http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/ Engadget Comments for How-To: Control iTunes from any web browser http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/Dec 19th 2005 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/Dec 19th 2005 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/Dec 19th 2005 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/
I'm guessing I must be the exception, or I would have heard other people complaining already (not in this thread but elsewhere).]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/Dec 19th 2005 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/Dec 19th 2005 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/
I have a brief write up of the program at my personal project site: http://projects.newrisedesigns.com/

I'm at work now, but I can post the perl and applescript code once I get home.

John]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/Dec 19th 2005 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/Dec 19th 2005 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/Dec 19th 2005 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/Dec 19th 2005 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/Dec 19th 2005 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/Dec 19th 2005 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/
That was ironic by the way]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/Dec 19th 2005 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/Dec 19th 2005 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/Dec 19th 2005 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/mentioned previously on Engadget:

http://www.coverbuddy.com/

]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/Dec 19th 2005 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/Dec 19th 2005 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://portableaudio.engadget.com/entry/1234000460072252/#comments

I'm not really sure how fixing product shortcomings makes us Apple shills.

Dave and overratediPod have the same IP address so something more sinister/obnoxious is going on here.]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/Dec 19th 2005 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/Not only can you control your music from the web, you can also download/stream it! Looks like it hasn't been updated in a while, but it works.]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/not from my treo?]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/Dec 19th 2005 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/
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...when I try to use it. Ideas?]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/Dec 19th 2005 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/Dec 19th 2005 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/Dec 19th 2005 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/Dec 19th 2005 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/Dec 19th 2005 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/Dec 19th 2005 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/Dec 19th 2005 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/And you need to physically start the first mp3 at your machine?

Seems limited :(]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/Dec 19th 2005 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/Mac: http://www.codewitch.org/archives/2005/04/sharing_itunes.html

Windows: http://www.sevitz.com/blog/2005/03/how_to_share_your_music_via_itunes_on_the_net.asp]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/Dec 19th 2005 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/This use case is where the sound system is hooked to another computer at some distance (not necessarily same OS or has iTunes share capability with the machine you are sitting at.) Nice to change tunes/netradio from across the office without interupting one's work. Assuming one is old enough/competent enough to be gainfully employed. At my last office we had a older machine dedicated to the voicemail system, the sound system for everyone and some other general office functions. No one sat at that machine. The remote control I had in place was good to combat the marketing chicas always dialing-in lame-o 80's music.
Kudos to engadet for making an effort, unlike the pathetic whiners who criticize every little thing. And yes I am criticizing the whiners --please blow it out your, ya well, perhaps a bulb will flicker and you can figure out the rest.]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/This use case is where the sound system is hooked to another computer at some distance (not necessarily same OS or has iTunes share capability with the machine you are sitting at.) Nice to change tunes/netradio from across the office without interupting one's work. Assuming one is old enough/competent enough to be gainfully employed. At my last office we had a older machine dedicated to the voicemail system, the sound system for everyone and some other general office functions. No one sat at that machine. The remote control I had in place was good to combat the marketing chicas always dialing-in lame-o 80's music.
Kudos to engadet for making an effort, unlike the pathetic whiners who criticize every little thing. And yes I am criticizing the whiners --please blow it out your, ya well, perhaps a bulb will flicker and you can figure out the rest.]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/Dec 19th 2005 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/Dec 19th 2005 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/First off, you seem pretty smart there with the double post.
I've read about other solutions that have far greater functionality, so skipping ahead one song is very limited.
I'm setting up a touchscreen device and would like it control itunes on another pc, not just skip one song at a time. Any other solutions out there, like coverbuddy?]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/
Apple has exposed pretty much every functionality you could want to control in iTunes through the iTunes COM SDK (http://developer.apple.com/sdk/itunescomsdk.html). It's just a matter of putting in the time to develop the application that actually makes use of all of it. My problem right now is that I can't get PHP to even instantiate the COM object.]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/Dec 19th 2005 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/Dec 19th 2005 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/
Fatal error: Call to a member function Name() on a non-object in C:apachefriendsxampplitehtdocsitunesplayer.php on line 47

anyone get this working with any web server??]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/Dec 19th 2005 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/Dec 19th 2005 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/Dec 19th 2005 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/13/how-to-control-itunes-from-any-web-browser/
I see this having tremendous prank implications.

Does anyone know anything about streaming music, radio-style, from iTunes? That would be great.]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:46AM