Please read the following carefully and a successful installation can be achieved.

 

After finishing the installation you are encouraged to read the IRemote User's Manual and the Skinner's Guide

 

System Requirements

    Windows 98/ME/2000/XP,  Pocket PC or Pocket PC 2002 (ARM,MIPS,SH3);  Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher

Note:

This release has been developed and tested using an iPAQ 3630 with an Orinoco Gold 802.11b PC card.  Only files specific to IRemote and IRemoteSvr are copied.  The installation does not install or replace any of the system files on your handheld or desktop PC.  Both components of the IRemote system require the MS XML library.  Installation of IE ver. 5.0+ includes the most recent version of the XML library for your PC.     

 

Installation

  1. Connect your handheld device via ActiveSync and allow synchronization to complete. 

    Click Install.exe  

    The installation process has the following options.  You can select any combination.  Both items are selected by default.

    IRemote Server

    This is the server component.  The file IRemoteSvr.exe and several sample play lists will be installed on the desktop computer.  The installer will determine if WinAmp is installed.  If WinAmp is not already installed then WinAmp v2.80 will be downloaded from the internet and installed.  The installer will then start IRemoteSvr.

     

    IRemote Client

    This is the client component.  Your device will need to be connected with ActiveSync to complete this leg.  The file IRemote.exe will be installed on your device.  The installation process will configure your device.  IRemote will start and automatically connect to IRemoteSvr running on the PC.

     

  2. The installation is now complete and you should be able to start enjoying the functionality of IRemote.  Items 4-7 provide further details for configuring the server.

  3. After installation.  Click on the IRemote icon located in the system tray.  The "Connection Settings" dialog will appear.  The dialog contains edit boxes for two paths.  The upper box is the location of the WinAmp.exe file.  The other is the "Playlist Directory".  The Playlist Directory is the folder where IRemote will save the play lists you build.

  4. Clicking the "Media" button will bring up the Media Library dialog.  The Media Library dialog contains an edit box labeled "Media Search Directory".  This edit box specifies which folder IRemoteSvr will search for media in (see item 5).

  5. The first time you connect to the server there will not be an existing Media Library.  The server will start to build the Remote Media Library approximately 20 seconds after connecting.  IRemoteSvr will search for M3U playlists and MP3 files in the folder specified as the "Media Search  Directory".  Once the search is complete, information required to browse the Library will be sent to your handheld.

Note:  If the install process fails to transfer the files to your handheld. you will need to install IRemote manually.  Determine which processor your Pocket PC is using and copy the appropriate .CAB file to your handheld.  For example, if you have an iPAQ your device has an ARM processor.  Copy the file IRemote.arm.CAB to a location on your handheld.  After the file has been copied… double tap on the file in File Explorer.  The install process should begin.

 

 

History

Ver 2.85

1.  Added a file type list to the Media Library "Options" dialog..

2.  Fixed a problem that would cause the playlist not to appear.

3.  Drag-and-Drop enabled the playlist editor view.

4.  New edit toolbar for the Playlist Control allows removing and repositioning items in the current playlist. 

 

Ver 2.84

1.  Changed the Skin selection dialog to be standalone and small to allow a preview of the selected skin.

2.  Fixed a sizable memory leak on the client, introduced in v2.83

3.  Added a few options to the "Zones" feature.  See the User Manual for more information on zones and this new functionality.

4.  Updated the installer to NSIS 1.98.  FYI--The installer is from Nullsoft.  If you need an easy to use installer that can be fully customized, try it out. 

 

Ver 2.83

1.  Fixed a major problem, introduced in v2.82, that would occur when the EQ was hidden.

2.  Fixed problem, introduced in v2.82,  that would occur on some devices when loading the skin definition or server list.

3.  Several updates to the server.  Server now creates free-threaded DOM's.

 

Ver 2.82

1.  SKINS!!!.

2.  New controls:  Scrolling Marquee, start/stop visualization,  EQ AutoLoad button, Pre-Amp slider control.

3.  Added a "Server List" for quicker connection to different zones. 

4.  Improved the support for large play lists.

 

Ver 2.6

1.  More improvements to the GUI.

2.  Fixed more bugs related to the Media Library.

3.  Added a server-side Media Library viewer/editor. 

4.  Manual "Build Library" button and options to build the library based on the tree structure of the search directory.

5.  New "Zones" option allows the control over multiple instances of WinAmp.

6. Option to disable automatic connection with the server. 

7  Ability to assign Connect/Disconnect to a hardware button.

8.  Added a track bar control to the client for re-positioning within the current song.

 

Ver 2.42

1.  General improvements to the GUI. 

2.  Fixed several bugs related to Playlists and the Media Library.

3.  Improvements made to the “time-to-connect”.

4.  Fixed several bugs and made improvements to the system for the case when Automatic Refresh is disabled.  Excellent for MP3's with VBR's.

 

Ver 2.41

1.  Remote Media Library for building play lists on the handheld device.  M3U playlists and mp3's with ID3v1 tags are recognized.

2.  Devices with DHCP enabled are allowed up to twenty seconds to obtain an IP address before IRemote will attempt to automatically connect.

3.  Improved the clients ability to handle large play lists.

4.  Options for hiding the EQ and expanding the control to a Full Screen mode.

5.  The volume checking being done in the previous release has been disabled.

 

Ver. 2.1

1.  Ability to assign the device’s hardware buttons to IRemote functions.

2.  New client option for switching to large control buttons.

3.  Added server option to hide WinAmp.

4.  The Eq “On” button now reflects the state of the Equalizer.

5.  New buttons for the Shuffle and Repeat settings.

6.  Consolidated the various IRemote settings into a single tabbed dialog.

7.  Fixed the volume control… it now reflects the volume setting of WinAmp.

8.  Fixed problem with v1 Tag formatted MP3’s (you should never see the "TAG info unavailable" message again!)

9.  Added server option to Recurse the play list directory. 

10.  New control function:  tap and hold on the forward button to fast forward 5 seconds.  The same is true of the rewind button.

 

 

Ver. 2.002

1.  Option to Enable Automatic Refresh.  When enabled, the server starts a new thread and polls for changes.  Only changes between successive polls are sent to the remote client.

2.  Fixed problem with play lists that were missing full drive specifications.

3.  Removed the "jitters" from the slider controls.

4.  Added some color and the ability to customize it.

5.  Added server identification info to the server and the client.  This can be useful for troubleshooting a failing connection.

6.  Created a fully automatic installation and configuration process.  

7.  Fixed problems associated with media that was not an MP3.

 

 

Ver. 1.0

1.  Synchronized IRemote with popular WinAmp functions.