The first thing you need to know is that if you do not have a Roku player, you do not need to get the DRPRemote app and enjoy the functionality it has to offer. Perhaps you will use this as an occasion to find out more about Roku players and perhaps even get a Roku player. The general consensus is that Roku streaming players are properly good pieces of tech. You can find out more about them at roku.com.
If you have a Roku player it means that you’re still reading this and it is my pleasure to tell you that the DVPRemote app turns your iDevice, be it an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad, into a remote for your Roku player. With the DVPRemote app you can control your Roku Digital Video Player (DVP) via WiFi. You do that by pressing a button or by making a gesture on your iDevice’s screen.
Some of you may be thinking something along the lines of “but I already have a Roku DVP infrared remote control, why should I get the DVPRemote app?” To that question I will answer with this: the DVPRemote does everything your standard remote does, and more. To better put things in perspective, here are the main bits and pieces you can expect to get from DVPRemote, from a functionality point of view:
- Automatically finds all Roku players on the network and configures itself to control them. This means you can easily use DVPRemote to control multiple Roku players.
- Supports all the functions the traditional Roku remote does.
- You have a QWERTY keyboard to input text.
- Automatic navigation to titles in your Netflix Instant Queue.
- Direct channel navigation from a list. The channels available on your Roku are presented in a list in DVPRemote. When you tap a channel, Roku switches to it.
- Several skins to choose from.
To enjoy the functionality DVPRemote has to offer, you must purchase the app from the App Store. It is currently priced at $2.99.
What we like
- Easy to use
- Nice interface
- Skins
- Control multiple Roku players on the same network
- QWERTY keyboard
- Direct channel navigation
- Affordable
Additional information on DVPRemote is available here.
A video preview of the app is available below.
System Requirements
Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later
What's New
***** IMPORTANT: If running DVPRemote for the very first time on an iPad running iOS 4.x, start the app in portrait mode and select a player. There is a bug in Version 2.3 which can cause the app to hang if you start the app in landscape mode with no player selected. This problem does not occur on iOS 5. See the support web site for a simple workaround. This will be fixed in the next release. ******** If you run into any issues after the upgrade or have any questions, please contact the developer at dvpremote@gmail.com ***New Features:1) Settings are now accessible from within app (in addition to main iOS device settings page).2) Paste button on keyboard toolbar which supports pasting of text from iOS device pasteboard to the Roku. (Great for IPTVMYWAY or Simple Video Streamer Channel!). See support web site for how to paste from your PC or MAC.).3) Rotate to landscape to automatically launch a landscape keyboard for iPhone/iPod Touch.4) Automatic player discovery (enabled by default). Manual refresh still available through "Discovery Type" setting on "Advanced" settings page.5) Color status indicators on Player screen show current player status: Green = status reports being received from player; Yellow = no status reports being received from player; and Blue = player is located on a network other than what your iOS device is on.6) In addition to swiping or double-tapping top bar of remote to select which Roku is being controlled, the colored status indicator on the player list can now be tapped to select the player to control. The selected Roku player will have a checkmark in the color status indicator circle.7) New URL Scheme option for pasting: dvpremote://PlayerName?pasteboard=TextToPaste8) Support for saving tab order set from "More" tab for iPhone and iPod touch.9) New automatic network latency adaptation for reliably controlling Roku over a WAN connection.10) Multiple mechanisms for player discovery (i.e. SSDP and non-SSDP) from advanced Settings.11) Advanced network debugging capabilities.12) New "Natural Gesture" setting which inverts the navigation action resulting from an up or down single finger swipe or drag gesture.13) Numerous GUI tweaks and improvements.Bug Fixes: 1) Workaround for Roku SSDP Issue - if your had an issue where your player was discovered by DVPRemote but the app could not control it, this workaround for the Roku issue may fix the problem.2) Fixed non-uniform button offsets on keyboard toolbar.Roku 2 Compatibility1) All of functionality of DVPRemote works with the Roku 2 (e.g. Instant Replay, Info, Up, Down, Left, Right, Home, Back, FF, REW, Play/Pause, QWERTY Keyboard, player discovery, channel discovery, channel navigation, Netflix Instant Queue Navigation, Gesture Pad, etc.).2) DVPRemote currently does not support the Roku 2 XS game specific functionality (e.g. motion sensor, A and B buttons). Roku has not yet published how to invoke these capabilities with the External Control Protocol.
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