Does front row?

i was wondering does front row save you battery time on your macbook/pro? like if i'm on an airplane and want to watch a DVD is it worth it to watch it in front row or in iDVD? or some other program entirely?

No, it is incompatible and has been withdrawn by Apple.
If you read the other 150 threads on the subject in this forum you may find a workaround.

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  • Why does front row not have simple organization?

    I currently have a hard drive hooked into my macmini which is hooked up to my TV. On my hard drive I have over 1000 movies, all purchased through iTunes. However when I use front row and i goto the movie section, I have to scroll through every movie to get to the one I want. There's no way to scroll by letter, only one by one. This is horrible and takes forever. Can apple do an update that makes the right button on the apple remote for scrolling letter by letter. For example, you click the right button to goto movies starting with B, C, D, E, F, etc. Then the down button for one by one scrolling. Also, why does front row not have genres? AppleTV does. Why not incorporate that into front row? Think, Apple, Think.

    You can have sub-folders in the Movies folder and arrange your movies alphabetically that way.
    But if you want to alert Apple to your idea, then use this link:
    Where to send product feedback to Apple:
    http://www.apple.com/feedback/

  • Where does Front Row get its list of Videos?

    Where does Front Row get its list of Videos? And how do I purge this list? Front Row is listing Videos that no longer exist on my computer and when selected do nothing.
    I tried by trashing my prefs, but the same missing files are still in the list.

    ok, worked on it a little bit more... the only thing left was an entry in the library file, when you opened the xml file in safari you could find the entry. I didn't dare playing around with the file itself, but found a script called: "super remove dead tracks" on this website, which does the trick: http://dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/scripts01.php?page=1#removedeadsuper
    it worked great, nothing is showing up in front row any.

  • Does Front Row use Quicktime plugins during play?

    Hi,
    Just curious - does Front Row play everything that you've set up Quicktime to play? For example, if my Quicktime can play Divx files that my Toast 7 creates, does that automatically mean Front Row can play them as well? Or, does Front Row have it's own feature set of things it will and won't play?
    Thanks

    Yes, it does. Any app that uses the QuickTime architecture has available everything else that QuickTime does.

  • Does front row work

    does front row work with mountain lion

    No, it is incompatible and has been withdrawn by Apple.
    If you read the other 150 threads on the subject in this forum you may find a workaround.

  • Does Front Row work with PowerPC G4?

    Does Front Row work with PowerPC G4? Where can I get it?

    There are ways, but it has limited ablities since you don't have the IR based remote needed. There is a "hack" of sorts which tricks front row to install on other Macs. I have it on my Power Mac G4 and my ibook as well. Just do a google search.
    There is nothing illegal about the hack since you download the free update from the apple website. All the hack does it make the installer think you have a iMac or Macbook Pro.

  • Why does front row keep on pausing playback?

    I'm using my LCD tv as an extended display and as the main desktop. I freshly reinstalled SL and updated it to 10.6.5. Front row keeps on pausing the playback randomly. Note that its not stuttering. As soon as I hit Play on my apple remote, it resumes playback.
    any guesses?

    I realized that every time I open front row empty "iTunes Music" folder is created even I have "iTunes Media" folder in use. Anyone have any idea how to solve this? I tried to remove Frontrow.plist files but that does not help. I think this could be related to this issue since it is not happening on my other mac which is not having any front row problems...
    -Teemu

  • Why does front row launch, Why does front row launch

    Why my new Apple TV, I noticed that occasionally iTunes will start playing a random song while I am watching a video on AppleTV that is being streamed from my mac. I also noticed that Front row will launch. How do I get my mac to just stay idle and let the apple tv do all the work? This is inconvenient especially if I am trying to do work at the same time. I might add that I am using 10,6,8 and the newest apple tv available

    I realized that every time I open front row empty "iTunes Music" folder is created even I have "iTunes Media" folder in use. Anyone have any idea how to solve this? I tried to remove Frontrow.plist files but that does not help. I think this could be related to this issue since it is not happening on my other mac which is not having any front row problems...
    -Teemu

  • Does Front Row update playcount (and other attrbutes) in iTunes?

    Excuse this question please which I could theoretically test myself, just don't have the resources at hand right now to try it out:
    As I understand FR under Tiger uses iTunes to play music. So logically any smart playlists based on 'last played' or 'playcount' attributes will stay up to date?
    However, since the new FR (Leopard) handles everything itself my question is, will it also update these iTunes attributes?
    My previous quick test, seemed to suggest not. Pretty annoying cos I'm planning to use a MacMini as a mediacenter, connected to the TV and it seems to defeat the object of Front Row if I end up having to play music from iTunes in order to fully utilise my smart playlists.
    Cheers,
    Rich
    PS And why do I have Front Row 1.0 installed on a brand new 10.5 iMac? I thought the Leopard version was FR 2.0 ?

    ...still don't umderstand why it's version 1.0 though!
    The "Front Row" that is in your Applications folder may be "version 1.0" but it's really only a shortcut to the actual Front Row application that's inside your /System/Library/CoreServices/ folder. That's the application that is version 2 now and is actually displaying on your screen. I think Apple added this shortcut for people who don't have an Apple remote so it's easier to open Front Row.
    -Doug

  • Does Front Row DVD player have any options and preferences?

    Are there any preference options for watching DVD's in Front Row?
    I have been watching DVD's on my Mac through the DVD Player which has lots of useful options like Zoom and De-Interlace etc. But DVD player leaves the mouse pointer on screen and Front Row seems to be a better way to watch films.
    My problem with Front Row is when I play a DVD like West Wing it needs to be zoomed to fill my 17inch screen and it needs to be played De-Interlaced. I can't find any way to access options in Front Row DVD player to do this. With no mouse pointer I can't get a drop down menu so is there a short cut key that would give me some options?
    Thanks
    Phil Carr

    Welcome to the forums!
    But DVD player leaves the mouse pointer on screen
    Not if you drag it to the bottom of the screen.
    Front Row seems to be a better way to watch films.
    Debatable for the reasons you mention!
    I much prefer VLC to DVD Player:
    You should definitely consider having the free VLC Player from http://www.videolan.org/ in your armory, as this plays almost anything that DVD Player might not.

  • What does Front Row need?

    I've been wondering about this a bit. I've got a 1.2 ghz G4 iBook running OS 10.4.11.
    I've seen Front Row on other Macs, but for some reason it doesn't install on mine.
    Is the Apple Remote capability a hardware requirement? Or is there just something on the 10.4 install disk I missed?
    Thanks

    I've seen Front Row on other Macs, but for some reason it doesn't install on mine.
    Front Row wasn't part of the retail OS prior to Mac OS X 10.5, but was bundled with some Macs. You need to install Mac OS X 10.5 to get it.
    (42567)

  • Does Front Row work with Airport Express?

    I"m a bit confused by the new Front Row feature of the iMac G5. I'd be happy with EITHER my TV, with a signal from my Mac via Airport Express (with video output to the TV) to watch videos, control itunes etc.
    Or, I'd perhaps consider having the iMac G5 in the living room, to watch TV, videos, DVD's, control iTunes.
    However, it seems this solution doesn't do everything. You still need your iMac, and you need your TV. What's the point of integration if it doesn't integrate?
    Having a TV and an iMac sitting side by side seems a bit pointless.

    According to Business Week: "Airport Express can already be used to stream music from a Mac or a PC's iTunes playlist to home stereos. And Apple launched its current flagship Wi-Fi router, the Airport Extreme, months ahead of the official industry ratification of the 802.11g standard. It might do something similar with a new Airport lineup before the 802.11n standard is ratified."

  • Sharing iTunes Music between accounts in Front Row

    I have two accounts set on my computer. The primary account shares it's iTunes library with the secondary one. The shared music works fine inside of iTunes but when when I attempt to find the shared music on the secondary account via Front Row it states that it cannot find Shared Music. Does Front Row not have access to the shared music on other accounts on the same computer?
    All my apps have the most resent updates.

    I have the same problem. I think Cory made an assumption in his reply, that there is music in the library of the secondary accounts iTunes. My Secondary Account has no music at all in the iTunes library. In iTunes for the Secondary Account there are two sources of shared music available in the shared music folder, both play fine from iTunes. The first source is shared music from my primary accounts iTunes library, the second source is from the library of an XP based machine on my network.
    When accessing shared music from Front Row logged in on the secondary account, the music shared from the XP machine is available as listed and named in iTunes, the music shared from the primary accounts iTunes library is not available.
    Purchased the Mac Mini Dual Core yesterday, did all updates to software yesterday. Any ideas, anyone?
    Mac Mini Dual Core   Mac OS X (10.4.6)  

  • Front Row Video Support

    I am using Front Row on my intel iMac. I am trying to find out what video formats it supports and if there is any configuration that can be done for Front Row. Does Front Row support MPEG2 video display?
    intel iMac   Mac OS X (10.4.5)  

    Are you looking for someone to help, or just try to criticize?
    Yes, I know that Apple is not perfect, but they are as close to being perfect as any other company I know. Just look at Microsoft and try to say the word perfect, it does not even fit into their way of thinking.
    Now...
    Apple does not support copying movies, for one simple fact. They have the music/recording industries snooping down their backs every waking moment because of the iPod and iTunes. Apple of all companies of course would never support copying movies anyway, they would not risk their reputation. Not only that, but Front Row, and iTunes is just music storing softwares anyway. Front Row is a playback application, and I have Windows MCE (Stupid Media Center Edition), and it does not copy movies either.
    However...
    There are third-party application that you can easily download and install that will copy the movies for you. HandBrake (http://handbrake.m0k.org/) is one such app.
    Please quit criticizing Apple for it's brand new application which is in its first version, that beat's Windows Media Centers 3rd Edition. And Apple's software is first class. If you want crap, then just look at some of Microsoft's software, even on the Mac platform it is horrible.
    And you can easily add folders, since front row just look in your users movies folder, you can add the folders there, and drop the media file in.

  • Front Row with a networked audio system

    Hey everybody!
    Has anyone been streaming content (divx, xvid, mp3) from a NAS via front row, anyone have any experiences of this?
    Does front row support Networked audio systems? (NAS)

    Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
    Right now, Apple only supports Front Row on Macs that have a built-in infrared receiver and shipped with an Apple remote. However, when Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) is released, it will include Front Row for all Macs that are compatible with Leopard (like your Mac Pro). You can use the keyboard to run Front Row (Apple-esc opens it, for example), so you'll have an option if you upgrade when it's released.
    If you want to use similar software now, you can install .
    -Doug

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