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MusicBee Remote on Windows Pc

Developed By: Konstantinos Paparas

License: Free

Rating: 4,2/5 - 1.669 votes

Last Updated: December 24, 2023

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version	1.5.1
Size	6.1 MB
Release Date	December 05, 22
Category	Music & Audio Apps
App Permissions: Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks. [see more (6)]
What's New: - Adds statistics dialog when you can check how many tracks, etc are currently synced.- Improves visual feedback when performing a library metadata sync.- Adds... [see more]
Description from Developer: Important! Application development is currently in hiatus. If someone is interested in picking the development please feel free to send me an e-mail. MusicBee Remote is an applica... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download MusicBee Remote and install on Windows PC. MusicBee Remote is free Music & Audio app, developed by Konstantinos Paparas. Latest version of MusicBee Remote is 1.5.1, was released on 2022-12-05 (updated on 2023-12-24). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 100,000. Overall rating of MusicBee Remote is 4,2. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 1,669 users, 211 users had rated it 5*, 1,136 users had rated it 1*.

How to install MusicBee Remote on Windows?

Instruction on how to install MusicBee Remote on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install MusicBee Remote on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Install using BlueStacks
Install using NoxPlayer

Step By Step Guide To Install MusicBee Remote using BlueStacks

Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
Once installed, click "MusicBee Remote" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install MusicBee Remote on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "MusicBee Remote" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 1.5.1.

Download MusicBee Remote 1.5.1 on Windows PC – 6.1 MB

Important! Application development is currently in hiatus. If someone is interested in picking the development please feel free to send me an e-mail.

MusicBee Remote is an application that allows you to remotely control MusicBee using your Android device.

It is a third party application and thus it is not affiliated in any way with MusicBee or Steven Mayall.

The store listing uses content owned by ProleteR available at http://dustedwax.org/dwk123.html under (cc) by-nc-nd 3

You can find help and links to the plugin required for the application to work on http://kelsos.net/musicbeeremote/.

Both the application and the plugin are open source and distributed under the GPLv3 License.
You can find the source for the application on https://github.com/kelsos/mbrc and for the plugin on https://github.com/kelsos/mbrc-plugin.

Jordan Georgiadis is responsible for the logo concept.
Tasos Papazoglou - Chalikias is responsible for further refining the logo, creating the promotional graphics and designing a major part of the UI and assets.

The latest plugin requires at least MusicBee v3.0 to function.

MusicBee Remote requires a device running at least Android v4.1 along with a wireless network connection in order to function.

-Basic track information display (artist, title, album, year of release and artwork).
-Basic player control. (play, pause, stop, next, previous, volume change, mute, shuffle, repeat)
-Last.fm account scrobbling on/off.
-Last.fm love/ban.
-5 star rating.
-Playback progress display and control.
-Lyrics support.
-Now playing list display, along with the ability to choose a track to play, search for a track to play, remove a track from the now playing list, or reorder the tracks.
-Library browsing support with the ability to enqueue, or play the tracks.
-Basic playlist support (list and press to play)
-Option to reduce the volume, pause/stop playback on incoming call.
-Lockscreen controls on devices running Android 4.0 or greater
-Headset controls on devices running Android 4.0 or greater
-Volume control using the hardware buttons.

- Adds statistics dialog when you can check how many tracks, etc are currently synced.
- Improves visual feedback when performing a library metadata sync.
- Adds a feedback message when queueing tracks/albums/genres/artists.
- Adds the ability to queue the album or artist when browsing the track list.
- Fixes a bug that would prevent users from queueing albums when browsing an artist's albums.

Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.
Allows applications to enter Wi-Fi Multicast mode.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.