I installed it on my 14" iBook G4 1.2 Ghz last night, havent played with it too much, but its pretty buggy. The Photos work fine, didnt try DVD, Movies seemed to be fine, I browsed and watched a movie trailer without a problem, Music only works once after a restart, then if I go to my desktop and back into Front Row it stops working, gives me an error. It's very cool none-the-less.
It's cool, if you install a bunch of quicktime codecs you can watch pretty much any movie you put in your movies folder. Too bad their wasn't a media center that used mplayer, or vlc for it's video playback ;-)
I've installed it on my iBook G4 12" and it works great! A little bit slow, but still works fine. Pictures, Music, and Videos all work fine and I havn't tried DVDs yet.
Well, having tried it myself now (without a remote), I can definitely say this is a cool thing. And I think it's a crime that Apple's limiting it to the iMac. They should just bundle it on a CD, along with a small IR/USB converter, in the box with that new Apple Remote. This is exactly what Mac mini HTPC modders have been begging for since day 1.
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It needs more features though.
I haven't installed it on my PB.
I heared that DVD playback isn't working, have you tried that?
Originally posted by JLL
I have it running on my Power Mac - pretty smooth.
It needs more features though.
Does it work well without the remote? Can you use the remote with an iSight camera as the infrared port?
But how did you all get a copy of it? Can you buy it anywhere?
If you're having problems with playing music and getting the "can't communicate" error make sure you startup iTunes before you startup Front Row.
Originally posted by Gene Clean
You can most certainly buy it on bittorrent sites.
interesting choice of words -- buy? --
Runs like a champ here. now I just need the BT phone
Originally posted by buckeye
Does it work well without the remote?
You just use the arrow keys, space bar and escape.
Originally posted by buckeye
Can you use the remote with an iSight camera as the infrared port?
That would need some kind of drivers and it's not the way it works on the iMac.
Originally posted by a_greer
interesting choice of words -- buy? --
Runs like a champ here. now I just need the BT phone
Sarcasm, is another interesting word.
Originally posted by kyle325ci
I want to set up a mini on my entertainment center and use Front Row. Is there a way to use a remote with the Mini?
Bluetooth cell phone
all the people which downloaded Font Row to "test" it on their iBook, PB, PM, old iMac should read this onTUAW