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Front Row Plugin

The DVDpedia plugin for Mac OS X Front Row and Apple TV, is the ultimate home theater addition to DVDpedia. It allows you to browse movie collections by title, director, actor, genre, year and country. You also get a description and beautiful artwork for each entry selected. If there is a movie linked to the entry, you can start playing it right in Front Row or on the Apple TV.

The DVDpedia plugin is developed using Objective-C and Cocoa. It is offered as a free download.

What's new in version 2.0.6

  • Apple TV 3.0.1 support (not tested on 3.0.0)
  • Fixed movie genre display
  • Fixed movie genre filtering for movies with multiple genres
  • Actors are now displayed
  • Directors are now displayed
  • Release date displayed is now the theatrical date

Requirements

  • Bruji's DVDpedia
  • Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard or
    Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard or
    Apple TV 3.0.1

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How to install the plugin on Apple TV

Disclaimer Although we tested this plugin and are currently using it, third party Apple TV plugins are the result of a hack and are not supported by Apple. Therefore, Bruji and para9 cannot be held responsible for any loss, damage or inconvenience resulting from the installation of DVDpedia plugin on your Apple TV.

  • 1. Update your Apple TV to 3.0.1. The plugin ONLY works with 3.0.1.
  • 2. Enable at least SSH and AFP on the Apple TV. This is the hardest part, but there is a lot of information about this everywhere. You can follow instructions from iClarified then install NitoTV. In NitoTV you will be able to run the Smart Installer which will install lots of useful things like AFP and external USB drive support. If you choose to follow any other instructions, just be aware that, as I am writing this, the Take2USB patch doesn’t work since Apple TV 2.1. The patch applied with NitoTV smart installer is working. Also, you have to know that even with all the patches, since Apple TV take 2 VIDEO_TS folders will not playback.

    If you need help patching your Apple TV, head to the AwkwardTV community. They will be able to tell you much more concerning this step.
  • 3. Using the Finder or SSH, copy the plugin from /System/Library/CoreServices/Front\ Row.app/Contents/PlugIns/DVDpedia.frappliance/ to the Apple TV in /System/Library/CoreServices/
    Finder.app/Contents/PlugIns/    .

    Note: To get into Front Row.app and Finder.app just ctrl-click (right-click) the icon and select "Show Package Contents".

    Note2: If you cannot see the Apple TV from the Finder, choose "Connect to Server" (Command-K) and enter afp://appletv.local
  • 4. Now you need to put the DVDpedia database somewhere accessible from the Apple TV. By default, the plugin will look on the Apple TV in /Users/frontrow/. So, using the Finder or SSH, copy the folder ~/Library/Application Support/DVDpedia/ to Apple TV in /Users/frontrow/. You can also put the database elsewhere; the DVDpedia database location is configurable in the setting menu of the plugin.
  • 5. Reboot your Apple TV by unplugging it or logging in to the Apple TV with SSH and killing the Finder process.
  • 6. Now you can make DVDpedia desktop application open the database at this new location. Just start the application while holding the option-key and DVDpedia will let you select the database location. Choose Apple TV /Users/frontrow/DVDpedia/ or any location you chose on step 4.