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I'd like a remote control based on the computer.
Not a cheesy thing that looks like the car IR remote but a proper remote, available as a separate program, so I can select a player, its playlists and most functions without running emplode.

You can actually use Emplode for some of that stuff. Notice it has three "play" buttons?

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You will note that he wanted a second program... not emplode.

I tend to agree. emplode is just a tad too powerful (and in the existing beta, too unstable) to just leave running.

A seperate remote on your PC COULD be left running, without worrying about alt-tabbing once too many times and hitting delete by accident.