remote app not working with iTunes 11

Sorry, no solution. I get the same message when playing a song that it cannot be found

I had the same issue UNTIL I ejected my iphone from iTunes. I had been using WiFi Sync. That fixed it for me.

Had the same problem but seem to have fixed it now. I can't remember exactly what I did, but try the following:

1. On iTunes 11: Log out of the iTunes store, and turn-off home sharing. Then quit iTunes.

2. On the iPad: Delete the Remote App. Then re-download it and open it again. This should force you to re-login to Home Sharing from the iPad.

3. On iTunes 11: Open iTunes again, log back into the iTunes store, and re-enable Home Sharing.

Some of those steps may be superfluous, or maybe it was something else I was doing that fixed it. Let me know how you get on.

SL

Yes, I had the same error message (x was indeed the artist rather than the song), but it seems to be fixed now. I did a fair amount of frustrated hacking so maybe it was something else I did that fixed it.

When I restarted iTunes, I did so prior to disabling "stealth mode" on the firewall. I've come across situations before where stealth mode was the culprit, although in this instance I could now be clutching at straws.

But you are right, it is a "bug". It shouldn't be this complicated.

SL

I managed to remedy it by playing a song using iTunes directly. This seems to kick the Remote app into life.

However, the problem reappears intermittently. Definitely a bug.

The bug came back. This time I magaed to fix it by ejecting all my attached iDevices (iPad & iPhone on WiFi sync, plus my old iPod Classic that happened to be attached by USB at the time). Been fine since so-far.

This seems to fix this weird bug. Seems to be working fine since ejecting my iPhone from WiFi syncing.

I am also experiencing the very same issue as outlined by steve_kn, and my setup is a little different from the rest of you. I have a Windows 7 desktop running iTunes 11 and an iPad2 running the latest remote app. I keep getting the message "could not be played because..." and with the "song" reference being actually an artist.

I've tried various things and not yet found a way around it. I have no other devices connected to the desktop.

I'm also VERY disappointed with the performance of iT11. Slow as mud - fast for a few seconds and then periods of long hangs. I'm not particularly enamoured with the new interface and I miss some of the features of old.

I was really looking forward to this new rel of both iT and remote app. With this state of things i think it's time I look to other solutions, like J River.

I too have a problem getting my 2010(early) Mac mini working with the remote app from my ipad4. It saw my iTunes 11 OK to start with. Then after I restarted my Mac mini it would not see it again. It keeps saying I need to set up home sharing on my computer. I have tried everything it just will not work. Yet my late 2010 Mac mini which runs iTunes 10.7 is perfectly ok with my ipad 4 and the remote app. So I must conclude that it is a bug in the iTunes 11. Mind you I never liked the iTunes 11 anyway. If there was an easy way to revert back to iTunes 10.7 I would do it.

My remote app sort of works. When my iPad goes to sleep though after a few minutes, whe i open it up again the remote app freezes and displays a lock on top of the gui. Then it crashes out after about 45 seconds of being frozen. Not ever an issue on 10.7. Only difference is the installation of the 11.0.1 software. One of many bugs i have found.

Thanks for your post Steve. I tried searching for this issue, couldn't find anything and thought it was just me. I had already tried most of the mentioned "fixes" and they haven't worked for me, accept temporarily. There are clearly bugs here. The whole iTunes 11 update is a mess for me.

It is not necessary to delete the app to establish a new connection - just delete the airplay connection, and establish a new one. Voila, the remote works again, but as I said it is temporary for me. Comes right back if you haven't used the app in a while.

Also found that different methods of going directly into iTunes to reset things or kickstart things also works, but also is a temporary fix, and as mentioned, defeats the whole purpose of the remote app.

I seem to remember more varied methods for sorting or displaying ones music library via the app in previous versions, but all I'm seeing is a long list of my 2000 albums viewed alphabetically when I view by Genre (my preferred method for searching), even though I have set the preference to view by artist (this only seems to work under the Songs view, or Album view, but not Genre - but still a long list). And why does it say "Songs" at the top of a list of albums? More bugs?

Message was edited by: bluefieldarts

I've seen the same "The song "x" could not be played because the original file could not be found." as well since the new iTunes 6 & Remote app.

I'm rebuilding my library with higher encoded imports, adding art work as I go. I rerip albums in batches, they show up in Remote on the iPad 1 ( - not on the iPad 3, that one only shows 24 random albums - ), it will list all the songs, but then when I tap to play one, it says the song cannot be found??

Play something else. Wait ten minutes. Then it plays fine.

Similar issue here....

"The song "x" could not be played because the original file could not be found."

The same song plays fine from iTunes directly. I never had this problem prior to iTunes 11. In my case, the temporary fix seems to be stopping/restarting iTunes, but the problem will come back. I have tried deleting and reloading the Remote App, but that has not helped.

I also note that if I access a track from an Album, I get the bug, but i have been able to access a track from a Playlist, and that seems to work.

I logged a bug with Apple.

Brian