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frontrow volume control using airtunes

Hi all,
I discovered a little annoying thing and I am wondering if anyone knows a solution. I have the following setup. Imac intel core duo and airport express. I use iTunes for all my music and have it streaming to my stereo using airtunes.
Using my remote control with my iMac intel core duo, I can adjust the volume of itunes and the volume of the signal going to my stereo. However, if I use frontrow I can only adjust the volume of the iMac itself. The streamed music stays at the same volume and I can only adjust it by using my stereo's volume.
Is this just a little bug, or can I change some setting somewhere?
thanks.
Paul

iMac 20" intel core duo, Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Posted on Jul 7, 2007 3:05 AM

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Ste88

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Feb 2, 2008 4:09 PM in response to paulhek

I posted this elsewhere on this board, then I found this thread:

I came across a fix using a little program called Bytecontroller: http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/15170 . It's designed to control itunes from the menubar.

In its preferences you can set hotkeys. Set F4 (i.e., Fn+F4, remember "volume down" is the default, you have the hold Fn to get the F4 key) to be decrease, and F5 to be increase volume. Newer keyboards have different locations for volume up and down, I believe.

To control Airtunes speakers, you then just hit Fn+F4 or Fn+F5. Hitting F4 or F5 without holding Fn still controls the system volume. You don't even have to alt-tab to itunes, it works from whatever program has the focus.

Hope this helps - I'm happy with it.

~Ste

Longwing

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Apr 28, 2008 3:16 PM in response to Longwing

Apparently this whole thread is a little out of date. An old problem not likely to be fixed.

http://www.macintouch.com/readerreports/frontrow/topic4125.html

frontrow volume control using airtunes