JRemote

Been using this app for many years. Great overall interface and reliable for home media playback. There are a few things that could take it to another level: 1) Fix the quirks in the UI. Particularly on iPad, the floating playback controls at the bottom are too high up and there is a large gap with whatever you are browsing behind it. Should be closer to bottom with no way of clicking anything accidentally behind it. The close out playing now list on the right also partially covers up this controls at bottom. On the iPhone, when you click into a list of tiles, there is a 1+ inch gap at the top of the screen before the list of files are shown. Looks odd and doesn’t happen on iPad. The folder icons look old school and should either be fanned cover art or fronting more modern looking. 2) While CarPlay support technically works, it is super slow to load, navigate and play audio files. Also the process for connecting should be streamlined so essentially the app can run in the background on iPhone, and all the user has to do is open the app in the CarpPlay interface and ‘it just works’. 3) Would love to see offline storage and playback options. Media Center on windows does not sync with iPhone so a way to do that with JRemote would be amazing. There is another app that works with Media Center that does this, buts it’s cumbersome to use and the overall polish of JRemote is lacking. 4) Finally there is no HDR video playback support. There are many other iOS apps that have offered this for years including Plex and Infuse.

Overall, great app for controlling Media Center remotely from an ℹ device. Would be a big improvement to be able to shuffle the list of songs presented when you get search results. Make the results a temporary playlist you can shuffle, sort, drag-and-drop song order and be able to save the resulting playlist.

The description is misleading. The app is not a full remote at all. It does what JPanel does and little more. I was expecting, among other features: - to be able to use the television feature - to see the streaming bookmarks I added to the streaming menu - to be able to adjust Options without going to the computer None of these and other features I was expecting are available OR if they are available are hidden in a thread somewhere on a bulletin board and not readily accessible. I thought I would have something resembling the standard menu structure but instead have essentially JPanel with the ability to turn off the computer. In brief, a waste of money and subsequently time in trying to search on line to retrieve instructions and fixes. Time and money, indeed life is too valuable for essentially no value added software. JRiver Media Center is good. JRemote is not.