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Any way to make Front Row Remote control VLC?
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Apr 17, 2006, 04:31 PM
 
I've got a newer Mac Mini with Front Row, and I've been enjoying watching videos from across the room. However, I've found that Front Row crashes on a lot of my movies, but VLC has almost no problems with them. When I use VLC, though, I have no control over the playback and volume using the Front Row remote--is there any way to change that?

I guess my ideal solution would allow me to map a keystroke command to the each FR remote's button and then re-route the commands to a specific program (VLC in this case) instead of Front Row. Does anyone know of such a thing? Does anyone have the skills to make it happen? I know that MediaCentral can steal Front Row remote control comands from the system, but it also crashes a lot.
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Apr 17, 2006, 10:02 PM
 
Okay, I did a Google search and unexpectedly found a perfect solution at the VLC forums (I know, so obvious). Here's the link for anyone interested:

http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?p=60224&
     
   
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