I suggest getting a Harmony Remote to control EyeTV, FrontRow, and Boxee.
I suggest getting a Harmony Remote to control EyeTV, FrontRow, and Boxee.
Your post triggered me to look at the FrontPython (http://code.google.com/p/frontpython/) stuff to see if this could be done. I just hacked the FrontMyth plugin to call Boxee instead and it seems to work. Transitions aren't pretty (you can see the desktop), but it works. I'll leave the beautification to others.
The plugin can be had at:
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/249503/Fr...rappliance.zip
unzip the file and drop it in:
/System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/PlugIns
You'll have to authenticate. Kill and restart Front Row and you should see an entry for Boxee. Works for me. Hopefully it works for you too.![]()
Awesome Front Row plugin!! Just what I've been wantingThanks alot NewfD90.
There are a couple things I noticed.
1. Scrolling through a long list freezes sometimes for a second or so.
2. I noticed that I can't minimize Boxee and use another program. Boxee pops back to the front.
It's worth it to me for now. Will let you know if I encounter any other issues.
Yeah, it's not perfect by any means, but it mostly works.
If anybody else wants to hack at it, the source code is here:
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/249503/FrontBoxeeSrc.zip
Also, I created an installer for the plugin. I'm more partial to the command line, so let me know if it works.It's here:
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/249503/FrontBoxee.pkg
Great idea and just what I wanted but it's not working for mei get the menu in front row but when i choose Boxee it loads it up and just hangs on an all white screen and I can see the title bar instead of full screen - no text or anything. Just a white screen.
I am running a Mini with latest Leopard updates. Any ideas?
seems to be working fine for me. I tried some Hulu shows and a couple of RSS feeds. I doesn't look there is an impact in terms of performance that I can see.
Craig
Mac Mini 1.83Mhz C2D w/ 4GB
Verizon FIOS w/ plenty of bandwidth
I'm using an older Intel Macbook Core Duo 2ghz with 10.5.5. Works pretty well for me and it launches ok from Front Row. Takes about 2 seconds.
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