Rowmote

[aidricksdad]

Has anybody purchased it for yer mac yet? its for the iphone to clone a max remote...i wunder if it works with apple tv? i wont be near my apple tv for a week or so if anyone gets it lets us know if it works it would be nice to have cuz i might lose that tiny remote but i will NOT lose me iphone

 

[ethical]

Has anybody purchased it for yer mac yet? its for the iphone to clone a max remote...i wunder if it works with apple tv? i wont be near my apple tv for a week or so if anyone gets it lets us know if it works it would be nice to have cuz i might lose that tiny remote but i will NOT lose me iphone

i've got it. its ok, not the smartest looking app in the world though. for some reason it appears as a square inside a diamond, rather than two circles, and i've heard that other people are having the same issue. cant say whether it will work with apple tv or not. it connects via a wifi network and needs software to be installed on the mac being used, so i dont think it can (but dont quote me on that, i dont know much about the apple tv).

 

[BOTLY]

Has anybody purchased it for yer mac yet? its for the iphone to clone a max remote...i wunder if it works with apple tv? i wont be near my apple tv for a week or so if anyone gets it lets us know if it works it would be nice to have cuz i might lose that tiny remote but i will NOT lose me iphone

On the iTunes page its says "I'm working on AppleTV support"

Would be nice for the ATV because of the limitations of the "Remote" app.

 

[netslacker]

Has anybody purchased it for yer mac yet? its for the iphone to clone a max remote...i wunder if it works with apple tv? i wont be near my apple tv for a week or so if anyone gets it lets us know if it works it would be nice to have cuz i might lose that tiny remote but i will NOT lose me iphone

I reviewed this app last week. As a non-partisan user of the app I actually like it and use it now quite a bit to control iTunes and Front Row.

http://www.iphonecommunity.org/2009/01/app-review-rowmote-by-evan-schoenberg/

 

[plinden]

i've got it. its ok, not the smartest looking app in the world though. for some reason it appears as a square inside a diamond, rather than two circles, and i've heard that other people are having the same issue. cant say whether it will work with apple tv or not. it connects via a wifi network and needs software to be installed on the mac being used, so i dont think it can (but dont quote me on that, i dont know much about the apple tv).

I contacted the developer and he told me Apple asked him to change the appearance. He's apparently working on an Apple remote-like skin.

It won't work on ATV yet since it needs a helper program installed on the target machine.

 

[evands]

Rowmote for Apple TV now available!

Rowmote is now available for the Apple TV! You just need to set up your Apple TV, and then the same $0.99 app that controls your Mac will control your ATV.

I've put up step-by-step instructions at www.rowmote.com. Please email or PM me if you have any questions!

 

[kadeschs]

On the iTunes page its says "I'm working on AppleTV support"

Would be nice for the ATV because of the limitations of the "Remote" app.

I agree. After downloading iPhone's Boxee Remote at the App Store, I've looked all over for an ATV remote version with no success. I'm shocked that nothing has been developed thus far. I'll definitely keep my eyes open for this one.

 

[kadeschs]

Rowmote is now available for the Apple TV! You just need to set up your Apple TV, and then the same $0.99 app that controls your Mac will control your ATV.

I've put up step-by-step instructions at www.rowmote.com. Please email or PM me if you have any questions!

Awesome! I've installed the Rowmote helper application on the ATV side and have the client app installed on my iPOD. I simply love it. Thank you for this!!

 

[QCassidy352]

question for the developer: are you going to add more advanced eyetv functionality? thanks!

 

[evands]

question for the developer: are you going to add more advanced eyetv functionality? thanks!

Apologies for the delayed response; apparently I accidentally turned off email notifications for the thread.

Because of the way EyeTV currently works, I need support from Elegato, EyeTV's developers, to improve Rowmote's interaction. I am in contact with the company, and currently the ticket related to Rowmote-EyeTV compatibility is "assigned to an engineer." It's in Elegato's hands at this point, and I hope they'll make the minimal changes necessary for Rowmote to work just like the Apple hardware remote.

The best way I know of to speed this along is to submit your own request via Elegato's ticket system asking for EyeTV to support Rowmote.

 

[boston04and07]

Just downloaded Rowmote and I really love it! It's very useful. I use it mostly to launch and control my media apps, (Front Row, iTunes, Hulu, Eyetv, etc) so this isn't really that huge of a problem, but I was wondering..does anybody else have problems clicking on links in Safari with Rowmote's trackpad? I've tried enabling "Press Tab to highlight each item in a webpage" and that doesn't help. That's the only thing I haven't been able to figure out!