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I use a MacMini for an audio server. The playlists I have set up in iTunes (and which work fine in iTunes) bear no resemblance to the original when I attempt to use them in Front Row. For instance, a smart playlist to select items with 4 star ratings or higher picks up items with no ratings at all when used in Front Row. Tried deleting Front Row plist, but no change. Thought this might have to do with outdated software as I'm using Front Row 1.1. When I attempted to update to 1.3.1, the installer refuses to install it on any of my 3 macs (all of which are running snow leopard & current versions of iPhoto & iTunes)... whats up with that?

Thanks for the suggestion, I tried this one (2.1.7) as well with the same result: "Front Row can't be installed on this disk. This software update is not required". I believe the reason is that 2.1.7 is not 64-bit (for Intel Macs) while 1.1 is. Based on the create dates for the packages, I think 2.17 is an update to 1.31 (though I can't get a copy of 1.31 to examine), and 1.31 is not an update to the 1.1 (64bit) version which has the newest create date. If true, it looks like Apple needs to update the software. But in the interim, I can't use any of the smart playlists created in iTunes in Front Row. Playlists which were created using specific songs rather than groups defined by rules work just fine, with the Front Row playlist matching the one created in iTunes.
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