Front Row Crashing Computer

This has been an ongoing problem ever since the two Front Row updates ago, which, as you may guess, was a LONG time ago. The problem, as obscure as it may sound, is that whenever Front Row has to scroll the name of the song because it's too long to fit on screen, it freezes upon the flipping animation that happens every 30 seconds. Is there anyway to fix this?

I have this problem consistently. Front Row running in the background taking up ~%96 of the processor capacity. I can see this through the system monitor widget. However, Front Row does not show up under the Apple --> Force Quit menu. It's like a hidden process? (I didn't know mac's hid their processes). Sometimes I can get back into Front Row and use the "apple-Q" force quit command, and that will bring me back to desktop and everything works fine and the processor capacity is released. I can then even get back into Front Row and it will work just fine until the next unexpected front-row crash.
Unfortunately, sometimes when I am at the desktop and, having noticed that Front Row is crashing in the background, *I cannot get back into Front Row* either by apple remote or "Apple-Esc". And as I said, Front Row does not show up under Apple->ForceQuit. So I am forced to restart the computer.
Note: Front Row crashes at LEAST everyday, about every 3rd time I use it. I haven't confirmed this, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't matter what type of media has been played under Front Row to cause a crash. I'm kind'a hoping it's a bug that's secretly fixed in the next OS update

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Front row crashing

For some reason front row just started crashing, it only crashes when i choose 'movies' from the video section. I checked the crash log but it doesnt really give me something that points me to why FR is crashing.
Any ideas?

I have this problem consistently. Front Row running in the background taking up ~%96 of the processor capacity. I can see this through the system monitor widget. However, Front Row does not show up under the Apple --> Force Quit menu. It's like a hidden process? (I didn't know mac's hid their processes). Sometimes I can get back into Front Row and use the "apple-Q" force quit command, and that will bring me back to desktop and everything works fine and the processor capacity is released. I can then even get back into Front Row and it will work just fine until the next unexpected front-row crash.
Unfortunately, sometimes when I am at the desktop and, having noticed that Front Row is crashing in the background, *I cannot get back into Front Row* either by apple remote or "Apple-Esc". And as I said, Front Row does not show up under Apple->ForceQuit. So I am forced to restart the computer.
Note: Front Row crashes at LEAST everyday, about every 3rd time I use it. I haven't confirmed this, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't matter what type of media has been played under Front Row to cause a crash. I'm kind'a hoping it's a bug that's secretly fixed in the next OS update

Front row crashes on particular Video_TS file stored on other Mac

Hello, I have an iMac with some soft copies of movies I own. I use the iMac to serve up Video_TS folders to several other Macs in my home. I notice that on all of the Macs (including the iMac hosting the shared folders,) if front row ever crashes when reading the file or anything interrupts the initial read causing it to exit early, that folder will never be readable my that Mac again. No matter what I do there seems to be some kind of cached file that makes front row crash when I try to read that same file again.
I can login as a different user on the same Mac and it will work. Is there a user specific cache for front row that can be cleared? Thanks for any advice, pointers or assistance. Joel

Can you play the same video_ts folders using the regular DVD Player application? Or do you get (maybe) a more detailed error?
-Doug

Front Row Crashing when Trying tpo play video

I just picked up m new iMac 20" and have been trying to play my videos on Front row.
I have tried every category - they are all authorized - but still, before even a second of video play s - Frontrow crashes. Please help!

There are several steps. Note that this is invading your main System folder which can be dangerous. You should have a complete backup of all your files before poking around like this!
1. Delete Front Row (and Front Row only) from this path by dragging it to the Trash:
/System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app
Then empty your Trash.
2. Delete the records that indicate Front Row has already been installed by deleting the receipts. If you've installed the 1.3 update, there will be two files to delete in this path:
/Library/Receipts/FrontRow.pkg
/Library/Receipts/FrontRowUpdate1.3.pkg
Drag both of those files to the Trash and empty it.
3. Put in your Mac OS X install DVD (you don't have to boot from it) and run the "Install Bundled Software Only" installer. At the "Install Type" window, there should be a "customize" button. Click on that and uncheck every other option besides Front Row. The continue and finish installing Front Row only.
4. Run the Software Update and your computer should recognize you need the Front Row 1.3 update. Install the update. Now might be a good time to restart.
That should completely replace Front Row and update it to the current version (which is needed if you're using the up-to-date version of iTunes and QuickTime).
-Doug

Front Row crashes when loading DVD

Hey, I hope someone can help with this, I am trying to use front row to play a DVD, but after a short while front row closes. Now, as soon as i tell it to play the DVD, when it tries to load it, it just turns off. There is no unexpected closure error message or option to report or anything, it just acts like I closed it. And help or info is appreciated, thanks.

I've actually been having the same problem.
First of all, my DVD player constantly takes forever to load a DVD and/or spits it out; then more recently, Front Row without fail will crash when a DVD ends. Even worse, lately, it won't even play the DVD after repeated attempts to start it.
It's extremely annoying and I can't figure out what to do.

Front Row crashes when I try to access media

Hi,
Whenever I try to use Front Row I just crashes. The programme launches fine and I can navigate through the menus. But when I select a specific media it crashes. Eg I go to music then when I select Artists it tried to open the folder but then hangs. I am then unable to quit and have to re-start with the power switch. I have the same problem If I try to access movies.
If I try to access pictures via iPhoto it works fine.
Anyone got any ideas?

Hi again,
I don't know where the file is in tiger, nor it's name for sure, but I'd get EasyFind...
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/8707
Quit Front Row, then search your HDD for front row .plist, with a space between t&r and w&.
Check only files, All words, case insensitive, & invisibles.
Trash that file, most likely in your user's prefs folder, reboot & try again.

Front Row crashes during purchased song

Hello,
I installed leopard on Friday, and until this point have had very minor problems. Today, I went into Front Row to play a song that I purchased from iTunes, and about half-way though, the screen went black, but the audio continued (I turned the screensaver off). I was able to back completely out of Front Row, and got back in, but when I resumed the song, it got a little farther and then completely froze (no audio or picture) where I had to re-boot. One of these two happens every time I play this song.
I did an erase & install, and this was the only song that this happened on... also, this was the only song that I have bought since I moved over to leopard. Any help on how to fix this or what may be going on is appreciated!

Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
Just to be clear, you can browse your entire iTunes library with Front Row, but only one song will play? Or does only one song appear in Front Row? Have you used iTunes before running Front Row? Have you authorized your new computer to play purchased songs?
-Doug

Front Row crashes loading DVD

There are other topics similar to this one, but not exactly, so here goes...
More often than not, I can't play a DVD in Front Row. The disk goes in (or I hit "Menu" on the remote) and Front Row loads up. I select the DVD option, it indicates its loading the DVD, then it crashes to the desktop with no error messages.
This happens with both Mac-made DVDs and regular movie DVDs. They all play fine with just the DVD player app.
Any suggestions?
Thanks.

I've actually been having the same problem.
First of all, my DVD player constantly takes forever to load a DVD and/or spits it out; then more recently, Front Row without fail will crash when a DVD ends. Even worse, lately, it won't even play the DVD after repeated attempts to start it.
It's extremely annoying and I can't figure out what to do.

ITunes Rental Movies Do Not Play in Front Row on Computer

Surely I cannot be the only person who would like to watch a rented iTunes movie on my computer using Front Row?
My iTunes library is on an external drive and when I open and browse Front Row, everything BUT the rented movies appear in my movie list. Purchased movies are there, video podcasts are there, home movies are there, just not the rented ones. Why is that?
I don't have an Apple TV, just a laptop an external drive and a desire to watch rented movies through an application designed to play ALL my media, not just select media.
And I haven't seen any info on Apple's website to indicate that rentals would not work with Front Row. And I do have all the latest Apple software updates.

Front Row in Mac OS X 10.5.x (Leopard) has access to your iTunes and iPhoto libraries without launching those applications. You're right, rented moves don't appear in Front Row and there have been a couple of Front Row updates since rented moves became available. The only thing I can think of is that the rental terms can't be enforced when the movie is played in Front Row instead of iTunes. For example, Front Row's access to your iTunes library is really read-only. You can't delete files, apply ratings or change any other settings on the files in your library through Front Row. I think the way iTunes handles rental movies, the file has to be updated with some kind of tag when you start to play it so iTunes knows how much longer you have to finish playing it. So, it's doubtful Front Row will be able to do this. I don't think Apple has ever made a statement one way or the other about this, it's just my opinion.
-Doug

Front Row Crashes

Hello,
I searched for similar problems but I couldn’t locate anything. Frequently when I am in Front Row and playing a movie, Front Row will just stop and I will be taken immediately back to my desktop. When I go back into Front Row to replay the movie, I am not given the option to resume where last played.
Also, if I have been listening to music previously, and then the next time I use Front Row to watch a movie, it will do the same thing and just take me to my desktop. When I go back into Front Row, I am prompted at the Music icon and not the Movie icon where I was last using the software.
I have over 200 full-length movies in my movie folder, not sure if that would make a difference. I am using a 20” iMac, 2.16 Ghz, 2 GB of memory. I have run disk utility, but it is still happening. Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Gary

ok, go to your app folder, click dvd player, and then go to file and click open DVD media and locate your movie.
=)
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Front Row crashes my Macbook Pro

When playing music in Front Row, the system will freeze approximately 10 to 15 minutes into play time. Time is not consistent. My Screen Saver is disabled. Any ideas? I have all of the latest updates as of May 11, 2008.

JD I have a similar problem instead of freezing the screen goes black and I can't get it back unless I reboot the system, I can still hear the audio but I have no video at all. Anyone have any ideas on how to resolve or work around this???
Thanks, Roger

Front Row Crashes While Attempting to play music from a playlist

So, I launch Front Row, select iTunes, select playlists, select a playlist, the shuffle is the only option....so I select shuffle and get the message a problem has been encountered. I press any key and the program exits. All software is up to date.
I'm stumped and I'll buy a coke for anyone that can help.
thanks!

You can start the playlist playing in the iPod app and then switch into the Photos app and start your (non-music) slideshow - as you've found out you can currently only select a single track in the Photos app. Whether that will change in iOS 5 I don't know, but you could try leaving feedback for Apple : http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html

Big Mini Trouble with DVD and Front Row

Set-Up
I am trying to use my mac mini as a media centre connected to a 42" sharp aquos 1080HD, for sound i use a 5.1 bose speaker set-up, which is irrelevant to my problem, but the mac interfaces with a yamaha rxv661B 7.1 channel digital home theatre receiver, via DVI to HDMI and sound through head phone to RCA set-up that will soon be upgraded to optical. All connected to the appropriate DVD channels on the recevier, video goes to the TV via HDMI. My set-up has no DVD player other than the super drive on the mac mini, the only other input is a Bell ExpressVu 9200 PVR.
My Problem
1. Playing DVDs the brightness on the picture fluctuates in a very regular wave like pulse. What am I doing wrong?
2. Front Row Crashes the computer whenever I try to access any of the movie files. The files play fine when accessed directly or through itunes but crash the system in front row. DVDs play, and the online movie clips play, and music and picture content are no problem.
Any help would be much appreciated
As an aside does anyone know if youtube will be available to non Apple-TV front row users, as well?
Mini 1.83 Mac OS X (10.4.7) 12" Powerbook G4

Everything is plugged into a three pronged plug using a relatively sophisticated surge protecting power bar, but you may be on to something, the power bar has a light to indicate if it is properly grounded and that has not lit up since its been in use, perhaps the outlet isn't properly grounded, I live in a recently renovated 100yr old home.
As for the files they are a mixture of mpg, mov and a number of m4v (that might be my postal not a file format) I mean the ipod format, a lot of the video files I produce I put directly into the ipod ready format.

ITunes Playlist/Songs/Genres/Artists/Etc Won't Work in Front Row, HELP!!!

I have previously owned a Powermac G4 and just recently bought an iMac Intel Duo Core, had all my files transferred from my old Mac, however all my MP3 and MP4 videos wont play when I access the iTunes By Front Row, The computer says please add songs to your playlist by buying/transferring your cd to iTunes...
which all my songs (4,000 songs approximately) come from CDs and some purchase through the Apple Store when I had my Old Mac... I tried to purchase a couple of music in the Apple Store, however it is still not reading it in Front Row, what do I doto get this to work, so I can just use te Apple Remote to control the songs I want to play, but instead I always have to use the mouse still which makes the whole remote thing useless...
PLEASE HELP!!! also how do I access the preferences to Front Row?? I dont see it in my System Preference... THANKS IN ADVANCE!!!
Powermac G4 Dual 1.42 Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.4) Superdrive & Combo Drive
Powermac G4 Dual 1.42 Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.4) Superdrive & Combo Drive

The songs show up okay in iTunes itself?
Try opening iTunes/Preferences/Advanced/General and pressing the reset for the location of the iTunes folder.
If that doesn't work, try setting the path again.
If that doesn't work try trashing the com.apple.frontrow.plist in User/Library/Preferences.

Front Row's audio flux

I set up my Macbook Pro to show movies via a projector using the DVI port. Apparently with Leopard, Front Row backslid into not supporting audio through Airport, so I hooked a Logitech 2.1 THX sound system to it via the headphone jack.
This setup has been working out fine, but for an audio problem I've just recently noticed-- every 15-20 minutes or so, the audio levels will fade in volume, play at a lower volume for maybe 15-20 seconds, and then rise back to proper volume again. The drop and rise are quick but gradual; not abrupt.
Googling (and searching this forum) hasn't turned up any similar reports. It seems like it could any number of culprits in the signal chain-- the dvd, the MBP, Front Row, jack, the cable, the speakers, etc. I have not been able to reproduce this problem at will; in fact, some DVDs play through fine without any issues.
I have two theories that seem most likely to me--
#1- maybe Front Row or computer is getting "tired" RAM-wise... perhaps when doing some kind of internal maintenance (or something). I try to close all apps when playing Front Row but sometimes I don't.
#2- maybe it's the DVD itself. The quality of the transfer from film seems to range widely on the DVDs in my library.
It could be something else entirely, of course. I first thought maybe very deep or very loud sounds were causing the Logitech system to protect itself, but it actually happens regardless of what's coming through the speakers.
I'm posting here in case anybody has had the same issue or knows of it. Thanks!
_Randy

Sometimes this appears to be a timeout being hit getting the information from the trailer server. Did you try backing out of the Trailers section and re-selecting it?

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