Finally a program that allows the remote to do more!!

[simmonstwin]

Ever since i got my intel mini , I have been on a search to find a program that allowed me to use the remote with VLC. Well today I found that program (the beta version anyway) http://caseapps.com/sofacontrol.html . I am sure many of u are out there looking for the same thing. The only problem is that this thing is gonna cost $9.99 in a couple of days... crap . People dont do things for free anymore, oh well, maybe a free version will comeout sometime soon.

 

[khisayruou]

Just in case you didnt know, the other alternatives are iRed Lite and Remote Buddy.

 

[joebells]

Seems like an ok idea, I wish apple would of made the remote bluetooth though.

 

[simmonstwin]

I looked at the other programs and they all want money, .

 

[ManchesterTrix]

I looked at the other programs and they all want money, .

Geeze! People expecting compensation for their work!

 

[gekko513]

Geeze! People expecting compensation for their work!

Yeah, the nerve! And the price is so high! I'll have to save up for, oh I don't know how long, perhaps a whole 15 minutes to be able to afford those $9.99.

 

[medea]

There is also a lot your remote can do without additional software. From http://gnuhaus.com/iblog/archives/000200.html

Click any button on the remote to wake your Mac from Sleep
Control the volume of your Mac with the +/- buttons
Control your QuickTime Movies, including Play, Pause, Fast Forward, Rewind, and Skip to the Beginning; Pause the movie and click the Next button to step through the movie frame by frame
Control DVD playback
Use the Next and Previous buttons to control slides in Keynote
Use the Next and Previous buttons to move between songs in iTunes; Play and Pause songs with the Play button
Next and Previous buttons move you through the Source pane in iPhoto.
Click the Play button to start a slide show using that source; click again to pause the slide show, and the Next and Previous buttons will move to the next or previous slide; Click the Menu button to exit the slide show
Click and hold the Play button and a “snoring” image of the remote will appear on screen. Continue holding the Play button and your Mac will go to sleep

 

[simmonstwin]

Yeah, the nerve! And the price is so high! I'll have to save up for, oh I don't know how long, perhaps a whole 15 minutes to be able to afford those $9.99.

That stuff adds up, like for instant i use an ebay widget that now cost money and a News widget that cost. With Windows you had basically had a million options, but with apple you are limited. So as a result everyone feels like that cant money off of use. I mean come a widget that cost $15.00!!! thats ridiculous.

 

[ManchesterTrix]

That stuff adds up, like for instant i use an ebay widget that now cost money and a News widget that cost. With Windows you had basically had a million options, but with apple you are limited. So as a result everyone feels like that cant money off of use. I mean come a widget that cost $15.00!!! thats ridiculous.

Don't buy or use it then. That's what I do. There's lots of shareware I think is overpriced, so I don't support it. I support the stuff I feel is worth it.

 

[gekko513]

That stuff adds up, like for instant i use an ebay widget that now cost money and a News widget that cost. With Windows you had basically had a million options, but with apple you are limited. So as a result everyone feels like that cant money off of use. I mean come a widget that cost $15.00!!! thats ridiculous.

It's not ridiculous at all if it's hard to make and useful. If it's easy to make, someone else will make something cheaper or something free.

 

[superbovine]

That stuff adds up, like for instant i use an ebay widget that now cost money and a News widget that cost. With Windows you had basically had a million options, but with apple you are limited. So as a result everyone feels like that cant money off of use. I mean come a widget that cost $15.00!!! thats ridiculous.

If you think $15.00 is to much for software that is tested and proven then you should write your own. Although, if you cannot write you own widget, test it, and correct all the bugs in it then then don't complain about the $15.00. A lot more man hours go into testing software than you know, even small pieces of code you still have test if it going to production. Even if it is tested there are still bugs in software.