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Well, the FileVault thing is a complete mystery. I'm convinced never to turn it on, I can tell you that much.
I just created an alias of my "Videos" folder (which is on an external hard drive) inside my Movies folder, and Front Row can find it. It's kind of kludgey - to access these videos I have to click on the Videos application in Front Row, then click on Movies, then scroll down to the Videos folder, but it works. So I'm thinking if you moved all your movies into anotehr folder on your external hard drive and moved the empty Movies folder back into your user profile with only an alias in it, that should do the trick, assuming that your internal hard drive is not too full from the FileVault madness. Ormaybe simply creating a new Movies folder where the old one used to be and droping an alias in it would work.
Eta: ha! X-post while I experiment, of course.
That guy was trying to turn Filevault
on.
I'm trying to turn it
off.
Still, good to know I'm not alone.
Woops. Sorry Jon, wasn't paying much attention. I'm pretty I've seen people with the opposite problem, though.
I'm currently testing a theory that me needing 4084GB is a lie -- that I really only need to get the HD over half empty and it'll work. This might take awhile... I'll report back later.
Doing the aliasing thing came about through experimentation when I tried to figure out how to set (withing iTunes) a different location to look and went crosseyed. So much easier to use an alias.
I tried to figure out how to set (withing iTunes) a different location to look and went crosseyed.
It should be easy. Preferences -> Advanced -> General, iTunes Music Folder Location
I can't find how to do it with Quicktime Player, though, which seems to be what Front Row uses to play video.
I'm currently testing a theory that me needing 4084GB is a lie -- that I really only need to get the HD over half empty and it'll work.
Theory confirmed! FireVault is now turned off. Yay!
Cool, Jon. I searched on Google for a while and couldn't find a fix -- it looks like it's something Apple need to fix.
(this is where I admit that my patience in dealing with my own home computer is about the width of a hair and I tend to overcomplicate things.)
Bon Bon, since other files and C&P work, it seems like a setting to that specific file. Email it to me (deleting any confidential information first ,since you are sending unencrypted) and I'll take a look. I promise nothing, but I've had good luck diagnosing fiddly little things like that quickly.
My profile addy is good.
