Front row Freezes while playing DVD

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Front row Freezes while playing DVD

Front row stops responding to input from the remote and keyboard after watching a dvd for some period of time, usually happens after and hour or so. The dvd's are store bought and seem to be okay. The problem usually only occurs after watching a movie for more than an hour. If at some point I hit pause the movie will not respond and keep on playing, keyboard commands don't do anything. I can get it to stop playing only by hitting com altesc and which causes the system to either freeze or give me only a arrow that I can move around but do nothing with. I am thinking that my MBP is DOA since it has been doing this since the day I received it, May 21, 2006. Any suggestions would help, intermittent issues are a pain in the butt... Thanks

PS everything is up to date.

MBP 2.16GHz, Mac OS X (10.4.6), PB Ti 1GHz, PM Dual 2.5GHz

Posted on Jun 2, 2006 1:31 PM

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Cool Mac

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Jun 5, 2006 5:09 AM in response to Seisman

I have the same issue with my mother's G5 iMac. It freezes using iPhoto, iTunes or any of the applications... Don't know what to do - can only turn off the computer.

Any advice?

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MulroyAM

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Jun 18, 2006 7:26 AM in response to Seisman

I have had the same problem with my macbook pro, but I get absolutely no response when trying to force quit. Could it be something with screen effects wanting to start after a certain period of time and "confusing" front row? I've run into no other probelms. The remote remains responsive when just using DVD Player outside of Front Row, so it's not an unavoidable problem. But it would be more impressive to be able to use Front Row. All suggestions would be appreciated.

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Jun 25, 2006 2:17 PM in response to Seisman

I have the same exact problem on my iMac 20". I don't know how to fix it.

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Jun 28, 2006 7:44 AM in response to snazzyjan

Have you guys tried the play/pause + minus button to get out of Front Row? This usually gets you out of most problems in Front Row. Trust me when I say your Mac hates you to unplug or power down hard - only use as last resort.

For better results in Front Row quit out all "i" media apps before using Front Row. Then allow Front Row to open the various apps for you. I know this is slower. Front Row is really only a "front" for the other software. If you update iPhoto or iTunes and then go into Front Row it can easily hang due to the updates. I am now in the habit of just quiting out all "i" apps when I update them. Works like a charm.

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Bel77

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Aug 25, 2006 5:52 PM in response to Seisman

I'm experiencing this problem too - my iMac is just over 2 weeks old and when watching DVDs via Front Row after an hour or so it stops responding to the remote or keyboard. The DVD keeps playing and I cannot get the application to force quit.

I have downloaded the latest software updates. I also do not run any applications in the background when using Front Row and have turned the energy-saving feature of the computer off.

Is there any new advice in relation to this? Would appreciate any suggestions, new info. Thanks.

iMac 20" Intel Mac OS X (10.4.7)

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Bel77

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Aug 26, 2006 4:24 AM in response to Bel77

Actually, after a post to another forum I was advised to uncheck the option "Put the hard disk(s) to sleep when possible" in the Energy saving preferences.

On subsequent tests, this has since solved the problem and Front Row DVD playing no longer freezes.

iMac 20" Intel Mac OS X (10.4.7)

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Spectros

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Sep 7, 2006 8:47 PM in response to Bel77

This seems to have worked for me, I had to keep hard powering down to get out of the freeze, force quit wasn't working.

But turning off that one box on my harddrive spinning down, in my power adapter mode, seems to have worked. I've been using front row DVD all day and it hasn't frozen yet.

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