Customizing Front Row responses to IR remote

Apologies if this has been asked and answered, but I am looking to customize Front Row's response to the IR remote. I am not averse to programming if someone can provide pointers to where I should look. I know there's iRedLite, but it crashes when I try to customize it. Thanks.
Sri
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Thanks Doug. Remote Buddy is quite good, and it allows me to customize responses. I have exactly the response I am looking for, now. I wouldn't have minded learning how to program it myself, but this is a cinch.
Chris: thanks for your response. Yes, iRedLite is still in beta (& free), so I can't be too particular.
Sri

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Thanks for your input. It seems obvious. Obviously one of those Mac things I hadn't picked up on yet.
Unfortunately the remote still wouldn't pair. I pressed next and menu for ages as instructed but nothing?
I have messed around a bit more and it appears that Front Row works when I quit Eye Diversity TV. The iMac appears slow to open applications with Snow Leopard compared to Tiger, especially after waking. Do you know whether this is normal?
I'll try and raise the issue with EyeTV but clearly something odd is going on. I read a comment that it was best to format the iMac before installing Snow Leopard. I'm just a bit worried about losing the data and programmes I already have on the iMac.
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I did a forum search and didn't see this addressed anywhere else.
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3. Opened Front Row > Movies in the Macbook Pro. I now can see my locally stored movies as well as the remotely-stored movies under the newly-created folder alias. All my remote movies now play locally in Front Row.
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I don't think that's possible to re-arrange the menus. You can use Front Row Trailers to block access to the online items (the "iTunes Top TV episodes" or the "Theatrical Trailers" header in the "TV shows" or "Movies" menu lists).
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Ok first try it in another Account.
1. Open the account system pref window (System Preferences > Accounts)
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Ohhh it's easy... just get a new girlfriend ? <G>
So I see your problem.
Just to be clear, you seem to be aware that using Fast User Switching, as opposed to logging out is the only way to half way make this work. But you are right, it doesn't seem possible to share different iTunes user accounts on the same computer thru Front Row.
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I would like to point out that it IS possible to share two different user's iTunes on another computer..... so if you set up your first computer with you and your girlfriend's accounts, set iTunes to share on both, then keep both accounts active by using Fast User Switching, THEN on your Mac Mini, you can access both of those shared accounts... just not at the same time.. This is done under the SOURCES menu...
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BTY where's Front row don't find it in the app folder ?
Front Row in Mac OS X 10.4.x is not an "application" so it doesn't live in the /Applications/ folder. It is part of the /System/ folder.
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