Wireless iPod as a remote for Airport Express

skylermichealsskylermicheals
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in Future Apple Hardware edited January 2014
Airport Express seems cool and all, but needs a remote control to really make it useful to me. What would it take to make the iPod function as a wireless remote for playlists on your Mac, or for playing songs off the iPod itself directly to speakers connected to AE? It would be pretty slick to be walking around a party at your place and be able to have control of the music like that.



Idea number two, iPod networking:

Multiple wireless iPods in the same AE network could allow you to view and stream songs from the second user's library (a la Rendezvous on the Mac). For example, if 5 guests show up at a party with iPods, the host can view, select, cue up and play songs or playlists from the others for playback through AE. Files aren't being transfered/saved, just streaming, so it shouldn't raise any copyright issues.



Will Apple do it?

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 3
    jcgjcg Posts: 777member
    [list=1][*]iPod too expensive to successfully be marketed as a "Remot Control"[*]iPod is a remote device, your main music library is idealy stored on your Hub (aka iMac/PowerMac) and this is where you would idealy be linking to for music playback.[/list=1]
  • Reply 2 of 3
    razororgrazororg Posts: 18member
    What about a Bluetooth remote add-on?



    Seems logical to me.
  • Reply 3 of 3
    mhedgesmhedges Posts: 25member
    Check out Joe Salings "Clicker" software. Let's you use your Bluetooth enabled phone as a remote for itunes on bluetooth laptop/desktop.
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