Remote Control Your iTunes
Found this interesting article over at
MacDevCenter on tricking out your cellphone as a remote control for iTunes:
”Build an iTunes Remote Control by
Matthew Russell — AirPort Express is great for streaming music from your Mac, except when you have to change tracks
from another room. There are commercial solutions available, but here’s a great evening project using your web-enabled
cell phone and the power of Mac OS X.”
Check it out. It’s a nice intro to the Apache web server included in OS X, so it isn’t exactly for the faint of heart.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
turnerm5 said 7:16PM on 7-29-2005
Sweet!
The WAP on my phone is not working right now (FUCK VERIZON!), but using an emulator, it works great! I have to get this phone working, but so far, I know the server is up and running.
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John said 4:14PM on 6-16-2005
(sort of) along these same lines, I'm working on a TivoHME application (java applications which can publish media stuffs to Tivos and get events back from the Tivo) that remote controls iTunes as well. If you have a Tivo with the latest software, you can check it out at http://www.thepond.com/tivohme/iseeitunes
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mns said 6:15PM on 12-13-2005
Alternately, Bluetooth phones + Romeo offer the ability to do the same thing with a lot fewer steps. I often listen to music streamed via AirTunes using my Sony-Ericsson T616 as the remote, one floor down, and the distance of my apartment away, from the iTunes library upstairs.
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Joe Rust said 4:14PM on 6-16-2005
I wouldn't do the Apache thing, using it to do this is like shooting a fly off your face with a magnum. I simply put together a java listener intercepting incoming http requests and interfacing with the iTunes COM object over a com bridge (a windows guy!). Okay, basically its an ultra small subset of the functionality of a webserver. However, the install is far easier for someone who doesn't know what they're doing, and works on any phone with an html browser and an internet connection. No java clients to run or any other such nonsense ... i can be reached at joe_rust2003@yahoo.com with any questions about details.
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