iPhone apps to control Uniti UPNP streaming
Posted by: 0rangutan on 23 January 2010
While I wait for Naim's official Uniti iPhone app I have bought and tested a few of the more recent iPhone UPNP apps that work with the Uniti. I assume that most people have PlugPlayer so am ignoring this and there is no way I am paying the asking price of Songbook!
1. m-connect is relatively inexpensive ($7-8 I think), has a nice enough interface and a good feature set, including some that PlugPlayer does not. For example files on the iPhone can be shared over UPNP with the iPhone acting as the server. However... it doesn't work very well and I have yet to find any way of lining up more than a single track at a time to play on the Uniti. PlugPlayer still beats this at present.
2. UbiRemote ($10) seems to be a re-badged PlugPlayer at a higher price. No obvious functionality difference (how do I get my money back...)
3. iMingus ($4) allows you to choose tracks or playlists to send to the Uniti but then no apparent way to start playback, so I haven't got very far with this.
4. NasAu ($1) has a fairly garish interface but does supports sending files from UPNP servers to renderers. It took it a while to find the Uniti but then worked well. A bargain at the price but painful to look at. Oh, and it supports pausing, unlike the Uniti's own playback controls
Hopefully Naim's official app will a. work and b. look and behave more like Apple's Remote app.
If anyone has tried other apps or had different experiences of any of the above, please post.
John
1. m-connect is relatively inexpensive ($7-8 I think), has a nice enough interface and a good feature set, including some that PlugPlayer does not. For example files on the iPhone can be shared over UPNP with the iPhone acting as the server. However... it doesn't work very well and I have yet to find any way of lining up more than a single track at a time to play on the Uniti. PlugPlayer still beats this at present.
2. UbiRemote ($10) seems to be a re-badged PlugPlayer at a higher price. No obvious functionality difference (how do I get my money back...)
3. iMingus ($4) allows you to choose tracks or playlists to send to the Uniti but then no apparent way to start playback, so I haven't got very far with this.
4. NasAu ($1) has a fairly garish interface but does supports sending files from UPNP servers to renderers. It took it a while to find the Uniti but then worked well. A bargain at the price but painful to look at. Oh, and it supports pausing, unlike the Uniti's own playback controls
Hopefully Naim's official app will a. work and b. look and behave more like Apple's Remote app.
If anyone has tried other apps or had different experiences of any of the above, please post.
John