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Pick of the Week: VLC Remote Interface Widget
Merlin Mann | Apr 4 2007
Download VLC Remote Widget v0.2 (On each MacBreak Weekly, guests choose a “Pick of the Week” — a piece of software or hardware, a web site, or just a cool trick — that they want to share with the audience. Here’s Merlin’s pick for this week’s episode) For my money, VLC Media Player is the coolest OS X digital video player out there. It’s free, open source, frequently updated, and seems to have no trouble running most every kind of video I’ve thrown at it. Currently, one way I use VLC is to play movies on an old (pre-IR remote) PowerBook that’s S-video’d up to our TV. This works like a champ, but, if I want to pause or fast-forward the movie, I have to haul my lazy ass over to the Mac to do so. To the rescue comes VLC Remote Interface Widget. This is a very simple, (currently beta) Dashboard widget that lets me access the VLC controls on a Mac over my local network via a second Mac that’s sitting on my lap. Just tell the controlling Mac what the IP address of the movie-running Mac is and to which port it should send the commands (“8080” should work fine), and presto: your laptop turns into a $3000 remote for your $3000 PVR. And all for free. :-) It would be cool if future releases mirrored more of the VLC key commands — e.g., I’ve gotten very fast at 5 Comments
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[…] VLC Remote Interface Widget - for Windows? Published April 4th, 2007 in TV and Video. Tags: Divx, vlc, widget, Xvid. Tags: Divx, vlc, widget, XvidI saw Merlin’s Pick of the Week: VLC Remote Interface Widget. That’s cool, and I’m glad, but is there one of these apps for Windows users? […] »
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[...] Control VLC on any...Submitted by Control VLC on any computer from your Mac « Project HT (not verified) on April 7, 2007 - 5:42am.
[…] Control VLC on any computer from your Mac 07Apr07 Download of the Day: VLC Remote Interface Dashboard Widget (Mac) - Lifehacker This is great for those rare folks who have a Mac or PC connected to their TV for video playback, and have a Mac laptop. Now you can use this Dashboard widget from your Mac laptop to control VLC on any PC or Mac on your network. I love this quote from the original post at 43 Folders: your laptop turns into a $3000 remote for your $3000 PVR. And all for free. Filed under: HTPC, Apple | […] »
[...] While you’re using the...Submitted by Techzi » Blog Archive » Download of the Day: VLC (not verified) on April 6, 2007 - 9:23am.
[…] While you’re using the free, open source VLC media player on a machine on your home network, you can pause, rewind, fast-forward and manipulate the playlist using the Remote Interface widget from another Mac. This works great for controlling pre-remote Macs, like my G4 Powerbook, which is hooked up to the TV across the room via S-video. The VLC Remote Interface Dashboard Widget is a free download, Mac only. —Gina Trapani Pick of the Week: VLC Remote Interface Widget [43 Folders] […] »
[...] While you’re using the...Submitted by SoftSaurus (not verified) on April 6, 2007 - 4:32am.
[…] While you’re using the free, open source VLC media player on a machine on your home network, you can pause, rewind, fast-forward and manipulate the playlist using the Remote Interface widget from another Mac. This works great for controlling pre-remote Macs, like my G4 Powerbook, which is hooked up to the TV across the room via S-video. The VLC Remote Interface Dashboard Widget is a free download, Mac only. —Gina Trapani Pick of the Week: VLC Remote Interface Widget [43 Folders] […] »
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