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Messages from Hobbyist Software

Please consider the full version…

I hope you are enjoying Off Remote Free. If you like it, then please consider upgrading to Off Remote (paid version). The paid version gets rid of the adverts – and more importantly, it gets rid of the delay in activating the commands. Download from the App Store This is how I make my living,

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Updates in 0.1.5

Hi, 1.5 adds a few fairly small changes – and a new way for me to communicate. You have seen the news page as you are in it! I’m hoping this will make it easier for me to let you know about changes – but also to encourage you to let me know about things

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Getting better?

I got a bunch of fairly negative feedback for the first release of Remote (and some positive comments too!) The criticism was mostly well deserved. Unfortunately I didn’t have an actual device until after the first version was finished – so I failed to spot a bunch of problems where the device quickly ran out

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Why the news?

Thanks for reading this far. I was looking for a way to communicate with users of my apps – and this seemed to be a good approach. My hope is that it is simple enough to be unintrusive, but also obvious enough for you to read if you are interested. I’m used to working in

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Consider the full version…

I hope you are enjoying VLC Remote Free. If you like it, then please consider upgrading to VLC Remote (paid version). The paid version has a bunch of additional features including: Lets you browse your computer. You can select movies or music from your hard drive without gettting up from your sofa! Use the picker

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Tip: Stop VLC asking to fix files

this isn’t actually a VLC Remote feature, but it is annoying when you are trying to play things remotely and VLC keeps asking whether to fix files. You can control the behaviour in VLC at Preferences (switch to All preferences in the bottom left) Input / Codecs Demuxers AVI Force Index Creation

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Tip: Access external drives

(requires paid version of VLC Remote) Unfortunately, VLC doesn’t recognise aliases or shortcuts (it just tries to play them), so these won’t help you. There is a dedicated drive button in the browse page that will take you to your full drive list. If you are using Windows and don’t see your external drive, then

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Why the News?

Thanks for reading this far. I was looking for a way to communicate with users of my apps – and this seemed to be a good approach. My hope is that it is simple enough to be unintrusive, but also obvious enough for you to read if you are interested. I’m used to working in

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