Front Row Performance on Trailers...

Every time I try and view a Trailer it says it cannot connect to the server..... any ideas why?
It is connected to the net no prolems.
Thanks

I just tried this and the first trailer I looked at worked (it was Capote), but others didn't (I get the message "The movie trailer server is not responding"). I turned interference robustness back off and the same trailer works, but again the others don't. It seems like some of us are having a different problem to the one you had. I was looking at getting a faster connection (mines 1mb) does your connection speed up web browsing much or just downloads?
But I was wondering are all the movie trailers on the same server? i.e. are they all hosted by Apple?

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I just installed the latest front row update. The movie trailers that used to say "server not responging" are now working! I can view all the movie trailers now.
iMac DC-20", 2G, 256 Vram; Mac mini Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Hi JE3,
please, post here
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=432141&tstart=0
the original thread about Movie Server non Responding.
Antonio

Parental Controls / Front Row / Apple Movie Trailers

I have Parental Controls set up for my children. If they start up Front Row, they have access to the Apple Movie Trailers. Even though these trailers are approved for all audiences, they often contain mature, adult, and disturbing images.
So, how do I block access to Apple movie trailers? Here is what I've tried:
1. Remove access to *.apple.com in Parental controls. Didn't work.
2. Block *.apple.com in SafeEyes (internet filter program). Didn't work.
3. Uncheck Front Row in Parental Controls. Didn't work.
Front Row works no matter what Parental Controls says. And the trailers do not seem to be hosted on *.apple.com...
Any ideas as to what else I can try?
Thanks in advance!

"Front Row.app" can be disabled by downloading and installing the "Server Admin Tools" from Apple and using "Workgroup Manager.app", but to avoid the hassle for a one-off like this, try logging in to an "admin" account, launching "/Applications" > "Utilities" > "Terminal.app" and entering a command of the form below, substituting the managed account's "short name" where it says 'username':<pre style="overflow:auto; padding: 5px; width: 500px ; font-size: 10px; border:1">
/usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/dscl . -mcxset /users/username com.apple.frontrow PreventActivation always -bool true</pre>
As an aside, note that the "Front Row.app" in the "/Applications" folder is just a launcher for the actual "Front Row.app" buried in "/System/Library/CoreServices".

Front Row not playing Trailers or Top 10 iTunes Movies

Hoping someone might be able to help me out with this weird problem I have had for a few months (since before Leopard, but it persists since updating to 10.5.1.)
My Front Row wont play the Theatrical Trailers or iTunes Top 10 movies previews.
It happily updates the list. But whenever I click on one I get:
"The Selected Video Could Not Be Played, The Format Was Not Recognised".
I have no problems playing TV Show previews, Music Videos and my own ripped movies.
I get the same results on my Apple TV and my 18 month old intel iMac.
Any ideas ? Much appreciated.

I'm having this same problem. The only solution I've found, scouring both the forum and internet, is to wait until it figures itself out, which is completely unacceptable. I recently updated my software and still no joy.

Front Row now playing trailers

I was bored and decided to try front row and it mysteriously now works. Go figure.

Just because it works for you doesn't mean it's working for others
Observe:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=1882302#1882302

Front Row movie trailers internet connection

Hello,
I have search everywhere and I haven't found a solution to my problem.
When I open Front Row to watch movie trailers online, it tells me I'm not connected to the internet. But, I am connected to the internet !
In many discussions (and it also seems to be Apple's answer) I read that the problem seems to be solve by plugging an ethernet cable even if you're using a wireless connection (airport).
The thing is, I'm not using a wireless connection. My modem is plug in my computer with an ethernet cable.
Can someone has experienced this and has solve it ?
Thank you !

i just opened my new macPro last night (Version 10.6.1). the first thing i did was use an ethernet cable to move my apps from my macbookPro (Version 10.5.8).
after a while of playing around with the new macpro i discovered that when i went into front row for movie trailers, it would not connect to the internet, or says im not connected (which i am). normally i dont think i would give a hoot about something so silly but is a brand new out of the box $6,000 system and its nice to know that it works like it should.
im connecting to the internet using airport wireless thru a buffalo router and cable modem.
Anyway, i randomly tried hooking up the ethernet wire from my macPro to my macbookPro and went into front row. it worked!! ????? so whats up? does anybody have some thoughts or ideas about this? i just spent over an hour on the phone with a mac tec, trying various maneuvers and nothing has been resolved.
thank you all
ps, this is my first discussion post ever!

Front Row doesn't play trailers

Hi.
Front Row works as it should except for playing theatrical trailers. It says "Your computer is not connected to the internet." But my internet connection is fine. I also installed the system on a separate volume to make shure it isn't a problem coming from an update, setting or other applications. But it shows me the same error message.
I have another Macintosh with 10.5.8 and on this machine Front Row plays the trailers. So i think my internet connection is fine.
Mac Pro Quad Mid 2010
Mac OS 10.6.5

An Apple Tec referenced me to this support article.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1357
This solved the problem. But for my Mac, there was a small difference to this article. I had to set both ethernet ports to dhcp to get Front Row working.

Anybody know if adding more ram to an iSight iMac will speed up front row

Just got a 20" iSight iMac (love it) with the base ram but as most people seem to be experiencing, front row seems a little sluggish. Just wondered if anybody knows if sticking another gig of ram in it would improve front row performance?

The answer is absolutely yes. I ran with 512MB for a while and I noticed it seemed like I was getting PageIns every now and again. Sometimes quite often if iPhoto or other big apps were open. A pagein is like virtual memory in OS9. RAM has to be swapped to disk to free it up to do another task.
Check out Activity Monitor- it'll give you an idea of what's going on. Don't get me wrong MacOS X is very good at managing its resources. However disk paging is a slow reality.
I upgraded to a total of 1.5GB of RAM a while ago. The difference is nothing short of phenomenal. All the big pauses in FrontRow are gone (occasionally iTunes still has to fire up if it was closed...2-3 Sec). I leave iPhoto open all the time and everything is always snappy. Daskboard is another big beneficiary- it's way better. I think 1.5GB was a good choice because I still use it all every now and again- perhaps 2 PageIns/Day, but not often enough to notice. Even upgrading to a 1GB would certainly be a big help but remember if you don't benefit from 1.5GB now you will in a year.
Cheers, Ed.
P.S. Now is a great time to buy, prices have stabilized, find a good sale and buy today- you won't regret it. I paid $96 total including all tax and shipping for a 1GB stick.

Front Row behaviour changed

Hi.
I am using my mac mini as a media station and to watch TV a lot. To bring Front Row and eyetv together, I used this tip of elgato: http://forums.elgato.com/viewtopic.php?f=96&t=1360
Despite the performance issues of Front Row (http://www.tuaw.com/2009/09/01/front-row-performance-takes-a-dive-with-newest-ki tty/) the configuration of Front Row changed after the Snow Leopard Update.
It is not possible to access Front Row with a long press of the menu button from eyetv anymore. Does anybody know how to get back the default behaviour of the eyetv tip?

Hey,
as someone earlier said it seems to be an issue with the screen saver.
However i didn´t have to turn mine off alltogether. If you go to the settings pane in Front Row and turn the screen saver off it is just inactive when Front Row is enabled. Why would you want a screen saver then anyways?
This fixed the problem for me.

Front Row movie trailers -- not connected to internet message?

I'm new to Front Row, even though it's been on my laptop for a while! Anyway, when I click on Movie Trailers, I get a message saying I'm not connected to the internet, even though I am (via Airport). I looked at Network Diagnostics as both the message and Apple Support site suggested, and everything is reported as fine (as I knew it would be; I can get to the internet with no problem). The only other thing I found in Support was for machines with more than 1 Ethernet port, which I don't have.
Is there something special I need to do to get Front Row to see I'm connected to the internet? Thanks for any suggestions!

I believe you've encountered a bug with Front Row. If you can, try plugging in an Ethernet cable even if it's not actually connected to the Internet itself. Sometimes Front Row looks only for an Internet connection through the Ethernet port even if the port, itself, is not connected to the the Internet. I think the trailers will play through the AirPort connection anyway...
-Doug

Front Row Sloooooooow to play Movie Trailers....

When I go to view trailers in iTunes or even from Apple's website I don't have any problems with them starting quickly and playing through.
However, in Front Row - the movie posters sometimes take upwards to a minute to load and then many trailers will say "loading trailer" for several minutes before finally playing. Once they're going I occasionally get some stuttering as well.
I've upgraded to Quicktime 7.1 which didn't seem to help.
Any ideas or others experiencing similar problems?
iMac - 17" - 1.83GHz Intel Core Duo - 1Gb DDR2 SDRAM Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Downloading the movie posters will be a little slow.
The stuttering should not be happening however.
Make sure that QT is setup with your specific internet type (dialup, dsl, t1, t2, etc.)
1. Open system prefs.
2. Click QuickTime
3. Click streaming
4. Where it says "Streaming Speed:", select your internet type
Try to watch a trailer again, if it still is happening, this might be a problem with the Server which the Apple Trailers is on, since it can get bogged down with requests.
Hope this helps,
Cory

Movie trailers in the front row / video

I am wondering if there is anyway to get rid of those movie trailers in the front row/video? They must be taking up hundreds of mb of space? Fun to watch but gees...I would rather have the space on my hard drive (I am stingy that way):)

Jeffrey is correct, Front Row plays the movie trailers from Apple's Web site. They're not kept on your hard drive. That's how they change every week. While a small "cache" might remain behind after playing one, it should be cleaned-off the next time you log off or restart.
-Doug

Front Row video trailers

i've noticed that when when i'm watching movie trailers in front row the album art for the movie trailer is blurry and has a low resolution, lower than what it's suppossed to be. how do i make the image more clear?

You don't. Its just how they are pulled off the Internet. Some are at higher resolutions than others.
~Steve

Front Row won't play movie trailers and previews

When I try to access the apple movie/Tv trailers through front row I get the message:
"the selected video could not be played. The format was not recognized"
Front Row and iTunes are both updated to the latest version-
My Firewall's set to allow all incoming connections-
The trailers work fine in iTunes
Any ideas what could be causing this and what I can do about it?

I am also experiencing this problem. When I select the Trailer I want to watch, it gives my the same error. Both iTunes and Front Row are updated to the latest version. If it helps, I recently did a complete re-install of my system. I would greatly appreciate it if someone could help us here!

Front Row Trailers Always the Same

Ok, I'v been using Front Row for more than a month now, but all the movie trailers remain the same, despite frequent updates on the Apple's website. There are already new movies but Front Row still feeds me with trailers of movies months old. (I tried to find other posts about this issue, but most seem to focus on non-responding servers)
How do I make Front Row update the list of trailers? Please.

I think that it's a different server that runs the Front Row trailers. Up until recently, a ot of people would do good to get any trailers at all. They still do update, just less frequently than the Quicktime site.
They are also all in HD I believe, so that might factor into the limited number of them.

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