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barnz
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 Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 1:41 pm Post subject: Re: Sapphire Browser for Front Row |
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| admin wrote: | | It will download all the metadata and cover art for your TV Shows and Movies in Front Row. |
Can anyone confirm if this works for movies and tv shows that originated on DVD? What about PVR material, such as from EyeTV?
It seems like when this function has been an issue before, the problems have related to FrontRow wanting everything to be in iTunes. I only use iTunes for music, and get most of my TV shows a year late on DVD...
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Pleiades
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| Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 2:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Gusev wrote: | | The only thing I have noticed with some of the movies/tv shows don't always get picked up. One example is Battlestar Galactica Razor. Any suggestions on how to get around this? |
It has to do with naming usually. I got Razor to get picked up, but it showed up in the Movies section. I believe my filename is "BSG Razor.avi".
But yeah, I've had a few that won't get picked up even though they're spelled correctly, particularly some of my Jeremy Clarkson DVDs.
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gbooker
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| Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 5:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Gusev wrote: | | The only thing I have noticed with some of the movies/tv shows don't always get picked up. One example is Battlestar Galactica Razor. Any suggestions on how to get around this? |
Created an FAQ entry for ya:
http://appletv.nanopi.net/72/how-do-i-identify-series-specials/
Also, there are other FAQ entries along with a manual |
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Gusev
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| Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 11:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks - that helped a lot! |
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blazer
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| Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 9:10 pm Post subject: |
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I just started messing around with Sapphire tonight, and I'm pretty impressed with it so far. 
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| Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 7:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Wow, this sounds really cool! Are there other Apple TV plugins that work? I wouldn't mind having ones for radio and YouTube. |
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myminirocks
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Ok, 1 week on and I have removed Sapphire. I love it, I really do, but currently it is really buggy. It would crash Front Row about every 3rd time requiring a killall command in terminal.
it would also randomly 'lose' movies and tv shows.
It is a proof in concept that FR plugin can be written so it is certainly an exciting start.
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| myminirocks wrote: | Ok, 1 week on and I have removed Sapphire. I love it, I really do, but currently it is really buggy. It would crash Front Row about every 3rd time requiring a killall command in terminal.
it would also randomly 'lose' movies and tv shows.
It is a proof in concept that FR plugin can be written so it is certainly an exciting start. |
yeah to me it seems like an AWESOME idea but as of right now it's just too buggy for my tastes. i'll wait for a better version and give it another go.
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hackersmovie
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| Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 12:21 pm Post subject: |
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| myminirocks wrote: | Ok, 1 week on and I have removed Sapphire. I love it, I really do, but currently it is really buggy. It would crash Front Row about every 3rd time requiring a killall command in terminal.
it would also randomly 'lose' movies and tv shows.
It is a proof in concept that FR plugin can be written so it is certainly an exciting start. |
what exactly did you do to remove it? I'm not seeing the "Sapphire.frappliance" in the frontrow plugins folder anymore? But sure enough Sapphire is there!
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myminirocks
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hey hackersmovie, I dont know why but you seem to have had heaps of trouble with sapphire, I noticed your other posts about it.
I just went into the FR plugins folder (coreservices folder) and there was the sapphire frappliance folder, deleted it and killed FR in terminal and "poof' it was gone.
How did you install your copy? it sounds like some of the issues you are having seem to do with folder structure, is it possible you have 2 x versions of FR installed? I know some people installed the old tiger FR in leopard and they have reported issues and general weirdness with folder access.
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| myminirocks wrote: | hey hackersmovie, I dont know why but you seem to have had heaps of trouble with sapphire, I noticed your other posts about it.
I just went into the FR plugins folder (coreservices folder) and there was the sapphire frappliance folder, deleted it and killed FR in terminal and "poof' it was gone.
How did you install your copy? it sounds like some of the issues you are having seem to do with folder structure, is it possible you have 2 x versions of FR installed? I know some people installed the old tiger FR in leopard and they have reported issues and general weirdness with folder access. |
Believe it or not, I actually followed the instructions on their site! (you know the fact that most men don't like to read instructions..)
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Pleiades
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| Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 1:58 pm Post subject: |
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There's a new Sapphire beta out today.
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tlutrick
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| Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 4:57 pm Post subject: I must be an idiot, as I can't install Sapphire |
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Hey guys,
I'm new to this the Board and a recent Mac convert. I just bought a Mac Mini with high hopes of using Front Row as a media center component. I love the concept of what the Sapphire application provides, but for the life of me I can follow the installation instructions related to:
Place Sapphire.frappliance in: “/System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/PlugIns/”.
This folder doesn't exist. Everything else is pretty self explanatory (I think). I sure would appreciate it if someone would point me on the road to Mac Happiness. 
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khisayruou
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| Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 8:46 pm Post subject: Re: I must be an idiot, as I can't install Sapphire |
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| tlutrick wrote: | | Place Sapphire.frappliance in: “/System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/PlugIns/”. |
Open up finder, under devices...click on your hard drive. Then go into system >> library >> coreservices >> front row.app
Now, right click it and "Show package contents", then contents >> plugins
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tlutrick
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| Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:06 pm Post subject: |
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| That's so simple...Thanks. |
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