remotr RIP Remotr (Ios\android PC streaming)

[Plasmaburndeath]

Friends I am sorry to report that Remotr  is no longer actively maintained (so is dead\dying) 

Please remotely join me in Pressing F

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Website https://remotrapp.com

Latest information from their team (as of today July 28th 2019) 

 

I have not been able to use it since yesterday and had tried a password reset, but email with link is not being sent, and with this update probably won't be. 

 

I will personally miss this app since I loved the layout and used it to easily monitor what my son was watching on his computer via a desktop view mode on android.

Other geeky things I loved program for is, I figured out that the mode where you teach it where game files you want it to launch are located, it would accept .Bat files as well. So I built a few dos batch files for simple things like Locking the PC, or doing a steam process kill batch file I wrote, or rebooting/shutting down the PC, so I could at one touch with the Remotr android app do those things on my PC and my Sons PC. 

 

I know there are hundreds of apps that can do what Remotr did - but it did them in a stylish way and low lag - very stable manner. 

 

 

[Beskamir]

First time I'm hearing about this software and darn those are some neat features you've described. I wonder if an open source project that offers similar features is in the works.

[TetraSky]

Oh, they are the makers of Vortex ?

I guess there wasn't enough money to be made by letting people play their own games remotely, when free services like Steam In Home Streaming exist.

 

Looking at it, it seems to have had some severe security issues where someone else could remote in your stuff to either steal or snoop on you... Maybe that's one of the reason they decided to just shut it down and entirely move on to Vortex instead?

[rcmaehl]

I recommend scrcpy as an Android alternative

https://GitHub.com/Genymobile/scrcpy

Just enable ADB debugging over wireless (Root should not be needed for most devices) and connect to the device using the IP. I use it at work (via USB) to keep my personal stuff off the work PC.

 

Edit: Wrong way around. I'll post my recommendations shortly.

[Plasmaburndeath]

I am actually interested if anyone knows of an alternative that does what RemotR used to do.

 

I at first assumed there would be hundreds out there but so far coming up with nothing; except a few possible Early release apps which I stay away from on networking based early releases for security reasons.

 

I'm not sure if others stayed away from the methods and abilities of Remotr for Copyright reasons or just didn't try to beat them at how cool the interface was. 

Website Malavida some screenshot examples of why I loved it so much. Also relying on Remotr-presskit which I haved backed up for the future history of Digital kind.. 

https://www.malavida.com/en/soft/remotr/    

 

See UNLIKE- other streamers that just basically "just broadcast your desktop",

 

Remotr **For free (yes a few second app would play before whatever app I wanted would launch on phone no big deal for what it did for me.)**

=> allowed me to on my phone tap simple icon for what game or app I wanted to launch on my computer - and as long as it had communication to the computer (either internet or wifi) and as long as computer was not locked it just worked, no if ands' or buts about it, didn't matter if I had another program up or not. I could even remotely unlock my computer via the "desktop view" feature so I could use on screen keyboard to type my pin or password.  I could just tap the icon for a batch file I setup to lock my computer or my sons computer simple done..

*no being forced/trying to zoom into my desktop to find icon like so many streaming services seem to only offer...   *

 

You could Customize whatever touch screen layouts you wanted in any place, you want mouse function you have it, want WASD you got it, want a single letter you have it!  

 

Here is example of how it looked on the android app side. 

 

Man I wish I was rich enough to fund companies like Remotr to keep them alive... I feel a bit like I did when gamespy went under, sad, little upset, and knowing I have to do things more difficult ways to achieve what they used to do.

[Plasmaburndeath]

On 7/29/2019 at 9:38 AM, rcmaehl said:

I recommend scrcpy as an Android alternative

https://GitHub.com/Genymobile/scrcpy

Just enable ADB debugging over wireless (Root should not be needed for most devices) and connect to the device using the IP. I use it at work (via USB) to keep my personal stuff off the work PC.

 

Edit: Wrong way around. I'll post my recommendations shortly.

still interested once you have time   I run Note9 and windows 10 - and use bignox for android emulation. 

[rcmaehl]

5 hours ago, Plasmaburndeath said:

still interested once you have time   I run Note9 and windows 10 - and use bignox for android emulation. 

While I'm unsure about Framerate/Latency for GAMING. My go to selection for Phone -> PC control would be Teamviewer. 

 

Similar Features

• Ability to be set up to use LAN
• Ability to unlock the PC

Missing Features

• Touch screen overlays -> Keyboard keys (Could possibly make a solution by having a floating keyboard desktop side)
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  Code:

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  #NoTrayIcon
  #include <GUIConstants.au3>
  #include <WinAPISysWin.au3>
  #include <StaticConstants.au3>
  
  Opt("GUIOnEventMode", 1)
  
  HotKeySet('{ESC}', 'Close')
  
  Global $hWin, $hLWin
  
  Main()
  
  Func Main()
  
  	CreateKey("W", 200, @DesktopHeight-400, 200, 200)
  	CreateKey("A", 000, @DesktopHeight-200, 200, 200)
  	CreateKey("S", 200, @DesktopHeight-200, 200, 200)
  	CreateKey("D", 400, @DesktopHeight-200, 200, 200)
  
  	While 1
  		Sleep(1)
  		$hWin = WinGetHandle("")
  		If WinActive("[CLASS:AutoIt v3 GUI]") Then WinActivate($hLWin)
  		$hLWin = $hWin
  	WEnd
  
  EndFunc
  
  Func CreateKey($sLetter, $iLeft, $iTop, $iWidth, $iHeight, $iPad = 50)
  
  	Local $hGUI = GUICreate($sLetter, $iWidth, $iHeight, $iLeft, $iTop, BitOr($WS_POPUP,$WS_DLGFRAME), $WS_EX_TOPMOST)
  	Local $hKey = GUICtrlCreateLabel($sLetter, 0, 0, $iWidth, $iHeight, $SS_CENTER+$SS_CENTERIMAGE)
  	WinSetTrans($hGUI, "", 200)
  	GUICtrlSetFont(-1, $iHeight - $iPad)
  	GUICtrlSetOnEvent(-1, "_" & $sLetter)
  	GUISetBkColor(0xadd8e6) ; Light Blue
  	GUISetState()
  
  EndFunc
  
  Func Close()
  	Exit 0
  EndFunc
  
  Func _W()
  	If WinActive("[CLASS:AutoIt v3 GUI]") Then
  		WinActivate($hLWin)
  	Else
  		WinActivate($hWin)
  	EndIf
  	Send("w")
  EndFunc
  
  Func _A()
  	If WinActive("[CLASS:AutoIt v3 GUI]") Then
  		WinActivate($hLWin)
  	Else
  		WinActivate($hWin)
  	EndIf
  	Send("a")
  EndFunc
  
  Func _S()
  	If WinActive("[CLASS:AutoIt v3 GUI]") Then
  		WinActivate($hLWin)
  	Else
  		WinActivate($hWin)
  	EndIf
  	Send("s")
  EndFunc
  
  Func _D()
  	If WinActive("[CLASS:AutoIt v3 GUI]") Then
  		WinActivate($hLWin)
  	Else
  		WinActivate($hWin)
  	EndIf
  	Send("d")
  EndFunc

  
  

• Android game launcher app (Could make a solution using: Tasker Client -> Server -> Launch app)
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  I may make a proof of concept later