Overview

The VLC Remote app lets you use your iPhone or iPod Touch as a remote control for VLC on the Mac or PC. We previously looked at a couple of free versions of apps that will let you use your iPod Touch or iPhone as a remote control fro VLC. Here we will take a closer look at the VLC Remote Full Version and explore what it has to offer.

Installation

Installing the app on your device is simple enough. If you already have the free version you can simply tap on Get Full Version.

Or you can search the App Store and install it through iTunes or directly on your device.

To get VLC ready for the Remote app, you’ll need to download and install VLC Setup Helper for PC or Mac. Installation is quick and easy following the wizard and accepting the defaults.

In the Standard view click on Setup VLC…

It will automatically close out of VLC for you if you still have it open, and let you know the install was successful.

Add a Computer

Now you’ll need to add a computer to the Remote. Tap on Add computer, then enter in a name and the IP address for the machine.

Features & Use

One of the cool things we noticed about the Full Version is there is no longer an ad banner at the bottom of the screen.

Now that your computer and remote are configured, you can then go through and browse the videos and music on your computer and play it through VLC. In fact it will let you browse your entire computer including external and network drives.

Here we have a list of some tunes we we can play through VLC.

Or, click the plus icon in the lower right corner and create a playlist by adding files individually.

As you tap on new songs, they’re added to the playlist in VLC with cover art, provided the metadata is correct.

While certain music or movies are playing on VLC while using the Remote, you can look them up in the IMDB or Amazon too.

Tap on the controls at the bottom of the screen to get to different areas of your computer. Here we navigated to the optical drive to play a DVD. You also have the option to play it without the menus which is kind of cool.

Then you have the remote control on your touch screen, and it operates as you would expect a remote to. You can move the timeline bar to get to different sections of the movie. Or slide the volume bar to increase the volume.

Use the Picker for even more fine control to get to the exact area of a video or song.

In the Settings you can boost the volume range to 400% – which is handy when you are watching a home movie with low volume for example.

In Advanced Controls you can configure the aspect ratio, subtitles, speed of playback and more.

One feature to mention that isn’t available in the free version is the ability to download and install different skins.

Here is an example of the DefaultLCD4 Skin…there are several you can download and experiment with and find the one you like.

After you’re done watching your movie or listening to you music from the Playlist, you can easily clear it out.

They also offer a news feed so you can check out the latest projects from the developer Hobbyist Software.

Other Features:

• Control subtitles, aspect ratio, audio tracks, and delays
• Picker control for fine control of volume
• Use the Playlist – not available in free version
• Access external drives
• Landscape mode for more room to control the remote

Conclusion

Overall the remote control was responsive and it has a lot of cool features. Navigation through your media can be a bit confusing, especially if you have songs and video spread out through your system. If you’re looking for an easy to use, feature rich iPhone or iPod Touch remote for VLC, this is definitely a good solution. You can try out the free version which has limited features, then the full version is only $4.99.

Now you can get comfortable on the couch and watch movies or listen to tunes without the having to sit at the keyboard.

For this review we were only able to test it on Windows 7 and XP – both of which worked without any issues. They also make a version for Android, iPad, and WebOS.

Download VLC Remote Full Version

For a video demonstration, check out their YouTube video.

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