Comments on: XBMC Remote

By: Peter

Peter — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:07:05 +0000

No ability to ‘queue’ or create a playlist. Every time you play something it will interrupt what is currently playing. In other words, pretty useless for creating a playlist or letting people at a party try to make a playlist.

By: coogi

coogi — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 03:38:31 +0000

XBMC Remote allows complete control of your XBMC â€“ the most advanced media center software available.good

By: Dr.Rod

Dr.Rod — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:55:40 +0000

Tony, same problem since upgrade to 3.0. looks like it’s related to the new os

By: Tony

Tony — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:24:59 +0000

Good app i love it just i got a problem with it
i loaded it up and connect just fine i can search all my media fine just when i go to now playing the apps just closes and takes me the the springboard

any help please im using OS 3.0 is that the problem

By: Lokesh

Lokesh — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:32:45 +0000

Hey guys any idea will it work with xbox 360 ? I want to control the music being played on it using iphone

By: Anders

Anders — Thu, 28 May 2009 19:15:52 +0000

Upgraded to 9.04.1 and the app stopped working.

By: Neil

Neil — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:00:22 +0000

Can anyone say if this will connect to XBMC running on an Apple TV?

By: walt

walt — Tue, 19 May 2009 00:38:19 +0000

Same problem as above, since xbmc 9.04 was released i can no longer connect to xbmc with this app. Using Safari I can still connect to the media center with the iphone so I know it’s not the connection or xbmc.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:40:17 +0000

hi,

since the new 0904 final of xbmc – i can’t connect to the xbmc from my ipod with the xbmc remote…

thx and bye

By: Ren

Ren — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:57:28 +0000

Why did you stop having this project as part of the osi? Shame if you did imo.

By: David

David — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:02:50 +0000

It really brings something to the Linux scene. Hope Apple is working in secret to port iTunes to Linux/Unix. Until then this is a great tool. VNC isn’t quite made for remote control.

By: ryk125

ryk125 — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 18:37:04 +0000

I love this to bits. Good app, good price.
One downside to it – the customisation… I can tap the cog for ages, and nothing happens, then it suddenly takes me into the fiddly bits. Ok, then I start getting delicate to place buttons precisely (I have fat fingers, ok?) and then it’s time to tap the cog again. And again. And again. Eventually, it listens, but I’m damn close to chucking the iPhone our my window by then! ;D
Still – with all my controller ports full of LEDs, being able to control the ‘box by iPhone makes good decorative sense, and it keeps my six-year old’s sticky paws out…

By: Doug

Doug — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:25:58 +0000

Why not Chris? Does it give you an error or something?

By: ChrisG

ChrisG — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:42:39 +0000

I’ve had it for 3 days. Haven’t been able to get it to connect to XBMC on my xbox.

By: bullant

bullant — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 02:40:28 +0000

This is a really great app. Well worth the asking price I thought. Keep those updates coming.

By: hobfluell

hobfluell — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:40:36 +0000

Appearances are deceitful ;)

By: weapon33

weapon33 — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:41:19 +0000

I use xbmc on all the tvs in my house, nothing as functional as a modded xbox for the 40 bucks you can pick them up for now. that and a media server loaded with gbs of tv and movies, and the full compliment of music with the new mediastream skin. pretty.
This interface is native so its not at all like the web app, its clean and crisp. Lil buggy but itll probably get rubbed out with a few updates.
If you use xbmc for everything like me this is a no brainer, the price is a little stiff at 5 bucks, but this is one id like to see more of, so they got mine.

By: JellyUK

JellyUK — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 13:25:52 +0000

Cheers mate, worked great.

My mini review –

Usability – Not bad. Quite buggy. I have quite a lot of media stored in my library, and while it finds the art for the tv shows, it doesn’t seem to want to for the films (maybe because of the number of them? i have about 150 in there…). The “turn upside down to get manual controls” i found by mistake, would be nice if that was written in the app. Many of the buttons simply don’t work with Plex (the mac offshoot of xbmc), such as restart xbmc etc. It also only found about 10% of my music, artists starting with A and B…odd…

Graphics – The App icon is a bit rubbish IMO. It clearly tries to be similar to the official itunes remote, but looks blurry and small next to it. I would recommend a rebranding using vector graphics, rather than a photoshopped jpeg. The graphics inside the app aren’t that good either, with the “more” section graphics being pixalated, and the album art being squished to fit in set proportions.

Price – Â£3 in the UK. Not bad for something like this, but not exactly a bargain. If the bugs in the app were squished and it wasn’t presented as roughly, i would say it was a complete bargain!

Functionality – You can control every aspect of XBMC (or Plex in my case) from the app, but it’s not that well thought out. However, it does do the job quite well, and it is the only app on the appstore that does this, so i can’t fault it too much.

Overall – Incredible promise, and a large feature set, but needs to be improved before it is worthy of it’s price/name. Once a few bugs/graphics are fixed, i would say that it will be a great app!!

As i have said many times in this review, i hope to see updates :D

JellyUK

By: Dave F

Dave F — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:19:13 +0000

@JellyUK: If you having trouble finding it, try this link

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=289316916&mt=8

By: Fabian

Fabian — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 21:51:24 +0000

I think the XBOX MS IR remote is 10 bucks shipped on ebay. This software is nice, but a gimmick i think. 2 cents.