Hi,
I use the iPhone Remote app to create a whole house audio system which is based on my iMac, 2 x AppleTV's and an airport express.
As the AppleTV's have the iMac's itunes music library synced to them they appear as individual libraries in the iPhone Remote app (as well as being airtunes speakers) and I am able to stream music from either AppleTV to any other airtunes speaker and they can also receive music from the iMac.
So I could have the iMac in my living room playing some Jazz and have the Kitchen Airport Express sync'd so its playing the same music. I can also either have the AppleTV's in the bedrooms play the same music or as they have their own library, I can select the AppleTV in my son's room and play lullabies to help him sleep all from my iPhone.
It creates an Apple style Sonos system (although I'd love a sonos system I already had all these items) that allows zones to be grouped or individual.
It works well, BUT......
Control of all of these components is limited to the Apple iPhone Remote app.
If me and my iPhone aren't around the whole system cannot be controlled.
iTunes will only control the iMac iTunes library, I cant access the AppleTV's and start them playing. I have tried web apps but they only control the iMacs library too.
Does anyone know an application for the Mac that could do everything the iPhone remote app does (controlling external libraries and Apple TV libraries)?
Thanks
Dave
I use the iPhone Remote app to create a whole house audio system which is based on my iMac, 2 x AppleTV's and an airport express.
As the AppleTV's have the iMac's itunes music library synced to them they appear as individual libraries in the iPhone Remote app (as well as being airtunes speakers) and I am able to stream music from either AppleTV to any other airtunes speaker and they can also receive music from the iMac.
So I could have the iMac in my living room playing some Jazz and have the Kitchen Airport Express sync'd so its playing the same music. I can also either have the AppleTV's in the bedrooms play the same music or as they have their own library, I can select the AppleTV in my son's room and play lullabies to help him sleep all from my iPhone.
It creates an Apple style Sonos system (although I'd love a sonos system I already had all these items) that allows zones to be grouped or individual.
It works well, BUT......
Control of all of these components is limited to the Apple iPhone Remote app.
If me and my iPhone aren't around the whole system cannot be controlled.
iTunes will only control the iMac iTunes library, I cant access the AppleTV's and start them playing. I have tried web apps but they only control the iMacs library too.
Does anyone know an application for the Mac that could do everything the iPhone remote app does (controlling external libraries and Apple TV libraries)?
Thanks
Dave