Boxee Beta, SL 10.6.2 and the Apple Remote

[shadowbottle]

Has anyone gotten this to work at all?
In this configuration if I have "tv.boxee.helper.plist" loaded up the Apple Remote won't work at all for anything, even pairing. I created a test account and logged in to confirm, and the remote works fine there (this is the new aluminum remote). Once I remove "tv.boxee.helper.plist" and log back in the remote now works for Front Row and other uses (like iTunes and Movist). Unsurprisingly, it works just as well in Boxee with "tv.boxee.helper.plist" as without - in other words it doesn't work at all.

I've reinstalled but that hasn't made any difference (nor did it replace or recreate a tv.boxee.helper.plist, which is interesting). Here's the contents in any case:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>KeepAlive</key>
	<true/>
	<key>Label</key>
	<string>tv.boxee.helper</string>
	<key>ProgramArguments</key>
	<array>
		<string>/Applications/Media/Boxee.app/Contents/Resources/Boxee/bin/boxeeservice</string>
		<string>--timeout</string><string>500</string>
<string>--port</string><string>9770</string>
	</array>
	<key>QueueDirectories</key>
	<array/>
	<key>RunAtLoad</key>
	<true/>
</dict>
</plist>

I don't see anything there that stands out (he said, inexpertly).

Anyone have any ideas? Have I overlooked something simple?

TIA

[shadowbottle]

Installing Candelair and enabling leopard compatibility gets the remote working in Boxee but still disables it in Front Row >_<

[AJerman]

I highly suggest you avoid the hassle and look into mira (http://twistedmelon.com/mira/). I just swapped from using Boxee on my PC to using my Mac as a front end and my PC as a media server, and mira makes using the default Apple remote a wonder. I've got my default global profile set to send all clicks to iTunes unless I'm in boxee, and you can configure it for Front Row as well, and it will switch based on what app is in the foreground. Plus, it allows you to set the Menu button on the remote to a Menu to launch a predefined set of apps of your choice.

I'm still in my free trial period, but I'll very likely pay the $10 that it costs for the power it adds to the remote. Definitely worth it!

[shadowbottle]

I highly suggest you avoid the hassle and look into mira (http://twistedmelon.com/mira/). I just swapped from using Boxee on my PC to using my Mac as a front end and my PC as a media server, and mira makes using the default Apple remote a wonder. I've got my default global profile set to send all clicks to iTunes unless I'm in boxee, and you can configure it for Front Row as well, and it will switch based on what app is in the foreground. Plus, it allows you to set the Menu button on the remote to a Menu to launch a predefined set of apps of your choice.

I'm still in my free trial period, but I'll very likely pay the $10 that it costs for the power it adds to the remote. Definitely worth it!

That sounds as ideal as the situation provides. I'll have to give it a try. Thanks for the suggestion!

[neuralstatic]

this used to work fine, i hope it will again.
luckily, i have boxee remote on the iphone, but there must be a solution for boxee + 10.6 + apple remote.

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by the way candelair works ok, simple, quick, free.

[ccjensen]

I use remotebuddy which is extremely expandable (you can make custom actions). It also brings up a custom menu when clicking the menu button on the remote.