Comments on: Apple Remote: Remote Control Done Right!

By: bbum

bbum — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:59:35 +0000

Tap on the cover art once and scrubbing controls will show up.

By: Kevin LaCoste

Kevin LaCoste — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:57:22 +0000

I don’t see any “scrubbing” function in either the remote or the iPod app itself on my 3G iPhone. The control in the 1st screenshot here changes my volume. Am I missing something? I would like to be able to “scrub” through my music.

By: bbum

bbum — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 21:34:17 +0000

Set your TV / Movie playback to full screen in the iTunes preferences. Works perfectly.

By: Dave R.

Dave R. — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 21:23:57 +0000

Hmm. No fullscreen means I have to stand up and go to the computer and fiddle with itunes every time I play a video. Not my idea of remote. Nice idea, critically-flawed.

By: John C. Randolph

John C. Randolph — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:09:28 +0000

I’ve got one bug to file on the Remote app. It doesn’t work well with shared libraries. I have a Mac Mini attached to my TV, and my main library resides on my G5. Front Row works fine with this setup, but the Remote app on the iPhone can’t seem to get the shared playlists.

-jcr

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iPhone 2.0: Apple Remote - ReFactor.it — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:30:47 +0000

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By: bbum

bbum — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:42:56 +0000

I raved about Remote Buddy about 18 months ago — bbum’s review of remote buddy.

You are right. It is a great piece of software. Except it can’t control the Apple TV and I stopped using it as it pretty consistently failed or errored out.

There is certainly still room in this market. Someone could do a premium quality native app remote for the touch platform and I would likely buy it.

By: !Doug

!Doug — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:53:27 +0000

This is terrific, especially when it works for the Touch as well.

Now if Apple were to add an IR output on the Airport Express to let this control those cable DVR’s, DVD players, TV’s…

By: ch

ch — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:57:46 +0000

It’s not like using the iPhone as an iTunes remote control would be new. Remote Buddy has had that abilitiy last year already. It can also update ratings and even edit playlists. And it’s not expensive either.

By: annbb

annbb — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:36:16 +0000

Obviously tech stuff has a lot more importance than food stuff. Unless tequila is a food stuff.