control iTunes from a PC?

zo

Anyone know of this possibility?



I read about a version of iHam on Rye for Windows, but havent found it. I emailad the author, but nada yet.



My colleagues want to control my iTunes... especially since I left the office today and the screensaver came on, had a lock on it, and the music kept playing. An hour later I found 3 people trying to desperately shut off the music

stupider...likeafox

If they just want to turn it off then they can plug in a set of headphones (probably just a headphone adaptor would work).

zo

well, as they all (genrally) actually like my music, and its all horded on my Mac, theyd like to be able to turn music on and off, etc...

thuh freak

you could write some applescripts to do the trick. i dont know if they'll work behind the password'd screensaver though.



here's an applescript that would toggle play/pause:

Quote:

tell application "iTunes"

playpause

end tell

or for mute <-> unmute:

Quote:

tell application "iTunes"

set mute to not mute

end tell

edit: o, and i forgot: for them to work from afar, you would have to setup ssh or something, to allow the evil peecee users to get into ur comp and run the scripts. with a bit more technical knowledge you could set it up to be controlled through a webpage or something similar.

malokata

There's always the icecast radio (icecast.org).

zo

fyi, I contacted the author of iHam on Rye and he mentioned that a beta 2 of it for Windows should be available next month



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