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Old November 14th, 2008, 12:12 PM
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I suggest getting a Harmony Remote to control EyeTV, FrontRow, and Boxee.
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Old December 9th, 2008, 01:11 PM
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Is there any way to launch Boxee from within Front Row, like it is done on the Atv? I'm wanting to be able to use Boxee, Front Row, and EyeTV on the same box using only the Apple Remote.
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.
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Old December 9th, 2008, 03:15 PM
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Awesome Front Row plugin!! Just what I've been wanting Thanks alot NewfD90.
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Old December 9th, 2008, 03:31 PM
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Awesome Front Row plugin!! Just what I've been wanting Thanks alot NewfD90.
You're welcome. I assume it's working OK for you then?
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Old December 9th, 2008, 03:52 PM
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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.
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Old December 9th, 2008, 04:31 PM
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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
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Old December 10th, 2008, 01:56 PM
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You're welcome. I assume it's working OK for you then?
Great idea and just what I wanted but it's not working for me i 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?
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Old December 10th, 2008, 02:04 PM
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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.
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Old December 10th, 2008, 02:13 PM
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Great idea and just what I wanted but it's not working for me i 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?
Odd. Try putting Boxee in windowed mode and see if it acts any different when called from Front Row
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Old December 10th, 2008, 02:21 PM
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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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