Potential solution/Work-around/fix to apple remote XBMC issue
Apple Remote issues I have:
1) Apple Remote fails completely if XBMC starts at user login at boot time
2) Intermittent XBMC vol up/down affects system vol up/down
I have found that the following fixes both my Apple Remote issues ..
1) Disable "Allow start of XBMC using the remote" in Settings/Input Devices
2) Delete /Users/<your_user_name>/Library/LaunchAgents/org.xbmc.helper.plist
3) Reboot
I have been able to replicate the problem by enabling "Allow start of XBMC using the remote" and rebooting once or twice (Important: problem does not recur until reboot). Likewise I have repeated the fix 10 or 20 times. [The fix has worked every time however occassionally it is a little harder to replicate the problem - takes a few reboots or need to make XBMC earliest startup item]
Spent about 5 hours on this today!
I tested on both Mavericks and Mountain Lion with exactly the same results:
Mountain Lion:
12.2
12.3 test build (xbmc-20131204-5a51fa8-Frodo-x86_64.dmg)
Latest nightly (xbmc-20131220-fa344b7-master-x86_64.dmg)
Also tried Candleair - made no difference - did not help
Mavericks - Latest nightly (xbmc-20131220-fa344b7-master-x86_64.dmg)
Also tried
iTunesplaybuttonpatch
Killing ituneshelper, Renaming ituneshelper and rebooting
Ensuring itunes did not start
Hardware is MacMini 2013 (Mavericks with all patches as well as Mountain Lion) with Silver Apple Remote.
The
debug log is here - it was collected on (Mavericks with latest nightly when problem present).
Steps to I used create debug log:
1) Enable "Allow start of XBMC using the remote"
2) Enable debug (disable update library on startup)
3) Reboot
4) Wait for Mac to boot and XBMC to start
5) Press left arrow
6) Press the four arrows on remote one after the other (Nothing happens - except down arrow sensd sys vol down!)
7) Press right arrow
8) Disable debug (using keyboard)
I am just an XBMC noob so please have patience with me - suspect the apple remote commands (that do no nothing) occurred after line 369 in the debug log. There is nothing there! You can see the left and right arrow then about 8 seconds of nothing while I did he apple remote key presses, then I used the keyboard again to disable debug and send the log ..
Appreciate anyone who has either problem trying this and reporting back.