Getting XBMC, lirc, irexec, and huludesktop to play nice.

I'm trying to get my arch/xbmc mediabox finished and I need some help.
I want to assign a key on my remote that launches a script which will close xmbc and then launch huludesktop. Ideally, it would then relaunch xbmc when huludesktop is closed.
I found a thread on xbmc forums that sounds like they got to work but I'm not quite understanding what they did.
http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t= … lu+desktop
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!

Netctl-auto works fine ...you don't need to mess with it between suspend resume cycles even when moving between known networks. I have found it to be a bit fragile when moving to a new network. If you have trouble setting it up I will help when I get back to my computer.
Scott

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How to get "fast user switching" and network shares playing nice

I've been alternating between banging my head against a wall and reading every forum I could find to try and get a reasonable compromise between using "Fast user switching" and sharing a folder from a file server. It baffles me how the network share/mount model of OSX/AFP is completely killed by fast-user-switching; this is a big problem with Apple requiring users to be actively logged in to share music/video from iTunes which therefore essentially requires fast-user-switching if anyone else wants to use the computer. (anyone find it odd that you can share files without being logged in, but sharing songs requires an active login for each user who is sharing? Apple: time to make iTunes sharing a service!)
For the sake of example, lets just say I want to share my /Groups folder from my desktop and have it be accessible to my laptop. Here are all the things that I tried:
Apple Method 1) Share /Groups in the Server.app on the desktop (running Lion Server), use finder on the laptop and drag the share icon to "Login Items", alternative use a startup Apple script using "mount volume" Both of the options work and will mount the /Groups folder under /Volumes/Groups, of course when the second person logs in via fast-user-switching (and occasionally the first person for no apparent reason), they will get /Volumes/Groups-1 since /Volumes/Groups is already taken. Tomorrow we log in a different order and now the previously /Volumes/Groups-1 user has their mount at /Volumes/Group and vice versa. Any links, aliases, finder sidebar references, and application settings which pointed to yesterday's location are now BROKEN. Not very user friendly to my mother-in-law who is trying to find those pictures of the kids and doesn't know anything about mount points. I also can't reasonably mirror the file location structure on the desktop so that application preferences that are synced between the two (portable home directories) work. fail.
Apple Method 2) Use automounter and set up by hand direct maps for /Groups or an indirect maps for the children of /Groups. Now it will automatically get mounted to /network/servers/SERVER/Groups/ on the laptop and on the desktop it will automatically create a similar symlink structure so that the same path (/network/servers/SERVER/Groups) work both on desktop and laptop. Cool. Except when the second person logs in, the /network/servers/SERVER/Groups/ mountpoint is already owned by the first user and they don't have any permissions to access it. Fail.
Apple Method 3) Use mount_afs and specify directly the mount-points. Have each user have their own startup AppleScript which mounts /Groups to a different location (e.g. /Users/Shared/username/Groups) that way they don't conflict with multiple users. On the desktop, set up symlinks from /Users/Shared/username/Group to /Groups so that it will be the same as the client and applications settings will work when synchronized back/forth by portable-home-directories. Will it work, yes it does, but what a bear to maintain. Is this really what I should expect to do just to have multiple users on my desktop and laptop (which again is essentially required now if I want to do any type of iTunes sharing). This can't be what apple expects.
What I ended up doing - the "not quite apple" solution.
Non-Apple Method 4) After a read of "Autofs: Automatically Mounting Network File Shares in Mac OS X" (http://images.apple.com/business/docs/Autofs.pdf) at the very end there is a single paragraph of "Kerberized NFS": "A Kerberized NFS mount can have multiple connections from multiple users, each using the correct user’s credentials for each transaction. This allows administrators to support multiple users, each authenticated with their own credentials to the same mount point. This is very different from AFP and SMB mounts," (emphasis mine)
It appears that by using good 'ole NFS (abeint with Kerberos for security!) you can actually have multiple users on the same mount point. Roughly following the guidance at https://support.apple.com/kb/TA24986?viewlocale=en_US. What I needed to do was:
1) create /etc/exports on my desktop and add a single line "/Groups -sec=krb5". The existence of /etc/exports triggered a start of nfsd which no longer has any GUI options in Lion.
2) Add a line to /etc/auto_master on my laptop "/- auto_mymounts" to reference a new direct map.
3) Create /etc/auto_mymounts and add a single line "/Groups SERVER:/Groups" to create the direct map.
THAT'S IT. Three lines in three files.
Now when I log into my laptop, there is a /Groups that is a network mount of my desktop's /Groups, same location AND it works for all of my users, even simultaneously.
In the end I'm happy with what I've got, but man was this a difficult path just to support fast-user-switching. In Lion, Apple appears to be getting away from NFS (no longer turned on by default and remove from the GUI controls) but clearly this really useful functionality which doesn't exist in AFP.
I'm really curious, after all this work. Any other ways to accomplish this?

In my example above, yes I chose to mount the share "Groups" to the top of the root since that is where I put it on my server and I wanted to keep them similar; but that was just my preference, it isn't a requirement. You can export and mount from other directories.

How do I get my IPod touch and Ipad to play songs/albums downloaded from my Icloud correctly??

I used ITunes match just fine. But, tracks/entire albums play incorrectly - song plays about 1 minute, then skips to next song which plays for about 1 minute, etc. This is true for both IPod Touch and IPad (1). The same files downloaded from ICloud play fine on the computer and they also play fine on AppleTV. I have deleted and redownloaded these files numerous times, which makes no difference. Purchased music and some ripped from CD's play correctly on Touch and Ipad. This also seems to be connected CDs that were ripped and reencoded at a higher version before uploading. The files in question are now Matched AAC audio files.

You would need to restore the backup of your iPad Mini to your iPod Touch, and the apps would need to be compatible with both devices.
Restoring the backup to your iPod Touch will overwrite the data and settings with those contained in the backup so if you have anything on your iPod that you want to save, you would need to do that first.

How do I get Flash Player and IE9 to "play nice"?

I need help trying to figure out why I have difficulty loading various sites, because I get certificate error messages, IE9 then crashes, and of course windows tries to look for a solution, to no avail!? I recently installed Adobe Flash Player after the message popped up trying to play a game via my browser...IE9.
Please know that I am not a programmer, and have limited knowledge regarding java-script, cross-scripting and security certificates. These are all messages and or error messages that have "popped-up" since I installed Flash Player.
I just want my computer to work the way it did before the instal!!! No hangs, freezes, crashes, etc.... Please someone help!
Thanks in advance to anyone willing to "hold my hand" through the fix!
Ingrid

Moving this discussion to the Installing Flash Player forum.

How can I get Pages and iBooks to play nice??

Is there a way to create a Pages document on my iPad and then export it to iBooks as a PDF without sending to myself via email? I would hope this seamless interaction is available, without connecting to iTunes and syncing.

I don't see an option for saving a pages document as a PDF and transfer to iBooks. I see a number of available options but that isn't one of them.

Why can't apple and windows just play nice?

I have a 1st gen 4G nano. I’ve had it for about a year and didn’t have any major issues with it until iTunes version 7.0.1 & iPod version 1.1 came around.
After that update I could no longer sync…at the time my life was too busy to look at the troubleshooting and my nano had plenty of music – the few songs I had downloaded did not justify the time at that point in time.
New Year New Life. I wanted to make sure things in my life were up and running so I decided to take the time to go through the troubleshooting steps and resolve the issue with my nano. I did the 5 Rs and got all the way to the last one Restore. Well my nano did not restore and now I don’t have any music.
Since then I’ve tried the 5 Rs again and always get stuck in the same place. Here is what I do. Please let me know what I need to do to get my nano back online.
1) Download the newest version of Itunes
2) Connect the nano to my laptop via the USB cable
(Worth nothing that before Itunes starts up I see the nano on my computer but after I click the OK on the message on Itunes that tells me to restore it disappears from my computer)
3) Click Ok on message that says, “iTunes cannot read the contents of the iPod…”
(At this point the screen on my iPod is on the “do not disconnect” screen.)
4) Click Restore (only option on the summary screen on iTunes)
(At this point the screen on the iPod is on the main menu.)
5) Click “Use Newest Version” (also tried “Use Older Version button) on the next pop up window.
6) Click “Restore” on the next menu
(iPod is still on main menu/charged screen)
7) Restoring “iPod” window comes up with the restoring bar moving on the screen; however, iPod is still on main menu screen.
8) After about two minutes an error message that says “The iPod could not be restored. An unknown error occurred (1418).
A couple of additional notes, the iPod is fully charged and I have not added any new programs to my laptop. I do the normal Windows update but I strongly feel that it the root of the problem is within iTunes version 7.0.1 and version 1.1 iPod compatibility. Does anyone have any thoughts?

Do you have another computer available to you? because i was downloading linux on my ipod and it did not want to restore, but i went to my laptop and it did indeed restore, if you suspect IT 7 i recommend downloading a standalone updater for your ipod let me get a link
http://www.ipodwizard.net/showthread.php?t=7369
hope that resolves it

IBook and eMac wont play nice!

I have an iBook dual usb and an eMac with Nvidia Graphics and they wont file share like they used to. I want my iBook to talk to my eMac so I can pull files off of its hard drive.(This is because the iBook only has a 10 gb HD.) I also reformat my iBook's Hard Drive quite often sadly. so all of my backups are on my eMac. The real problem is that my iBook's Finder fails to recognize that it is an admin and only lists the "/user/clay" directory. The reason I know it is finder is because right now I have to use cyberduck to get all of the files off of my eMac. Cyberduck initally only shows me the "/user/clay" folder but it has the option to go up one folder and can connect to the "/" folder correctly. If anyone can help that would be awesome.
Thanks,
Clayton

Two ways to handle this Clayton...
Log into the eMac with the eMac's Admin User's name and Password, not the iBooks Username & PW.
Get Sharepoints...
http://www.hornware.com/sharepoints/
and setup any Share, User, Group, Rights you wish.

HT5517 i have apple tv and i could play my dvd on my macbook pro but now i cannot i get a black and white box i have vlc which apple store put on for me but thats no good because the film keeps jumping. i am wondering why i cannot play from dvd to apple t

i have had apple tv since last april and i could play films from dvd player from mac book but for some reason this has stopped working from dvd player when i put the dvd player on apple tv i get a black and white screen i can hear the film but i cannot see it, i went to my local store and they but vlc on for me but its terrible the film always jumps every time.
Can anyone now the reason this has happen as i watch film offern but its driving me crazy why i cannot play from macbook pro to dvd player. i have been told it was a sercuity problem with the films so do i use itunes every time i need to watch a film if so then apple tv is a waste of money thanks please help

This is supposed to happen, licensing issue mean that Apple can't AirPlay protected content to other devices. You might try VLC instead of Apples built in DVD player.

When using my MAC desktop, when I try to play a video on the Apple Homepage I just get a spinning wheel and it says "missing plug-in". What's the issue?

When using my MAC desktop, when I try to play a video on the Apple Homepage I just get a spinning wheel and it says "missing plug-in". What's the issue?

Yep. I installed Lion this morning. Open Mail. All is good. Went to video on the Apple's homepage and my whole computer froze up. I couldn't even shut down the computer properly. I just had to shut it off and restart. :|
Although, no "missing plug in" prompts were coming up for me. Just a frozen (brand new) iMac.

TS1717 I just downloaded a song and it only plays the first 50 seconds and then moves to the next song in the list. How can I get it to play the rest of the song?

I just downloaded a song and it only plays the first 50 seconds and then moves to the next song in the list. How can I get it to play the rest of the song?

If your country's iTunes Store allows you to redownload purchased tracks, I'd delete your current copy of the track and try redownloading a fresh one. See the following document for instructions:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
Otherwise, I'd report the problem to the iTunes Store.
Log in to the Store. Click on "Account" in your Quick Links. When you're in your Account information screen, go down to Purchase History and click "See all".
Find the item that is not playing properly. If you can't see "Report a Problem" next to the item, click the "Report a problem" button. Now click the "Report a Problem" link next to the item.

I purchased a song on iTunes and it is displayed in my list of SONGS. However, when I try to add to my iPhone 4, it displays with a small circle of dots to the left of the song title and will not play. How do I get this song onto my device?

I purchased a song on iTunes and it is displayed in my list of SONGS. However, when I try to add to my iPhone 4, it displays with a small circle of dots to the left of the song title and will not play. How do I get this song onto my device?

Hi TKCDM1!
You should try to get this purchase onto your iOS device by using the suggestions in the following article:
Downloading past purchases from the iTunes Store, App Store, and iBooks Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
Thanks for being a part of the Apple Support Communities!
Regards,
Braden

HT1386 My Itunes on my laptop will no longer sync any podcasts or audiobooks to my mini Ipad, and my Ipod as well. After I sync and try to play a podcast on both I get the following podcast is temporarily unavailable! I can downld on ipad and it works,

My Itunes on my laptop will no longer sync any podcasts or audiobooks to my mini Ipad, and my Ipod as well. After I sync and try to play a podcast on both I get the following podcast is temporarily unavailable! I can downld on ipad and it works, I just did a disagnostics check, and I get there error Secure Link to Itunes has failed? *** over >? anyone thank you

Upgrade to Snow Leopard - it's compatible with the latest version of iTunes, and still supports PowerPC applications.
$19.99 - http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573Z/A/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard
Snow Leopard is required if you wanted to upgrade to Lion, anyway, which you may want to in the future if the latest version of iTunes no longer supports Snow Leopard.

All my downloaded(digital copy) movies will no longer play in itunes, i get a black screen, and no sound, but the time keeps going. how can i fix this?

All my downloaded (digital copies from dvds) won't play in itunes. I get a black screen and no sound, but the time keeps moving. How do i fix this?

Hi 22chill,
I recommend that we delete and re-download the movie from your purchase history:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519
Thanks,
Matt M.

I am trying to listen BBC radio news from BBC App, but on pressing the button I always get the error "there was an error playing this radio feed". What is the source of this error and how can I remove it?

I am trying to listen BBC radio news from BBC App, but on pressing the button "live radio" I always get the error "there was an error playing this radio feed". What is the source of this error and how can I remove it?

That is probably just a generic error message and you might not ever know what is causing it. Assuming that you have been able to play live radio with the app in the past (I know nothing about the app) and assuming that all other Internet related functions (Safari, email, etc.) are working properly on your iPad, quit the app completely and reboot your iPad.
Go to the home screen first by tapping the home button. Double tap the home button and the recents tray will appear with all of your recent apps displayed at the bottom. Tap and hold down on any app icon until it begins to wiggle. Tap the minus sign in the upper left corner of the app that you want to close. Tap the home button or anywhere above the task bar.
Reboot the iPad by holding down on the sleep and home buttons at the same time for about 10-15 seconds until the Apple Logo appears - ignore the red slider if it appears on the screen - let go of the buttons. Let the iPad start up.
If that fails to resolve the issue, you might want to reboot your router, unplug it for about 30 seconds and then plug it in again.

I had to get a new ITouch and now my app Tempo Magic won't work. It allows me to do evertyhing but play the music. When I hit play it kicks me out - any help would be appreciated. Thank you

I had to get a new ITouch and now my app Temp Magic won't work. It allows me to select the temp and music I want but when I hit play it kicks me out. Can someone please help me resolve this? Thanks!

Try here:
iOS: Troubleshooting applications purchased from the App Store

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