Android remote for Banshee
August 19, 2011
Ever since I got my Android phone I’ve been looking at ways for it to control my Ubuntu based HTPC and my Yamaha AV reciever. My current setup uses Mythtv on Ubuntu, however I have issues with Mythmusic so have been using Rhythmbox. Controlling MythTV is nice and simple using MythRemote and it works without any problems for MythTV features, however what I was missing was an easy way to select music without the TV turned on.
After a few hours searching and playing with a few applications I settled on using Banshee as my music player and making use of Banshee Remote along with a small extension for Banshee to allow it to be controlled. Initial use has been positive, the features are a bit limited at the moment in that it doesn’t support Internet radio and playlists for instance but lets see if I can find some time to improve it a bit.
