Front Row - External display

Hi everyone,
Hope I'm posting in the right forum.
I was so happy when Snow Leopard (automatically) used my external display for Front Row display. However, it left me with a new "wish".
Front Row fades the display on my iMac to black... Is there a way to leave the display active so I can use the computer while my wife watches films?

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Front Row not displaying all Album Art

Hi, I recently bought a Macbook Pro and imported all the music I had to it. I started downloading all the album arts for all my albums, and finally placed them all in order. They look perfect in iTunes in Coverflow.
Then, when I started Front Row, I noticed that not all of my songs displayed an Album Art, only some of them. Does anyone know how to solve this problem?

Similar discussion here with a possible fix:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1201950&tstart=15
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Front row- two display

For last year, I play video on my 55¨plasma with a Mac mini. It works pretty well and during the movie I shut down the second display. I recently bought an use iMac-intel. I plug the plasma on the mini-dvi to vga---vga input on Plama TV. The image is perfect. My question is : is it absolutely necessary to use mirrored display in Front Row?. I am not able to close the display from iMac.
Any suggestion?

Is it also possible to have FrontRow displayed on 2 displays which ARE NOT mirrored?. I've got 2 displays (different resolutions) of which the bigger one is only for watching movies. The smaller one (Samsung U70: 800x480) is used to navigate trough FrontRow for music.
If I mirror the displays, the reoslution of my bigger screen is also set to 800x480
The main reason is, I control the mac mini by VNC on my PC, but a desktop resolution of 800x480 is way too small for most programs
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Front Row not displaying shared libraries

On my 13" MBP I can't get any shared libraries to show up under Sources. I've got it narrowed down to my specific account because on my fiance's 13" MB they do show up. Same if I create a new user on my computer they show up as well. I've disabled firewall and WaterRoof (unix firewall) to no avail. I've searched the internet over and while this seems to be a fairly common problem I've found no answers. I'm guessing some .plist somewhere is bad. I've deleted the FrontRow folder in Application Support under my user and no luck there.
For some background I'm running a MacMini with iTunes sharing enabled. Again a new account on my computer or my fiance's MB can access this source no problems. Anyone have suggestions on where I can focus on this problem? I checked Console and Front Row is tossing up no errors for Front Row. I'd really like to get this working. Any one got ideas? Thanks.

Thanks for the suggestion. I did enable sharing and looking for sharing on both machines. I also have disabled the OS X firewall and the unix firewalls on both machines. I also uninstalled Flip4Mac and Perian on both machines. Still doesn't work. And again it does work OK if I create a new account on my MBP and also works on my fiance's MB with no modifications. Something is set up somewhere on my specific user in OS X on my machine. I'm at a loss what that could be.
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Front Row still displays deleted old podcast episode

I have subscribes to ScreenCastsOnline podcast, and one of the episodes was an audio update. It is only since I checked in iTunes today that I have found I don't actually have that episode in iTunes anymore, and it is definately not in the Podcasts folder within the iTunes folder. Yet Front Row is saying I still have it, and it has a blue ball next to it to say it hasn't been played. If I try to play it, Front Row tells me it can't be played (obviously because the file is no longer there).
I have tried unsubscribing to ScreenCastsOnline and making sure there is no trace of it in the iTunes folder, and yet the one episode is STILL listed on Front Row!!
How can I remove it?

Update:
Firstly, there are actually TWO old podcast episodes total that are not on my Mac anymore but are listed on Front Row. I removed any trace of all Podcasts in iTunes and the podcast folder disappeared in the iTunes Music library folder, yet two podcasts remained in FR.
Secondly, I opened the iTunes Music Library.xml file with Text Edit, and found entries for both of these podcasts within using a search. I have removed the keys associated with both and did a search again to confirm they had been removed. I rebooted and tried FR again, and the podcasts are STILL there!!! What else can I do, PLEASE????

Front Row on an External Display

**Note that this is for Leopard's Front Row and only may not apply to Tiger's**
Here's an explanation of the bugs/irksomes now facing Front Row
1. The screensaver option can be buggy so go to preferences within Front Row to disable it.
2. Whatever screen you use front row on, the other will be black.
3. Front Row does not play video in mirroring mode, period.
4. Front Row, when opened, will display on whatever monitor is set as your primary display at that time.
5. Even after exiting it, if you check it the activity monitor it will still run in the background for 30 minutes (not sure on that time frame).
6. If you open it up again before it is shutdown, it will try to display on whatever was set as the primary display when it was first launched.
Okay, now that you understand that, here is somethings to keep in mind
-When you initially open it, the settings get stuck, so if you opened it with the wrong display set as your primary monitor, just quit it in the activity monitor, switch the main monitor in your display system preferences, and then reopen it.
-You can trick it to display on your secondary display by enabling mirror-mode, opening front row, exiting front row (not quiting), disabling mirror mode, and lastly reopening front row. Effectively, it gets stuck to display on the external display and does so once you turn mirroring off. This isn't even remotely elegant but is my preferred method.
-If you have your external display connected while your computer is asleep, pressing a button on your remote will automatically wake it and use the external display as your primary/only monitor. This means that Front Row will display on your TV very easily if you put your computer to sleep then wake it with the remote BUT you must always be mindful that if you had opened it recently, you may have to quit it first.
The only last suggestion I have is that if you want quick and easy access to quitting front row, you can create an applescript to quit it with this
tell application "Front Row" to quit
If anyone knows how to change primary displays using applescripts please post as ideally a script could be created that would just make sure Front Row was quit, switch displays, then would open it streamlining the entire process.
Well really ideally apple would make Front Row a little more dynamic with the option to display on the external display and smart enough to know which one that is but this problem existed in the last version too and they never fixed it then so....

Well,just putting the display in sleep mode won't work as, for some reason I don't understand, sleeping the display turns off the external monitor.
Thinking a little more clearly now, the method of sleeping the computer only works for the portable Macs as the lid must be down while it wakes up for it to work.

Using Front Row w/ Macbook in closed lid position (w/ Cinema Display) ?

Using Front Row w/ Macbook in closed lid position (w/ Cinema Display) -
Is it possible if I buy a remote, to use Front Row on a Macbook that is in the closed position?
I use a Macbook linked to an external cinema display (a brushed alum, slightly older 23" model - doesn't have built in iSight) - wondering if I can get some of the same functionality via remote and Front Row.
Do Macbooks even support the remotes? I would assume since they have a built in webcam/iSight they can accept infrared, or no?
Thanks!

I am using the IR remote with my MacBook Pro. That remote operates my LED Display when I do it thus:
Shut down Mac, connect display, and restart.
Close lid. Mac goes to sleep and display goes black.
Point IR remote at Mac (not too far away or too oblique an angle - see instructions for Remote) and click "Menu" button.
Mac wakes up, launches Front Row, and displays it on my 24 inch.
EZ Jim
Mac Pro Quad Core (Early 2009) 2.93Ghz w/Mac OS X (10.6.2) MacBook Pro (13 inch, Mid 2009) 2.26GHz (10.6.2)
LED Cinema Display G4 PowerBook 1.67GHz (10.4.11) iBookSE 366MHz (10.3.9) External iSight

Front Row and an external hard drive?

I would like to be able to access files--pictures and movies--using Front Row and the remote, but would like to access these files from an external hard drive. Is this possible to set up/do? Thanks for the help!

Jack,
Create an alias to any folder on your MBP and you can then modify it to point at a folder on your read-only drive. Just open the Get Info window on the alias and Select New Original from the General section. It might not refresh to look as if it's changed the path, but it has. Close the Get Info window and re-open it to see that it's changed. Rename the alias to something more appropriate and move it to the Movies folder of your MBP. Front Row will display the folder in the Movies section of Videos.
MacBook Pro 15", 1.83GHz, 2GB, 100GB 7200rpm Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Front Row on external monitor?

I have a Dell 2407WFP connected to my MBP. Is there anyway to get Front Row to display on the Dell monitor instead of the MBP? I did some searching, but haven't found a good answer. I want my MBP to be the primary display, not the Dell.

^bump... anyone?

Front row doesn't play default music when displaying an event slideshow

I bought an iMac recently, the first time I used front row to display event slideshows it plays a default classical music. The same event displayed in iphoto '08 plays several default songs, but for some reason front row at this moment doesn't plays any music. I suspect that I clicked the save settings button in iphoto when I tried to play a slideshow.
Anyway, I would like to restore all the default settings and play the default music in front row and iphoto for all my photo events.

Yes, there are only three or four settings stored in there. The last module selected when you closed Front Row (Music, TV Shows, Podcasts, DVD, Photos, or Movies), the country your iTunes is set for (so Front Row can show the "top rated" items from the store) and whether or not you've turned on sound effects and/or the Front Row screen saver. No other preferences are stored there. All of the media-specific preferences are store in the application that controls that media (the DVD Player.app for the DVD settings, iTunes for the Music settings and iPhoto for the Photos settings).
-Doug

Coverflow and Front Row display the WRONG artwork

I have tried all the answers I can find and also some more in depth ones as well....
(http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1284758)
I have made sure there is only ONE artwork in the 'get info' of the track (the correct one)
I have deleted the Album art folder (download and local) in the iTunes music folder
I have deleted cache and preferences where I could find them for both iTunes and Front Row
I have restarted!
YET the same **** WRONG artwork still shows in the COVERFLOW and when using FRONT ROW to access your music with the remote!
Can't find anything about this from Apple.... Surely this is an easy fix for Apple......?
The last changed artwork (by modify date) is the one that coverflow and Front row should use...???
iTunes displays the correct artwork, 'get info' shows there is only ONE artwork (the correct one)
I have deleted everything I can think off and yet Coverflow and Front Row still display the old, incorrect artwork! and get this... if I delete the artwork completely, so it is the default "no artwork" icon that itunes displays Frontrow and coverflow STILL display the old incorrect one!
Reading these forums I am amazed that something as basic and integral to the iTunes/iLife experience has been so blatently ignored and left to the users/forums to muddle through!
Come on Apple! get your act together! this is crazy...
I am NOT the only one with this problem!
ANYWAY.... any advice?

Me Also.
Right now I only notice it on one album.
Both the song playing and the artwork in the info box are correct, it's only coverflow that is wrong.

Front Row is taking a LOOOONG time to open movie lists.

Hello
I have a Mac Mini Core Duo 1.66 with 512MB RAM.
I have an external hard drive for my video files, and the Mini is connected to my 1920x1080 Sharp LCD TV as a monitor. My movie files are located on the external drive, and I have an alias in my "Movies" folder, per advice from another forum posting.
When I launch Front Row, it takes almost 10 minutes to open my movie list - sometimes front row just freezes. I have perhaps 50 items in folders and sub-folders on my movie list, and they are all located on the external drive. When they were on the local drive, it also took a VERY long time just to open the movie list in Front Row (that's just opening the movie list, not even playing the movies!)
What's going on here? It's unusable as it is - how can I speed things up?
Thanks,
-----------S

I have a mini with an external drive containing a library of movie files and front row is also very slow with that - though in my case around a minute to pull up the list rather than 10.
Part of the problem may be the type of external. In my case, I have an enclosure which supports both Firewire and USB 2.0, and when connected by FW, immediately I select the movies option in front row, the drive is woken and the activity light starts blinking. After it has read the contents of the folder, front row then displays the list with a brief pause as the preview for the first movie in the list appears.
When connected by USB, the drive doesn't start responding for several seconds, and when it does the access light blinks at a much slower rate. That would be expected since USB doesn't have a dedicated controller, so data flow is dependent on how busy the system is with other things. FW on the other hand has a constant data rate due it it's dedicated controller, which means that while it is in theory slower than USB2.0, in practice it is generally faster to use.
Thus, if not already connected by FW, if your drive has that option, connect it that way. Also open the energy saver preference pane and make sure there is no checkmark against 'put hard drive to sleep when possible'.

Front Row with 2 monitors ....

I have a second montor hooked up to my laptop. I would like Front Row to play on one display leaving me the ability to work on the other display. Is this possible? Either that or prevent Front Row from displaying in full screen mode and work more in a windown on the display.

Douglas McLaughlin wrote:
Sorry, Front Row takes over all the connected displays. The main display (the one with the Dock and menubar) will display the Front Row interface and the other screen will remain dark.
Is there any way - AppleScript perhaps - to allow either auto-switching of the main display, or enabling 'Mirror Displays', when Front Row starts?
Normally I have my MBP setup in extended desktop for when I connect my external monitor or connect to my TV (DVI->HDMI adaptor) for watching BBC iPlayer etc., however I want FR to run on the external monitor/TV if one is detected.
It seems to me that is how FR is (or should be) intended to be used - on a big screen for boring family and friends with your holiday photos/videos etc.
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Front row through out TV

Does anyone know how i could watch stuff through the TV from the MAC. Can we do it through the digibox, a Virgin Samsung, or do we need to get something else?
Thank u in advance.
Stuart

Do you mean using a TV as an external monitor for a Mac? In this case, yes, you can buy an Apple video adapter to suit your TV.
If you plan to use Front Row (this discussion topic) as an entertainment centre on your TV the you will either need to "mirror" the displays (see the Mac display preferences) or get software such as TV Row (http://sites.google.com/site/robijnx/ ) to tell Front Row which display to use. This applies to iMacs - Macbooks have a hot key for switching displays.

What is the best older version of iTunes for Front Row?

Can anyone share some opinions please on which older version of itunes I should download that has the least amount of bugs when using "front row" (I currently have 9.0.3 and Mac OS X 10.5.8)? . Also, should I download the regular version or the 64-bit version? What's the difference/advantage between the two?
Many-many thanks in advance.

I am right up there with iTunes biggest proponents, and try and to recruit anyone who will listen...
I've got about 75 "complete season" Television DVDs, and it was really time consuming to decide which series and episode I wanted to watch by pulling out a box, reading each episode summary that came with the DVD, then take it out of the box, insert it, view it, put it back etc. etc....all for one episode!
Then I heard about adding video files to iTunes and viewing them via Front Row (or iTunes)...couldn't wait to try it. Was totally won over by Front Row's little opening fanfare and the look of the table of contents/episode screen etc. Every feature worked fine.
Since downloading 9.0.3 (from either 9.0 or 9.1) however, I inherited that scrolling issue were it skips and jumps to the last TV Show played or occasionally a random episode, and keeps reverting to that one as well. With my previous version, that scrolling issue appeared, but only several times in about a 3 month daily viewing period then stopped doing that altogether. With that version of iTunes, it seemed to stop after I held the up and down buttons on the remote and let it rapidly scroll up and down (from top to bottom) throughout that particular series. That doesn't work now, and even scrolling up and down/back and fourth, full speed ahead, I can see it semi-pause for a split second on a specific episode. This now became constant problem.
Now a newer problem. I had some misc. TV shows that were catalogued in iTunes as Misc., which front row correctly displayed as such and were properly filed in it's own iTunes folder. I tried to rename that folder, and since then, the iTunes window displays the new name correctly, but Front Row doesn't. I tried dragging that folder to the desktop, creating a new one in the iTunes folder, then dragging those desktop files (sans folder) into the new one and it's still back to square one! I've got about 840 TV shows, with 145 GB of free space remaining.
Again, thanks all for your help.

Front Row - External display

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