Apple today released Front Row 1.2.2 which provides a variety of fixes for better reliability.
Bugs fixed in 1.2.2 include:
– Addresses bugs that prevented song shuffling within playlists
– Front row no longer says the server was not found when its waiting for a large movie trailer or long shared video to load
– Corrects bugs that prevented authorized Audible Audiobooks from playing
– Fixes a variety of DVD compatibility issues
– Purchased movies located in the Movies folder are now correctly recognized
– Includes a variety of fixes for VoiceOver accessibility
– Fixes a bug that prevented Front Row from reconnecting to shared video libraries after wake from sleep
More info and download link (4MB) here.
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It’s much faster on my iMac G5. You don’t get the lag when moving through the menus anymore. Shame it still doesn’t allow you to choose iTunes visuals though.
I hope by faster you mean “somewhere near acceptable”.
Because with my large (20,000+) iTunes library, Front Row was unusable. I love the look of it, but I wouldn’t even show it off to make friends jealous, because I would get the little “spinning thingy” for ages every time I moved from menu to menu.
I’ll have to give it a try after downloading this update.
Fark you Apple for not selling Front Row separately to those that bought a Mac last year. Pthhtpwhthtpthwthh!!!!
blucaso
Well, put it this way. When I used to select Music, there was a lag of up to 10 seconds whilst iTunes was loaded and my library processed. Now it’s pretty much instantaneous.
I have just over 2000 items in iTunes.
I just downloaded MediaCentral for my powerbook. For anybody that doesn’t have front row its a nice replacement and its free.
2000 is not 20,000+ buddy…
blucaso, iTunes was meant for most of us, not for the midas of music.
I wonder if it’s going to disable the Front Row I unabled with FrontRow unabler. Front Row works great on my Dual G4. I’ll wait to hear from others about that.
BTW, I control Front Row with my bluetooth phone and it works great.
im with gRen, anyone tested ? ?
blucaso, maybe you should think about segmenting your iTunes library. I read about a utility a few months back (I think it was in MacWorld mag) that allowed you to have multiple iTune libraries and switch between them easily.
I know it’s not as good as having everything in one library, but you might find that you could break your library in half or thirds and get good results. This way you could at least enjoy using FR while listening to your music.
Sorry I don’t remember the name of the utility, but if you can’t find it online from MW, Versiontracker might help.
Surprised no one has blown it up yet!
S
“I just downloaded MediaCentral for my powerbook. For anybody that doesn’t have front row its a nice replacement and its free.”
-I use it as well it works great. The best part is that you don’t have to use the new ILife. So if you are still using IPhoto 5 then this is the way to go. Oh yeah if you have also ripped your DVDs for backup from mactheripper they also play on this as well.
I’ve got a 42,000 item music library (more than 200 gigs) and Front Row is pretty much instantaneous.
And jhn is the winner!
Who besides the unemployed can make use of a 20,00+ song iTunes library. And if you’re unemployed, how can you afford it? I bet 15,000 go unused.
Get a life!!!!!!
“2000 is not 20,000+ buddy…”
Gee. Thanks for the maths lesson. You don’t think I mentioned that for comparison’s sake, by any chance?
hey guys, ive got front row on my power mac g5 (originally using enabler), all you have to do is unzip the dmg, open the disk image, drag the pkg to ya desktop, ctrl-click and open package contents, open folder, open the frontrowupdate.dist in textEdit, scroll down a little bit untill you reach……if ( !isModel(“PowerMac12,1”) && !isModel and put in your mac code (cause it says powermac doesnt mean it is one!) its under system profiler, mine works fine. this will probably disappear shortly after posting
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I just got a 17″ MBP. After playing with Front Row, I decided that its pretty neat, but Apple is going about it all wrong. The whole idea of using iTunes to store videos is just stupid. Why should I have to import my videso from my Movies folder into iTunes in order for Front Row to play videos from a remote computer. Maybe whats needed is an application for movies and videos similar to iTunes. iTunes is becoming this giant monstrosity.
jeff you dont have to have your movies in itunes, if they are in a different place or hard drive just alt/apple key and click drag to make an alias icon, then put that into itunes videos. – it creates a link to the real video file)
Just upgraded to the new version on my iMac G5 2.1 – have just over 12,000 in iTunes (do they go “unused”? Don’t know, don’t care). Went from about 20 secs. lag to less than 3. Not “instantaneous” but very nice improvement.
10 gabizillion million songs on my iTunes!!!
Thanks Andy, that worked like a charm on my 17-inch PowerBook! And everything is a lot snappier (seriously).
Another, easier option for Jeff (and anyone who wants to leave their movies in their Movies folder) – unclick “Copy files to iTunes Music folder when adding to library” under the Advanced section of Preferences. They still show up in iTunes, and in FrontRow.