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11.07.2007 03:10:48

iPhone as a remote

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Hi Felix,

Say this new addition is really, REALLY cool. Nice job on this.

So I have been playing around with this and wanted to let you know a couple of things:

1. Screen Control: I am lost on this one. What do all the controls mean or do? No matter what I have tried, touching the displayed image doesn't do anything to my mouse, I cannot get it to move at all. I can get the screen to come up, get the mousepose to turn on, but nothing else I try seems to work. If I try to move the mouse on the screen, it just moves the browser window on the iPhone up and down.

2. Music Browser: This is really cool, but man is it suuuuper slow. I have a large iTunes collection and when you try to surf around in it, takes forever to load the menus. It does work, but I have to stick to playlists, otherwise it takes a while to load up.

On the positive side, the remote works great, as does many of the other features. Overall, for being beta, it is a great beta. But there are my observations so far.

Great job Felix, truly some brilliance going on here.

These entries from the FAQ may be relevant to this topic:

Behaviours - Support for iTunes® & AirPlay®

How can I enable/disable the display of information on the currently played iTunes® title? (FAQ015E0167)
You can enable/disable this functionality at "Preferences > Behaviours > iTunes® > Options". You can also set the duration of the display there.

Hardware - Apple® Remote

After uninstalling/quitting Remote Buddy, my Mac® no longer reacts to the Apple® Remote. (FAQ015E0241)
To enable you to use all capabilities of the IR Receiver of your Mac®, Remote Buddy is using its own driver. In contrast, all other applications with integrated Apple® Remote support usually use the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem.

As long as you're running Remote Buddy, Remote Buddy and its driver are responsible for turning the received button presses into actions. As soon as you quit Remote Buddy, this task is again handled by the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem.

If other applications don't use the interface to the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem correctly, this can lead to the effect that nothing happens when you press a button on your Apple® Remote. For as long as you're running Remote Buddy, issues like this are covered by Remote Buddy and it's driver and are therefore not visible to you. However, as soon as you quit Remote Buddy, the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem is back in control and any issues caused in it by other applications become visible.

Therefore Remote Buddy is neither the cause of the issue nor is it responsible for it. Instead, the cause of the issue exists independently of Remote Buddy. It's located elsewhere and can also only be solved there.

Although our products can't cause any such issues, we're regularly contacted about such issues and asked for help. In order to make locating and fixing the cause of such issues as easy and efficient as possible, we've developed a free diagnostics tool: Remote Control Diagnostics. It can locate issues with a single click and will provide you with information about the issue as well as with instructions on how you can fix it.

Hardware - iPhone™ / iPod® touch / AJAX Remote

Which devices and browsers are currently officially supported? (FAQ015E0190)
Currently, these browsers are officially supported by the AJAX Remote:
- Safari® on iPhone™ with OS 3.0 or later
- Safari® on iPod® Touch with OS 3.0 or later
- Safari® 4 or later
The AJAX Remote is using the latest web standards (like CSS3, which is often only supported sufficiently by Safari®) to utilize the available bandwidth and CPU power efficiently.

IMPORTANT: to use the AJAX Remote, your setup needs to meet all of the AJAX Remote requirements!
What are your plans regarding the iPhone™ SDK and a native application for iPhone™/iPod® Touch/iPad™? (FAQ015E0226)
Thanks for your interest in the future of Remote Buddy. Of course the iPhone™ SDK is also of interest to us.
Please understand, though, that we don't talk about future products or plans prior to to their close-to-complete-realization or release.
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