Netflix Remote 1.3

Netflix Remote allows you to control Netflix or Youtube movies playing in a browser on a Mac or Windows from your iPhone or iPod over WiFi. It also features a simple trackpad that allows controlling your mouse remotely. Setting up the app requires basic understanding of home networking. If you have difficulties getting it to work, please carefully re-read the instructions given below or on the app support page.

QUICK TIPS FOR MOST COMMON PROBLEMS:
- Make sure you have the Netflix Controller running on your computer in addition to the Netflix Remote app running on your iPhone (can be downloaded from the support page).
- Click inside Netflix movie window to make it the topmost and active window.
- Volume control works by tapping on it multiple times instead of tap and hold. It controls the volume of the Netflix or Youtube player only (that volume icon that you see inside the player window).

This app uses client/server architecture. The Netflix Remote app is the client that runs on iPhone. You also need to download from the app support page the server - Netflix Controller for Mac or Windows. The Netflix Controller must be running on the computer with Netflix and is needed for the Netlix Remote app to work. Both the computer with Netflix and iPhone/iPod must be connected to the same wireless access point (wireless router). The Netflix Controller listens for remote commands sent from iPhone by the Netflix Remote app and converts them to keyboard commands that Netflix player understands. Make sure the browser with Netflix is the active window so that it intercepts the keyboard input. For that, click once inside the Netflix window. For fast forward and rewind commands to work well Netflix must also be in fullscreen mode. Once paired with an iPhone/iPod, the Mac version of the Netflix Controller will also support Apple IR remote if you have one.

Once you have downloaded the Netflix Controller, unzip it and place it where you want on your system; there is no installation program to run. When you launch the Netflix Controller on the computer and Netflix Remote app on the iPhone for the first time, the Netflix Remote app will scan the local network for all hosts that have Netflix Controller running. At that time your computer firewall may ask you whether you want to allow the Netflix Controller to accept incoming connections and you should say Yes. Since the scan lasts only couple seconds, by the time you answer Yes it probably will have finished without finding any hosts, so if you are not at the main screen on the Netflix Remote app, return there and enter the settings screen again via the small button with "i" in it. After that you should see the list of all computers (their IP addresses) that are running Netflix Controller on your local network. Choose the address that is listed in the Netflix Controller on the computer.

Once you have selected the computer to control from the iPhone, return to the main screen of the Netflix Remote app and try sending any remote control command. At that time the Netflix Controller running on the computer will ask if you want to pair with the remote that is trying to send the request. Answer Yes and from then on the Netflix Controller will accept remote commands only from your iPhone/iPod. If you want to pair with another iPhone, click the Reset Remote button. If you were using Apple IR remote, it will stop working as well until you pair with iPhone/iPod again.

The remote control commands are simple. Plus and minus buttons control volume of the Netflix player in the browser, but not the master volume on the computer that determines the loudest setting the Netflix volume control can have. Volume is controlled by multiple taps instead of tap and hold. The central button toggles play and pause. Fast forward and rewind buttons require a long tap in order to enter the forward or rewind mode. Once entered, regular taps will stop continuous advancing and will allow advancing by one frame.