I was wondering if there was a remote control app that could control my desktop computer. I am looking for something to control media center.
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Remote control to control Win 7 Media Center?
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Naw I was actually trying to control Media Center Thats it, I found one its called myremote works great !!
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Ooh. That does look good. I did not know if you wanted the desktop or something to control media center. So I went with the desktop. 
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Ooh. That does look good. I did not know if you wanted the desktop or something to control media center. So I went with the desktop.
Yes if you use Media Center I would def recommend it, you have to download a server on your pc which is on the website !! It launches it and closes it too
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MyRemote is a good one but personally I've moved on to using Unified Remote. I prefer it because it provides a keyboard function which is handy when I'm outside of WMC.
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Teamviewer is a good app but for different purposes. It is more about remote access than remote control. Basically when you use Teamviewer (which probably won't show the WMC in full screen mode) you'll see you desktop on your phone but your going to be scrolling and zooming to do anything.
An app like Unified Remote simply lets you control your computer as if the phone was a KB/mouse connected to the computer.
An app like Unified Remote simply lets you control your computer as if the phone was a KB/mouse connected to the computer.
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You may also want to look at installing Remote Potato server on your Media Center box; it'll give you browser-based remote access to WMC.
RemotePotato's web UI is Silverlight-based, which won't work too well with Android, but it also offers a basic HTML mode that gets the job done.
RemotePotato's web UI is Silverlight-based, which won't work too well with Android, but it also offers a basic HTML mode that gets the job done.
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So Remote Potato uses a web browser. Do you have to be online or just connected to your network?
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Depends on your home network configuration -- RP's web server uses a non-standard port (usually 9080). If you don't set up port forwarding on your router, then RP will be accessible only from your internal network. If you set up your router to forward port 9080 to your WMC box, then you can connect to it from the Internet at large.
The RP web app is password protected, so there is some security.
The RP web app is password protected, so there is some security.
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