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08.05.2008 03:13:45

How do I play an album in iTunes using AJAX?

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Hey guys. I'm using the AJAX interface into Remote Buddy on my iPhone. My Mac Mini is set up to share the iTunes library that my media server (a Windows box upstairs), and I have figured out how to mount the shared library so it is browsable in Remote Buddy.

Now I must admit, I'm stumped at how to do what seems to be very simple: Play an entire album!

Let's say I want to play the new Nine Inch Nails album, The Slip. Here's what I try:

1) Tap my Remote Buddy bookmark on my iPhone
2) Tap 'Music' button
3) Tap 'Library' button
4) Select "My Shared Library"
5) Select "Artists"
6) Select "N(17)"
7) Select "Nine Inch Nails"
8) Select "The Slip" album

At this point, I am looking at a list of the tracks in this album. They happen to be in order (though yesterday they were in reverse order). So I tap the first track, and it starts playing.

Then when it finishes, the next song on the album is not played. What is being played is the next song in my alphabetical list of all the songs in my shared library. Which isn't quite what I want.

How do I play the album? I don't want to have to make a playlist for each album, because then I'll have 10,000 playlists.

Thanks,
-Jeff

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Can I run Remote Buddy under Windows®? Is there a Windows® version? (FAQ015E0214)
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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.

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User

09.05.2008 01:44:01

Re: How do I play an album in iTunes using AJAX?

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Hi Jeff,

the problem with shared iTunes libraries is that it's not possible to
create your own *local* playlists for *remote* content.

iTunes is limited to playback the media of shared libraries in the
order you have it organized on the remote computer the shared
libraries is offered by.

In order to offer the same level of comfort that you enjoy with your
local music library, iTunes would have to be able to add media from a
remotely stored shared library to a local playlist. That
functionality, however, is not available in iTunes. And therefore also
not via Remote Buddy.

Possible workaround:

Make sure your music library is sorted by f.ex. album name, so that
iTunes sorts your tracks by album name and then by track number. Since
iTunes will play back your music in the order its sorted, that should
give you the functionality you look for.

Best regards,
Felix Schwarz

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