Turn your PSP into an iTunes Remote! (PSPUpdates)

I don't know about the rest of you, but New Year's Day is usually when you can find me at my laziest. I'll be honest, I'm lucky if I get up to go to the bathroom. So today is a great time to release a program that keeps me from having to get up and go to the PC to switch my playlist on iTunes - iTunesRemote by k7m! With this neat addition to your PSP's Web Browser you'll be skipping through your tracks from anywhere in your house! But as with all good things, it comes with a catch: The installation is a bit technical and may intimidate some of you, but I'm sure you can find help in the iTunesRemote thread in our forums if you need it.. Here's the basic setup instructions:
1) You must first install a webserver on your PC. k7m has written one specifically for iTunesRemote which you can download [here]. To install it, simpley unzip the file and start iTunesRemote.exe. The webserver is listening on port 81, so you only have to browse to

http://[Local Address Here]:81/iTunesRemote.php.

2) Open iTunesRemote.php in Notepad. change the variable $pathToHTTPDir to the directory that iTunesRemote.php is in (my file has a different location in it, so be wary). Remember that in PHP, all symbols must be preceded by a \, which is why one should separate directories with "\\" in this instance (you'll get an error otherwise).

3) Make sure iTunes is open and has a song in the ticker bar (you shouldn't see the apple)

4) Navigate your PSP or Wipeout Browser to http://[LocalHost Here]/psp/iTunesRemote.php (or whatever file structure you placed inside of the htdocs folder)

5) Enjoy your iTunes Remote Control. it makes you a lot less dorky searching through your music library with a sleek PSP than with your computer, so be sure to use this to your advantage.
The design is fully customizable, just edit the psp/template.html file. the %variablenames% variables will be replaced by their current value at runtime. More features will be added soon ...
Damae has already created a great "skin" for the remote. His skinned version of the remote is also available for download.



Update: The Standalone Server has recently been updated. If you downloaded this file before 7:45 PST, you should re-download it.

Download: [iTunesRemote]
Download: [iTunesRemote - Damae Skin]
Download: [iTunesRemote Standalone Server for PC]

http://pspupdates.qj.net/uploaded_images/iTunesRemote_SearchResults-726204.JPG

posted on Sunday, January 01, 2006 8:03 PM by Auri

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