Using a Remote Tablet to Control Foobar

[Mitch]

Advice Please

 

Does anyone have experience of using a tablet to control Foobar remotely?  I store and play my music from a dedicated laptop situated in my Hi Fi rack.  I would like to be able to control the lap top/foobar from a tablet (iOS or android) so that I do not have to use the lap top mouse pad to change play list etc.  I think there is a plug-in that may do this, but do you know if there are any 'for dummies' instructions out there to help me set this up?

 

Grateful for any help

Mitch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Brewie]

with the Foobar2000 app on ipad you can play your music files on PC or NAS very well. Or are you suggesting to control the windows foobar program on your PC remotely? In that case you can use VNC viewer

[Mitch]

Hi.

 

Thanks for the response.  The second case is what I am trying to achieve.  I just want my ipad to be a control point so that I can send instructions to my Windows lap top foobar prog so that the lap top sends the music to my DAC.  I have no problem with lap top to DAC, it is just that I would like a 'remote' so that I do not have to go to the lap top to change play list etc.  I have been trying the beefweb remote component from the Foobar components page.  I have loaded the component into Foobar but I cannot connects to the tablet even though I am using the correct IP address for the lap top and I have checked the firewall.  I have not tried VNC viewer.  How would that work please?

 

Thanks

Mitch

[Brewie]

It is well explained on their homepage: https://www.realvnc.com/en/connect/

 

[TJHUB]

The BEST remote for Foobar2000 is MonkeyMote.  I’ve found nothing better.  It’s far more functional and aesthetic on iOS, but there is an Android version.  For all other remote access, I use the Remote Desktop app for iOS as well.  I find both to work flawlessly.

[audiobomber]

On 10/17/2018 at 4:59 AM, Mitch said:

Advice Please

 

Does anyone have experience of using a tablet to control Foobar remotely?  I store and play my music from a dedicated laptop situated in my Hi Fi rack.  I would like to be able to control the lap top/foobar from a tablet (iOS or android) so that I do not have to use the lap top mouse pad to change play list etc.  I think there is a plug-in that may do this, but do you know if there are any 'for dummies' instructions out there to help me set this up?

 

If you go to the Play Store, you can find an app called foobar2000 controller, complete with setup instructions.