ibcrootbeer Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 yeah i just thought about checking the activity monitor and saw that... rats! is there any way i can finangle someone here with the programming skittles to come up with or add onto the recent exit.frappliance plugin to automatically kill the loginwindow process? have i mentioned how much you guys rock! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazkid Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 that would be as pointless as before the frappliance losing all your running programs and safari tabs would be almost as bad as rebooting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbz Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 DsurioN, could you update your first post to include links to the advancements, or actual write-ups if you want. I think that would at least centralize all the info in this thread... a whole bunch of stuff has popped up, and I'm sure newbies would appreciate that! Just a suggestion! -Urby PS Thanks for all the work everyone is putting into this! This community ROCKS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElBob Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 This is just plain strange, it doesn't cause any problems for me. To the people having trouble, did you use the installer or did you do it manually? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlentz823 Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 installer has anybody gotten ATV while rnning n your mac able to accsess your media files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElBob Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 Yes, I have. As soon as I figure out the best way I'll post a guide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibcrootbeer Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 cant wait!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DsurioN Posted March 31, 2007 Author Share Posted March 31, 2007 Updated the main thread with the apple + tab trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midwest Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 I deleted original front row app and now i can change volume WITH REMOTE on aptv on a macbook pro. Can anyone verify this works. Also any one know how to revert screen resolution after exit.frappliance. Maybe combine Close AppleTV.app With The exit.Frapp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssbands04 Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 ...now if i could only figure out why my sleep, restart, shut down, log out options dont work after i exit the app? any thoughts?also with fast user switching active, when i click on the other user the mouse starts pinwheeling/locks up in the entire right side of the menu bar... would anyone out there be willing to create a simple/easy script or something to tell finder to basically relaunch after you exit ATV? I think that would effectivly fix every issue i just described. please? i have the exact same problem on my mbp.......that's probably the last main thing keeping me from installing this permanently....i keep going back and forth between installing it and not i'm just afraid.........are there any side effects for installing the 2 frameworks? i just don't want to f up my whole install okay......another issue i'm running into.......This is on a 15" MBP with a 22" external Dell LCD when i set the mbp monitor as the main monitor (has menubar and dock), and run AppleTV (not replaced the original front row btw) it seems off center and the right side is cut off......is this because the interface can't output the 1440x900? and also, anyone know how to get the exit.frappliance to switch back the resolution? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackand Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 Thanks to everyone, you guys are really great. Everything works here, except when I Cmd + Tab, I'm not able to see the frontmost app. It runs behind aTV. Am I supposed to have 2 displays? Edit: nevermind, got it working, hadn't noticed the tip on the original post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiaboliK Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 just remember that aTV is going to run as the *exclusive* app so its always going to be on top (the screen with the menubar specifically) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FavleX Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 I followed the procedure but when I open the "new" Front Row it says the application is damage or incomplete...??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icyderguru Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 i use a hackmac, it launches shows the intro video but then quits Does anybody know how to fix it? Or what it is about the BRXHardwareUtility.m:145 ? Last login: Sat Mar 31 13:32:30 on console/Users/icy/Desktop/Front\ Row.app/Contents/MacOS/Front\ Row; exit Welcome to Darwin! icy:~ icy$ /Users/icy/Desktop/Front\ Row.app/Contents/MacOS/Front\ Row; exit libosp.c:547:OSPGetState: kOSPBootCount: kRTCMethodReadBytes failed: 0xe00002c2 libosp.c:547:OSPGetState: kOSPBootCount: kRTCMethodReadBytes failed: 0xe00002c2 /SourceCache/Riptide/Riptide-175/BackRow/Utilities/BRXHardwareUtility.m:145: failed assertion `NO' Abort trap logout [Process completed] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locklin Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 Ok heres the working dameon (Failed again... seems the AppleTV doesnt behave nicely, tested using a normal finder but fails in using the AppleTV version): download : http://files.semaja2.net/AppleTV.zip source : http://files.semaja2.net/AppleTV.source.zip (I hope even know it failed i hope it sparks a idea in someones head) Now place it into your applications folder (you can change this but you need to change the below commands) Now open the terminal and enter (replace the appletv user with the short name of your appleTV user): sudo /Applications/Apple\ TV\ Quit\ Daemon.app/Contents/MacOS/Apple\ TV\ Quit\ Daemon -user appletv It will ask you for your password enter it and it launches, now fast user switch to your appleTV account and enjoy, when finished hold down "menu" until it returns you to the login screen PS. i take no blame for any damage caused for using this daemon and will not be accountable for anything that may come of it PSS. sorry if theres bugs or whatnot but im coding this very late at night and in a rush PSSS. this can also be used to log out of your own user quickly Doesn't work for me, as soon as I enter the code in terminal (sudo /Applications/Apple\ TV\ Quit\ Daemon.app/Contents/MacOS/Apple\ TV\ Quit\ Daemon -user appletv) it gives me a message regarding it can't load the AppleRemote.framework library as it is referenced to your own library: "dyld: Library not loaded: /Users/jamesas/Library/Frameworks/AppleRemote.framework/Versions/A/AppleRemote Referenced from: /Applications/Apple TV Quit Daemon.app/Contents/MacOS/Apple TV Quit Daemon Reason: image not found Trace/BPT trap" How can I fix that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibcrootbeer Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 just added it. that is so slick! ...now if i could only figure out why my sleep, restart, shut down, log out options dont work after i exit the app? any thoughts? also with fast user switching active, when i click on the other user the mouse starts pinwheeling/locks up in the entire right side of the menu bar... would anyone out there be willing to create a simple/easy script or something to tell finder to basically relaunch after you exit ATV? I think that would effectivly fix every issue i just described. please? i have the exact same problem on my mbp.......that's probably the last main thing keeping me from installing this permanently....i keep going back and forth between installing it and not ok i think i solved this issue with the loginwindow process freezing up... previously on 24... just kidding. previously i was just using the new front row app as a standalone on the desktop, and whenever i wanted to run it i would just double click and away i went. however this resulted in the loginwindow freezing after i exited the app (by either using the steermouse method or the frappliance method, which i think is very slick) so i kept rereading some of these posts and decided to just try to replaced the original front row app in system/library/core services (first backing up the original by the way!) dropped in the modified one and lo and behold, now all i have to do is hit the menu button on the apple remote whenever i want to use ATV and it will go right into ATV! to get out just go through the menus and select exit apple tv (frappliance method). Boom, youre out of ATV with no adverse effects to your system NOR! the loginwindow process! it no longer freezes, i am able to login logout, restart, etc etc without force quiting the process. still havnt got the volume on the remote to adjust the volume in ATV however, as well as waiting for someone here to come up with a way for ATV that is running in another user to see ALL my media, not just the stuff in iTunes. i would like to be able to see/play my movies in the Movies folder etc.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DsurioN Posted March 31, 2007 Author Share Posted March 31, 2007 yes I think we should try to mess around with the itunes settings .plist in the /Media folder. There are some interesting options there that might let us tell appleTV where to look for media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midwest Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 ok i think i solved this issue with the loginwindow process freezing up... previously on 24... just kidding. previously i was just using the new front row app as a standalone on the desktop, and whenever i wanted to run it i would just double click and away i went. however this resulted in the loginwindow freezing after i exited the app (by either using the steermouse method or the frappliance method, which i think is very slick) so i kept rereading some of these posts and decided to just try to replaced the original front row app in system/library/core services (first backing up the original by the way!) dropped in the modified one and lo and behold, now all i have to do is hit the menu button on the apple remote whenever i want to use ATV and it will go right into ATV! to get out just go through the menus and select exit apple tv (frappliance method). Boom, youre out of ATV with no adverse effects to your system NOR! the loginwindow process! it no longer freezes, i am able to login logout, restart, etc etc without force quiting the process. still havnt got the volume on the remote to adjust the volume in ATV however, as well as waiting for someone here to come up with a way for ATV that is running in another user to see ALL my media, not just the stuff in iTunes. i would like to be able to see/play my movies in the Movies folder etc.? I was able to get the apple remote to change volume on a macbook pro I deleted The original front row app and now it works I can only use it as a standalone app though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac-mini Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 works great! i used an installer floating around to do the install and then added the exit frapplience and i just have to use the keyboard for volume Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssbands04 Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 frcootbeer: what if i don't want to use this as a replacement and i just want to keep it as a regular app? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DsurioN Posted March 31, 2007 Author Share Posted March 31, 2007 Well then you will get conflicts with the original front row. To avoid conflicts, just back it up and you can put it back later after you're tired of appleTV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibcrootbeer Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 frcootbeer: what if i don't want to use this as a replacement and i just want to keep it as a regular app? yes to conflicts... i may actually change mine back. when i tried to view movie trailers from itunes on my main user account, as soon as i hit play ATV quit. i dont really use the regular front row as much as others, so it didnt really matter to me to have ATV take its place, but since it doesnt play well with the other users for some reason, i may change it back to a standalone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pix Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 hi! i tried everything like describe, but Front Row.app always crashes for me on a 20" intel iMac. here is hwat i get: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001) KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE (0x0002) at 0x000007f0 Thread 0 Crashed: 0 0x1000 + 201158 1 -[bRMediaHost addMediaProvider:] + 138 2 0x1000 + 33227 3 0x1000 + 27006 4 0x1000 + 21589 5 0x1000 + 21043 6 0x1000 + 18932 7 0x1000 + 1512278 8 0x1000 + 1512061 console.log: Mar 31 12:33:33 iMac FrontRow[393]: Message Handler Installation Failed: bootstrap_check_in(): 0x44c: Bootstrap not privileged\n Mar 31 12:33:33 iMac FrontRow[393]: No matching IR micro server found. Mar 31 12:33:33 iMac FrontRow[393]: VERS: failed to get ImageVersion for display Mar 31 12:33:33 iMac FrontRow[393]: VERS: failed to get BootImageVersion for display Mar 31 12:33:33 iMac /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/BackRow.framework/Resources/SettingsHelper: Failed to setuid Mar 31 12:33:33 iMac FrontRow[393]: Settings helper failed: status 100 Mar 31 12:33:33 iMac /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/BackRow.framework/Resources/SettingsHelper: Failed to setuid Mar 31 12:33:33 iMac FrontRow[393]: Settings helper failed: status 100 Mar 31 12:33:34 iMac FrontRow[393]: VERS: failed to get ImageValid for display Mar 31 12:33:35 iMac FrontRow[393]: Message Handler Installation Failed: service port is NULL\n Mar 31 12:33:36 iMac crashdump[397]: Front Row crashed Mar 31 12:33:36 iMac crashdump[397]: crash report written to: /Users/rl/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/Front Row.crash.log anyone has any thoughst on why this might be? sounds like many folks here have run this on 20" iMac without trouble? thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FavleX Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 thanks Dsurion guide i'm able to see the introduction of atv , then I need to force a shut down like others. My problem is that if I change with hexeditor Front Row and save it with the renderer modified( fullscreen-window) the application doesn't start anymore, and seen the message says Malformed Mach-o file What does it mean? I need that working for going to the next step, activate the atv in iTunes. Please help , I wanna try that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DsurioN Posted March 31, 2007 Author Share Posted March 31, 2007 Make sure you're not putting 2E's instead of 00's when you're typing in the dots and make sure there are 8 dots after BRWindowRenderer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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