Have Front Row Default To Another Source Instead Of Home iTunes

Hey All,
Curious if anyone knows of a script or app that allows me to force Front Row to default to a specific source upon loading?
I have all my movies and tv shows setup on my main system in my bedroom and everytime I load front row, I have to scroll down and choose the source I want.
I know there are tons of little apps out there for such things like this (like TV Row chooses which monitor to send Front Row to instead of your main monitor), so I would hope someone knows of one. I have been searching on the net for the past week, but usually I just get links to media center apps that have the keyword Source in them.
Thanks!
Tim

I have the exact same problem.
I think that the problem is related to a read/write permissions / "file in use" type of problem that is specifc to network drives in some way.
I have two computers, and my iTunes library is stored on a usb-harddrive connected to a Airport Extreme wireless router.
When I have opened iTunes on computer1, and try to start iTunes on computer2 it says that the Itunes library is locked.
I guess the same thing is happening when FrontRow tries to connect to the iTunes library, while iTunes is open.
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