Reader video: Front Row on a Mac mini

TUAW reader, Zeno, wrote in tonight from Switzerland, having just managed to get Front Row running on his Mac mini with a few "tweaks" (it is currently only included with and supported on new iMacs).

He recorded a video as proof of his success, and included the following notes: "Details: - Front Row transition effects run smooooth on the Mac mini (keep in mind there's no G5 in the mini and it only has 32MB of vram). First time you launch it, you'll be blown away, that's for sure. - Front Row can be controlled from the keyboard (4 arrow keys, space bar and escape) - As you can see in the video, I managed to remote-control Front Row from my SonyEricsson K700 via Bluetooth: using one of the built-in Bluetooth HID profile (no Salling Clicker needed, even if, of course, you could do that with Salling Clicker too) - Because of those 'tweaks' (ok, call them 'hacks') Front Row on the Mac mini is not working 100% properly (Videos and Photos were ok, but had some problems with DVD and Music)"

Pretty cool. The video is awesome, as you can really tell how completely stoked Zeno is about the whole thing. We like it so much, that we decided to host it for him. You can grab your copy here (13MBs).

Thanks, Zeno! You rule!

Update: Here's a Flickr set of another Mac mini running Front Row. Thanks, Matthew!

Update again: ~~Here's a how-to~~It's been taken down [via digg.]

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C.K. Sample, III

Well, now that it's official, I'm closing comments on this post. Check the comments above for where you can find more info on all this. Cheers!

November 02 2005 at 1:40 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

halo5

OK, let's make this official. We've moved all of the Front Row content to the macminicenter.com wiki. All new FR content will go here, including a definitive how-to guide for running FR on non-iMacs. There is also a lot more info on Front Row in general posted here. Here is the link: http://www.macminicenter.com/wiki/index.php?title=Front_Row

November 02 2005 at 1:35 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Zeno Crivelli

ops, the above email address is: accounts-at-macminicenter.com

November 02 2005 at 9:06 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Zeno Crivelli

Ok, I set up a dedicated page on the macminicenter wiki: http://www.macminicenter.com/wiki/index.php?title=Front_Row I also posted a couple of GORGEOUS hi-res screenshots (for the users who haven't had the change yet to play with Front Row on their Mac). And yes, let's do the "definitive step by step guide": don't be afraid to ask for an account to edit that page: just send an short email to 'accountsmacminicenter.com' with your full name. bye -- zeno

November 02 2005 at 9:02 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Scott

Great postings. However, is there anywhere online with the definitive notes on how to get Front Row working with the latest recommended downloads? I have looked through all of the posts, where things have been fixed, as the thread has developed, however, it would be great if there was a definitive step by step guide.

November 02 2005 at 8:08 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Pheuvnig

can your psp be used as an alternate remote when using the front row software on the old g5 imac

November 02 2005 at 4:02 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

halo5

I like the idea of a wiki that's controlled by one of the original posters (and one who is interested in FR). However, the good thing about the macwiki site is that it also has a phpNuke-type site for discussions as well. I think this is important, because wiki seems klunky to me when it comes to this type of anonymous back-and-forth conversation. OTOH, we would have better control over filetypes for uploading, etc. Also, we had our own phpNuke site, we could even create a dedicated Front Row category. Does anyone have a phpNuke-type BBS site that we could use with zeno's wiki site? Definitely worth considering... --halo5

November 01 2005 at 7:37 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

halo5

George, go here for the fix for 10.4.3: http://www.macwiki.net/index.php/OSX_Update

November 01 2005 at 7:25 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Zeno Crivelli

WOW, over 300 comments, I can't believe it! :-) Speaking of wiki... another appropriate place to continue this discussion could be the wiki I'm hosting at: http://www.macminicenter.com ....just a thought... If you guys are interested I can create an account for you (or I could make the registration process public) and set up a page dedicated to Front Row (which btw I had already planned to do since the day I shot that video ;-) let me know bye zeno

November 01 2005 at 7:01 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Michael Hernandez

How do you do the whole cel phone remote thing? Will I be able to use my Moto Razr?

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