XBMC Remote Control for iPad
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Description
XBMC Remote Control for iPad turns your iPad into a remote control for XBMC, connecting through WiFi with XBMC running on any supported device like a Media PC, Windows PC, Mac or an AppleTV. Full retina graphics support, works with XBMC 10.x (Dharma) as well as 11.x (Eden).
As it's name states, XBMC Remote Control for iPad focuses on remote control and is designed specifically for the iPad. It's remote control interface gives you the most frequently used functionality to interact with XBMC through a single screen. For advanced control features, you can fire up the on screen keyboard that is designed to emulate the keyboard features of XBMC as if the keyboard was directly connected to the machine running XBMC.
To control your music, XBMC Remote Control for iPad allows you to browse all artists, albums and songs in your XBMC library directly on your iPad. You can start playing or shuffling all songs by a specific artist, playing or shuffling a single album or start playing an individual song with just a tap of your finger.
Movies and TV shows can be browsed locally on your iPad with XBMC Remote Control for iPad too. Flip through all of your movie thumbnails with your fingers, or dive into a TV show and its view episodes by season. Start playing a movie or a TV show episode directly from the iPad interface.
Usability and robustness were key drivers for developing XBMC Remote Control for iPad. It's user interface is designed to be clean and intuitive, building on interfaces and elements that are well known to iOS and XBMC users.
Download XBMC at http://www.xbmc.org.
FEATURES
- Navigate XBMC using the conveniently placed navigation controls.
- Adapt volume via a slider, or for more precise increments or decrements using +/- buttons, a part of the interface that is always visible and within reach.
- Skip to next or previous item, stop and play/pause currently playing media, and see progress of the currently playing media, through a part of the interface that is also always visible.
- Use on screen keyboard that emulates keyboard input as if the keyboard would be physically connected, including seeking by using number keys.
- See currently playing media, including thumbnail. Shows artist, album and song for music; TV show, season and episode for TV shows; movie title and year for movies.
- Check status of connection with XBMC through indicator light.
- Browse your music library on your iPad. Browse artists, and dive into the albums-by-artist browser, including album art thumbnails.
- Start playing an album with a specific song, shuffle an album, and play or shuffle all songs by a single artist.
- Browse your TV shows on your iPad, including a sophisticated episodes-by-season view, including season art thumbnails.
- Start playing a TV show episode directly from the TV show browser.
- Browse your movies on your iPad, including a section index for large libraries.
- Start playing a movie directly from the movie browser.
- Instruct XBMC to update video or audio library.
- Configure host and port settings, either via in-application settings or using the iPad settings App.
- Quit XBMC or shutdown the system running XBMC altogether by a tap on your iPad.
- Designed for both portrait as well as landscape mode.
- Optimized to work on all iPad models.
- Full iPad retina display enabled graphics.
- Full asynchronous network communication, based on latest JSON-RPC interface from XBMC. No user interface lockups due to network issues.
- Library updates are downloaded in the background and cached locally, allowing offline library browsing.
REQUIREMENTS
- iOS >= 4.0
- XBMC 10.x (Dharma) or 11.x (Eden)
- WiFi access to the machine running XBMC
- Control through HTTP enabled in XBMC
What's New in Version 1.5.0
- Movie library browsing support!
- Fixed support for passwords with non-alpha-numeric characters.
- Better support for diacritical marks.
- Many internal improvements.
iPad Screenshots
- $1.99
- Category: Entertainment
- Updated: May 04, 2012
- Version: 1.5.0
- Size: 1.2 MB
- Language: English
- Seller: Gertjan Zwartjes
- © 2011 Gertjan Zwartjes
Requirements: Compatible with iPad.Requires iOS 4.0 or later.
