Another superb app from VLC
Loke VLC, VOC Streamer, Remote works very well, is convenient and effective. Donno what could be better. I recommend 100%
Apple watch
Why is the Apple watch control not working anymore??
Still the first and the best…
Back when iPhones were a new deal, back before Plex got easier to maintain, people mostly used one app and one app only to maintain their private video libraries: And that would be VLC aka VideoLAN . Video LAN as in Local Area Network , where we could network several home computers, and share all of the media. Where we could network several home computers, share all of the media libraries, create multitudes of playlists and then have ongoing movie playback for days and days and years even. And wouldn't such an app require a remote control for us couch potato types?
Enter VLC Remote. Now we could have access to every cool feature of VLC: change aspect ratio, language, alternate streams, we could play back DVDs, Blu - ray's, MKV, FLV, AVI, WMV, MP4, MOV, and many other obscure formats that (OGG) all play back beautifully from one app . I had the privilege of beta testing this app for a couple of years and a lot of the cool features in this app I remember discussing, in fact the way that it is now is the direct result of a core group of us who used to bounce ideas back - and - forth between us and the developer . Who is a great guy and he even put out a "VLC remote classic " for me and one other person and I still have that installed in one of my devices. There was even a "headset mode", an EXPERIMENTAL FEATURE with skull and cross bones warning , which works actually pretty well except that you have to manually sync up the audio on the hand devices to what's playing on the TV, but it does give you a way of having a headset on from 20 feet away and you don't have to have a 50 foot headphone cable. Is headset mode still there? YES- I was just using it. These days most of the cool things that we were able to do with VLC we can now do with Plex media server, and so I feel badly that from my perspective this app has fallen along on the wayside to the point where my iOS 11 App Store automatically offloads the app on occasion But whenever I do finally fire up VLC on my home network, I still use this app to manipulate it rather than having to get off my rear end, drag my butt over to the computer and mess with the interface there, in fact the combination of VLC Remote and Mobile Mouse/Unified Mouse gives me the ability to fire up VLC from Mobile Mouse and then I can move to VLC remote to access the app. Lately the developer has been creating something called the ChillRemote which actually can give you a Remote for things like Netflix and Amazon and YouTube and it works pretty well.
(Older Reviews)
No need to go into all of the technical details I squished in to my reviews before, because just about every function available on the VLC Windows app can be accessed through here. I am not so sure about the VLC “store app” which functions a little differently, I haven’t tried to control that app remotely with this app. Which gives me something to do, I will update this review as soon as I have tested that feature out... Actually I DO need to get into all of the nice gritty details about this app, fooled you! Oh yah. If you are having trouble with this app, then the problem is you, not the app. Because this integrates into VLC so perfectly that you hardly have to do anything, except run the set up helper. Also I wonder how many of you are trying to use this on the Windows 10 “Store App”- raise your hand? WRONG. You cannot use this app with the Windows 10 store version, you have to actually download the desktop app from the VLC website, otherwise forget it. I just checked. There is no mechanism within VLC remote to access the windows store version and there’s nothing in the windows store version that would allow you to connect to it with a remote, so mainly, don’t even bother with the windows 10 store version of VLC.
(Old review) This app has been perfected beyond all expectations , so there isn't much else that can be said about it . I have been using it lately to watch TCM via an on demand M3U.
(to " Sifu_Char " : You CAN use VLCr on more than one iPhone , as long as all devices are connected to the same local area network . You can even use VLC Remote on two iPhones and one Android if you have it installed on there as well . The set up for VLC Remote only needs to be run once , after that you can connect as many devices to VLC as you have devices that have VLC remote installed on, and they don't all have to be iPhones. The android app detects VLC after it has been set up just like the iPhone version . Hope that helps . )
Enter VLC Remote. Now we could have access to every cool feature of VLC: change aspect ratio, language, alternate streams, we could play back DVDs, Blu - ray's, MKV, FLV, AVI, WMV, MP4, MOV, and many other obscure formats that (OGG) all play back beautifully from one app . I had the privilege of beta testing this app for a couple of years and a lot of the cool features in this app I remember discussing, in fact the way that it is now is the direct result of a core group of us who used to bounce ideas back - and - forth between us and the developer . Who is a great guy and he even put out a "VLC remote classic " for me and one other person and I still have that installed in one of my devices. There was even a "headset mode", an EXPERIMENTAL FEATURE with skull and cross bones warning , which works actually pretty well except that you have to manually sync up the audio on the hand devices to what's playing on the TV, but it does give you a way of having a headset on from 20 feet away and you don't have to have a 50 foot headphone cable. Is headset mode still there? YES- I was just using it. These days most of the cool things that we were able to do with VLC we can now do with Plex media server, and so I feel badly that from my perspective this app has fallen along on the wayside to the point where my iOS 11 App Store automatically offloads the app on occasion But whenever I do finally fire up VLC on my home network, I still use this app to manipulate it rather than having to get off my rear end, drag my butt over to the computer and mess with the interface there, in fact the combination of VLC Remote and Mobile Mouse/Unified Mouse gives me the ability to fire up VLC from Mobile Mouse and then I can move to VLC remote to access the app. Lately the developer has been creating something called the ChillRemote which actually can give you a Remote for things like Netflix and Amazon and YouTube and it works pretty well.
(Older Reviews)
No need to go into all of the technical details I squished in to my reviews before, because just about every function available on the VLC Windows app can be accessed through here. I am not so sure about the VLC “store app” which functions a little differently, I haven’t tried to control that app remotely with this app. Which gives me something to do, I will update this review as soon as I have tested that feature out... Actually I DO need to get into all of the nice gritty details about this app, fooled you! Oh yah. If you are having trouble with this app, then the problem is you, not the app. Because this integrates into VLC so perfectly that you hardly have to do anything, except run the set up helper. Also I wonder how many of you are trying to use this on the Windows 10 “Store App”- raise your hand? WRONG. You cannot use this app with the Windows 10 store version, you have to actually download the desktop app from the VLC website, otherwise forget it. I just checked. There is no mechanism within VLC remote to access the windows store version and there’s nothing in the windows store version that would allow you to connect to it with a remote, so mainly, don’t even bother with the windows 10 store version of VLC.
(Old review) This app has been perfected beyond all expectations , so there isn't much else that can be said about it . I have been using it lately to watch TCM via an on demand M3U.
(to " Sifu_Char " : You CAN use VLCr on more than one iPhone , as long as all devices are connected to the same local area network . You can even use VLC Remote on two iPhones and one Android if you have it installed on there as well . The set up for VLC Remote only needs to be run once , after that you can connect as many devices to VLC as you have devices that have VLC remote installed on, and they don't all have to be iPhones. The android app detects VLC after it has been set up just like the iPhone version . Hope that helps . )
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Perfect for my remote playback
Must buy full version if you use VLC!!!🎉🙏🏻👍🏽.
Thanks VLC
Thanks VLC
Very good
Way better than using VLC directly for playback.
Works Great
Have had this app for years money so well spent.
Total klasse....
....und genau was ich gesucht habe. Als Musiker (diverses Instrumentarium) spiele ich zu Hause (wo auch sonst zZ🦠) gerne zur Musik über Kopfhörer. Die Musik streame ich von meinem Synology Server über den VLC Player. Da ich den PC nicht immer in greifbarer Nähe habe, wenn ich zB hinterm Schlagzeug sitze, um die Songs anzuhalten, einen anderen zu wählen, vor/zurück skippen, laut/leise etc, brauchte es etwas fernbedienbares. VLC Remote über Iphone auf einem Stativ.... genial 🤩 Funktioniert alles echt super 👍 Danke!
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Très bonne application
Très bonne application manque juste une application pour l’Apple Watch.
Sinon application très utile.
Sinon application très utile.
Stupendous
I use it all the time!
Convenient
Been using this app for years. Works seamlessly and is very convenient. Thanks VLC for everything you do and have done for decades
Spend $5 to be frustrated daily
This program seems like a great idea, but the execution is awful. All I need is a simple program to control VLC on my iMac. Play, pause, volume control, search. The issue? The app constantly struggles to connect with my computer. It can take 1-2 minutes for it just to find my previously saved computer. Once it does it often loses contact with my iMac repeatedly, meaning no controls. Soooooooo frustrating!
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Works well but buggy on occasion
Certainly better than remote4vlc but is sometimes buggy - forgets all my bookmarked folders every few weeks. Last update 2 years ago, maybe time for an update ?
Subtitles selection does not work
Subtitles selection does not work
Works, but not very well
Putting aside the extra software requirements (annoying in their own ways), it’s happening entirely too many times I hit the -10s button to try and catch some dialogue or an image that gets away from me only to be sent back to the beginning of the video (in one case I was sent back to the second chapter when I started fewer than five minutes away from the end credits). It’s incredibly frustrating to try and navigate my way back to where I was, especially with such an overly sensitive seek function. I went “all in” on Hobbyist Software and I do believe that the day I will no longer regret it is somewhere on the horizon; here’s hoping it gets here sooner rather than later.
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This really works(and easy setup)!
I set this up late last night on the first try with ZERO cussing or frustration whatsoever. This says more about the great design and support structure of this VLC remote control app than it does about 77 year old me🙂! It is working great on my iPhone in a complex home widows 10 network.
Le meilleur
Tout va toujours très bien pour cette manette. Félicitations aux développeurs!
As good as it gets.
This app works flawlessly. It’s brilliant and I 100% recommend it.
One of the greats
Seriously, how long have you had this remote on the store now? It’s going on what seems like a decade of use for me with this app. All the way back to my days of using the iPhone 3G and 3GS. Actually, it still works on my old 3GS right now, so yeah. Enough said. Darn fine app guys! Much love and thanks!
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Response from developer
Glad you like it - thanks for the kind words :)
Doesn't work with Linux
You'll be able to connect to a Linux VLC instance, and the website has instructions to do so, but it fails to read the directory so it's effectively useless.
Works Better Than Expected
I bought this app a few days ago to control VLC on a Mac Mini connected to my big screen TV... I love this app. I can control everything like loading video, browsing, screen size, scrubbing etc with out leaving my couch to do it with the computers mouse. I cannot speak to how it works with any othe system but a Mac... but if you have a Mac and play your downloads/DVD using VLC you NEED this app.
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