tv, then try uninstalling boxee. To proceed with that follow the following steps:


ssh frontrow@appletv.local

sudo rm -rf /Applications/Boxee.app/

sudo rm -rf /Applications/XBMC.app/

sudo rm -rf /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/PlugIns/XBMCLauncher.frappliance/

rm -rf /Users/frontrow/Library/Application\ Support/BOXEE/

rm -rf /Users/frontrow/Library/Application\ Support/XBMC/

reboot


Boxee will not be installed in the system anymore and all traces will be deleted.
Please post with results.

[brumos]

I have no idea if your remote is not functioning, you could try "re-pairing" the remote by pointing to the appletv and holding menu/next buttons at the same time.

If that doesn't work, and you have ssh access to the apple tv, then try uninstalling boxee. To proceed with that follow the following steps:


ssh frontrow@appletv.local

sudo rm -rf /Applications/Boxee.app/

sudo rm -rf /Applications/XBMC.app/

sudo rm -rf /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/PlugIns/XBMCLauncher.frappliance/

rm -rf /Users/frontrow/Library/Application\ Support/BOXEE/

rm -rf /Users/frontrow/Library/Application\ Support/XBMC/

reboot


Boxee will not be installed in the system anymore and all traces will be deleted.
Please post with results.

Well I tried unpairing the remote, then re-pairing it but that did nothing.

Next I deleted the BOXEE & XBMC folders from ~/Library/Application Support thinking that it might be a preference file or setting. Again, I had no luck.

Finally, I ssh'd and removed both apps as per your instructions. This did the trick!

Thank you very much for your help.

Now i will re-install and set the setting for the remote.

This is a MAJOR bug for AppleTV users and the default setting for the remote in BOXEE should be changed so it is NOT 'always running'

[crackertc]

GREAT, glad I helped you.

Yes, I don't have a work around for that since I haven't tried it personally but when I do, and if I find a solution for that I will definitely post it.