Front row doesn't see remote source movie folder

Hi,
I did a forum search and didn't see this addressed anywhere else.
When I open a remote source in Leopard Front Row, and navigate to the movie folder, it displays what is in the local movie folder rather than what is in the remote computer's movie folder. It will see movies in the remote iTunes library. All machines I have tested are at 10.5.1. I enabled iTunes sharing on each of the machines I used as a remote source.
Is there a setting I am missing somewhere or is this just the way Front Row works in Leopard?
Thanks!

Funny, I was just investigating this myself. This occurred in my setup as well, which includes:
- iMac running Leopard 10.5.1, iTunes 7.5 (19) with password-free sharing enabled, running as a media server, hosting these types of files (all legally purchased and owned, in case anyone from the MPAA is reading this):
- DVD movies ripped to VIDEO_TS folders using MacTheRipper
- MP4 movies ripped with Handbrake
- MPG and MOV format home movies
- Macbook Pro running Front Row 2.0 (229) on Leopard 10.5.1 as a client
- Local Wifi D-Link 624 (802.11g) network with external firewalls, but no restrictions on local traffic
- OS X firewalls disabled on both iMac and Macbook Pro
As a workaround, I did the following:
1. Using Finder on the Macbook Pro client, connected to the iMac Movies folder. This mounts the remote folder locally on the client.
2. Grabbed the iMac Movies icon and dragged it to the Macbook Pro client's Movies folder. This creates an alias to the remote folder. If you want, you can rename this alias to something like "Remote Movies".
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.
Anyone else have a more-elegant solution?
Regards,
Steven

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