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MCE Virtual Remote v0.18 is out!
Submitted by ryantollefson on Mon, 09/10/2007 - 12:51am.
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A new version of MCE Virtual Remote has been released.  The remote looks the same as before, but I have made lots of small changes that I think really help with the effectiveness of the remote.  Some of the change highlights are:

  • No longer uses MCE Controller.
  • Uses a new backend server.
  • New backend server lets you run MCE Virtual Remote on the same machine as the server app.
  • Can pass most keystrokes on client machine to the host machine (while MCE Virtual Remote is active) - very usefull for typing album names for music [:)].
  • All Media Buttons on client machine (Volume +/-, Play/Pause, Stop, Skip, Prev, Mute) are passed to the server (while MCE Virtual Remote is active)
  • Several minor bug fixes

Please note that the new version is no longer compatible with MCE Controller.

Fore the latest version of the remote, please download it from the Apps page.

Also feel free to take part in the discussion about the remtoe at: http://thegreenbutton.com/forums/EditPost.aspx?PostID=207519&ReturnUrl=%2fforums%2fShowThread.aspx%3fPageIndex%3d6%26PostID%3d183091%23207519

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Love this APP!

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 02/02/2009 - 7:16pm.

This is one of my favorite Media center add-ons. We are always losing the remotes, both of them. I spent an hour tonight looking for a remote before I went online looking for an app to be a remote.

Only one small problem that I've seen. Only one person can control it at a time. My wife and I both have laptops and would love to be able to simultaneously use this app. As soon as one person closes it the other starts working.

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a small bug

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 04/21/2008 - 9:43pm.

I'm not sure if you want bugs reported here, but I've noticed that the remote takes focus every so oftern, even if its minimized to tray (at that point it just opens back up). As I work on my laptop while watching tv, sometimes weird things happens when it takes focus and I'm working on something..LOL

Otherwise, I love this app!!! only thing I could ask for is to have some talk back so that I can see what is playing if I'm in a different room than the screen. That may be out of scope of what you are doing though.

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I have noticed this as well,

Submitted by ryantollefson on Fri, 05/02/2008 - 8:09pm.

I have noticed this as well, but I haven't taken the time to figure out exactly why it's happening - I have a good idea, but it's a lot of code to look through.   Not sure when I'll have a chance to fix this (it's not a critical bug right now), but I will at some point.  Thanks for the feedback.

As for getting feedback from Media Center, that would be great; but as you said, it is a little outside of the scope of the project (at least for now). 

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