Supported Applications


Sofa Control controls a great number of applications. A Sofa Control Script defines which actions are triggered when you press a button on your remote control. Select an application to find out which actions can be triggered with the remote control. Remember, you can modify any of these scripts any way you like.

ABC


Script Version: 1.2
A very simple method of entering text
Mapping:
● menu double click: Return to previous script
Menu:
● Lowercase
● Uppercase
● Numbers
● Punctuation
● Internet (.com, http://, etc.)
● Exit

Adobe Acrobat Professional


Script Version: 2.0.1
Open and flip through your PDFs in fullscreen view
Mapping:
● plus/minus: zoom in/out
● prev/next: previous or next page
● play/stop: toggle fullscreen mode
Menu:
● activate presenter mouse
● open file
● close file
● quit Acrobat

Adobe Reader


Script Version: 2.0.1
Open and flip through your PDFs in fullscreen view
Mapping:
● plus/minus: zoom in/out
● prev/next: previous or next page
● play/stop: toggle fullscreen mode
Menu:
● activate presenter mouse
● open file
● close file
● quit Adobe Reader

Airfoil


Script Version: 1.9
Control Airfoil with your Remote Control
Product Details: http://www.rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/mac/
Mapping:
● Left/Right: Select a given Remote Speaker (if you have multiple Airport Expresses)
● Minus/Plus: Adjusts the volume of the selected speaker
● Play/Pause: Starts or Stops transmitting to the selected speaker
Menu:
● Select the current audio source

Aurora


Script Version: 1.1
Aurora, Controls the excellent freeware Alarm Clock application, Aurora
Product Details: http://metaquark.de/aurora/
Mapping:
● Plus/Minus: Selects Next/Previous Alarms from the List
● Play: Stops the Alarm and iTunes
● Play x 2: Snoozes the Alarm
● Previous/Next: If iTunes is playing then goes to the previous / next track on the list.
Menu:
● Snooze Alarm
● Stop iTunes Alarm
● Make Alarms: Wake Today 06.00, 06.30, 07.00, 07.30, 08.00, 08.30, 09.00, 09.30, 10.00, 10.30, 11.00, 11.30, 12.00
● Make Alarms: Wake Tomorrow 06.00, 06.30, 07.00, 07.30, 08.00, 08.30, 09.00, 09.30, 10.00, 10.30, 11.00, 11.30, 12.00
● Make Alarms: Wake Weekdays 06.00, 06.30, 07.00, 07.30, 08.00, 08.30, 09.00, 09.30, 10.00, 10.30, 11.00, 11.30, 12.00
● Make Alarms: Wake Weekends 06.00, 06.30, 07.00, 07.30, 08.00, 08.30, 09.00, 09.30, 10.00, 10.30, 11.00, 11.30, 12.00
● Edit Alarm - Skip Next Occurence
● Edit Alarm - Reset Skipped Upcoming Alarm
● Edit Alarm - Enable Selected Alarm
● Edit Alarm - Disable Selected Alarm
● Edit Alarm - Remove Selected Alarm
● Edit Alarm - Try Out Selected Alarm
● Fall Asleep: 30 mins, 60 mins, 90 mins, 10 iTunes Songs
● Cancel Fall Asleep
● Hide Aurora
● Quit Aurora

Automator


Script Version: 2.1
Run your Automator workflows
Mapping:
● Play: Run the current active workflow
Menu:
● Choose and run a workflow with the file chooser
● Spotlight search for workflows to run them

Chroma Player


Script Version: 1.0
Description
Product Details: http://chromaplayer.com/
Mapping:
● Plus/Minus: Skip Forward/Backward 5 sec
● Left/Right: Skip Forward/Backward 1 min or 1 chapter on DVDs
● Left/Right Hold: Fast Rewind / Fast Forward
● Play: Play/Pauses current movie
● Play Hold: Toggle Fullscreen
Menu:
● Toggle Fullscreen
● Open file...
● Play DVD
● Toggle Subtitles
● Navigate / 10min Forward jump
● Navigate / 10min Backward jump
● Settings / Toggle Controller
● Settings / Toggle Intelliplay
● Settings / Toggle Adaptive Quality
● Quit Chroma Player

ComicBookLover


Script Version: 1.0
Flip through your comics
Product Details: http://www.bitcartel.com/comicbooklover
Mapping:
● Plus/Minus: Zoom In/Out
● Left/Right: Next/Previous page
● Left/Right Hold: Next/Previous page
● Play: Toggle Fullscreen
Menu:
● Set zoom factor to fit page width
● Set zoom factor to actual size of comic (in this mode zoom in/out is available)
● Choose a Comic activates a specialized mode where a comic can be selected from the list and activated with the Play button
● Quit

Contacts


Script Version: 1.4
Open Address Book and show phone numbers and addresses
Mapping:
● Plus/Minus: Next/Previous Contact
● Left/Right: focus on groups or contacts
● Left/Right Hold: Next/Previous Contact
● Play: Show Contacts name and phone numbers
● Play Hold: Show Contacts name and address
Menu:
● Show Phone Numbers
● Show Address (choose between if there more options)
● Quit Address Book
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CoverFlow


Script Version: 2.0.1
Flip through your music with CoverFlow
Product Details: http://www.steelskies.com/coverflow/
Mapping:
● Plus/Minus: Next/Previous track
● Left/Right: Move selection
● Left/Right Hold: Move selection
● Play: Play current selected album
● Play Hold: Toggle Fullscreen
Menu:
● Play/Pause
● Rate the current song
● Select a Playlist
● Toggle Fullscreen
● Hide the Coverflow window

Democracy


Script Version: 2.0.2
Script to control Democracy Player
Product Details: http://www.getdemocracy.com/
Mapping:
● plus/minus: adjust volume
● left/right: Previous/Next Movie
● play: toggle Play of Movie. Activates "New Movies" Playlist if none is active
● play hold: Toggle Fullscreen
Menu:
● Toggle Fullscreen
● Activate "My Collection" category
● Activate "New Videos" category
● Quit Democracy

DivX Player


Script Version: 1.0
Open and play movies with DivX Player
Product Details: http://www.divx.com/divx/mac/
Mapping:
● plus/minus: volume up/down
● left/right hold: backward/forward
● play/stop: start/stop playing
● play hold: toggle fullscreen
Menu:
● open a file
● toogle fullscreen

DVD Player


Script Version: 2.0.3
Control DVD Player
Mapping:
● plus/minus: adjust volume
● left/right: switch through chapters
● left/right hold: scan backward/forward
● play/stop: play/pause movie
● play hold: toggle fullscreen
Menu:
● Go back to DVD Menu
● Change video screen size
● Activate/Deactivate Subtitles
● Switch through available subtitle languages
● Open Media (VIDEO_TS) from harddisk (just select a file with the extension VOB)
● Eject disk

DVDpedia


Script Version: 1.0.3
Browse your media collection
Mapping:
● play: open a linked movie
● play hold: toggle fullscreen
● plus/minus: move through medias
● left/right: move through medias
Menu:
● activate Fullscreen mode
● activate Table view
● activate Cover view
● toggle Info view

EyeTV


Script Version: 2.0.8
Watching, recording and more with your Eye TV 2.3.x
Product Details: http://www.elgato.com/
Mapping:
● Left/Right: switch channel and skip backward/forward when watching a recording
● Left/Right holding: fast backward/forward when watching a recording
● Plus/Minus: adjust volume
● Play: pause/play TV or recording
Menu:
● activate EyeTV full screen menu
● mute on/off
● start/stop recording
● change view size
● channel list
● choose and play a recording
● change aspect ratio
● change video input source
● toggle game mode

Firefox


Script Version: 1.0
Browse the web
Mapping:
● plus/minus: scroll up/down
● left/right: previous/next tab
● play/stop: increase font size
● play/stop double: decrease font size
Menu:
● Close Tab
● Standard Text Size
● Refresh Page
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FlexTime


Script Version: 2.0
Control your daily routines in FlexTime
Product Details: http://www.red-sweater.com/flextime/
Mapping:
● Left/Right: previous/next action
● Left holding: reset routine
● Play: start/pause frontmost routine
Menu:
● Open a routine
● Close current routine
● Quit FlexTime

Front Row


Script Version: 2.1
Opens FrontRow

GarageBand


Script Version: 2.0
Record your next podcast with the remote control
Mapping:
● Play: Start/Stop recording on current track
● Plus: Play from beginning
● Minus: Stop playing
● Left: Jump to start of song/podcast
● Right: Go to end of song/podcast
● Left/Right hold: Fast backward/forward in song/podcast

Global Actions


Script Version: 1.0
Opens up the global menu

Google Earth


Script Version: 2.0
Browse the earth
Product Details: http://earth.google.com
Mapping:
● Plus/Minus: Switch between latitude, longitude, distance, tilt and azimuth mode
● Left/Right: Decrease/Increase value for current mode
● Left/Right hold: Decrease/Increase value for current mode

GraphicConverter


Script Version: 1.1
Slideshow with Graphic Converter
Product Details: http://www.lemkesoft.com/
Mapping:
● Plus/Minus: Zoom in/out
● Left/Right: back and forward through slideshow
● Play: start/stop slideshow for current folder

Guess Number


Script Version: 2.0
A Simple game
Mapping:
● Play: Start game
Menu:
● List of numbers to choose from

iCal


Script Version: 2.0
Navigate your calendar and switch between week, days and months
Mapping:
● Play: Activate day view
● Plus: Activate month view
● Minus: Activate week view
● Left/Right: Next/Previous in current view

iChat


Script Version: 1.0
Chat with your buddies
Mapping:
● Play: Toggle Mute in active video/audio chat
Menu:
● Close active chat
● Start a new video or audio chat
● Change your status

iPhoto


Script Version: 2.0
Run your slideshow and browse your albums
Mapping:
● plus/minus: switch between single photo view and organize view
● left/right: select previous/next photo
● left/right hold: fast scrolling through photos (not in slide show mode)
● play/stop: start slideshow. When in slideshow pause slideshow.
● menu: stops slideshow mode when slideshow mode is active
Menu:
● choose an album

iTunes


Script Version: 2.4
Play and rate your music, navigate your playlists
Mapping:
● plus/minus: adjust volume
● left/right: switch to previous/next song
● left/right hold: fast backward/forward in playing song
● play/stop: start/pause playing
● play hold: visuals in full screen
● play double: toggle shuffle on/off
● menu: stops slideshow mode when slideshow mode is active
Menu:
● toggle visualizer on/off
● zoom iTunes window
● visuals in full screen
● Browse with Coverflow in fullscreen mode. Play plays the selected album while Plus and Minus switch the tracks.
● rate a song
● choose a playlist
● toggle remote speakers (needs UI scripting)
● Settings
● define if Plus/Minus changes System or iTunes Volume
● define if Plus/Minus changes song or volume when in Coverflow mode
● Add current playing track to playlist named "Trash"
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iView MediaPro


Script Version: 1.0
Controls iView MediaPro
Product Details: http://www.iview-multimedia.com/
Mapping:
● Plus/Minus: Move Up/Down in media view
● Left/Right: Previous/Next media
● Play: Toggle full screen

Joost


Script Version: 1.1
Disables Sofa Control and activates Joost
Product Details: http://www.joost.com
Mapping:
-Default Joost mappings

Keynote


Script Version: 2.2
Open and run your presentations with Keynote
Mapping:
● left/right: select previous/next slide
● left/right hold: go to first/last slide
● play/stop: play/stop slideshow, select slide in slide switcher
● menu: shows slide switcher in slideshow mode
● play hold: active presenter mouse
Menu:
● open a presentation
● close current presentation
● start/stop an audio recording
● select a slide from the current presentation

Media Central


Script Version: 2.0
Start MediaCentral out of Sofa Control
Product Details: http://www.equinux.com/us/products/mediacentral

Miro


Script Version: 1.0
Script to control Miro Player
Product Details: http://www.getmiro.com/
Mapping:
● plus/minus: adjust volume
● left/right: Previous/Next Movie
● play: toggle Play of Movie. Activates "New Movies" Playlist if none is active
● play hold: Toggle Fullscreen
Menu:
● Toggle Fullscreen
● Activate "My Collection" category
● Activate "New Videos" category
● Quit Miro

MPlayerOSX


Script Version: 2.2
Open and play movies using MPlayer OSX
Product Details: http://www.mplayerhq.hu
Mapping:
● plus/minus: MPlayer volume up/down
● plus/minus hold: MPlayer volume up/down
● plus/minus double: jump 1 minute forwards/backwards
Menu:
● jump forward 10 minutes
● jump backwards 10 minutes
● open... (a file)
● toogle fullscreen
● quit

MultiAlarm


Script Version: 1.4
Arm and Disarm your Macbook with MultiAlarm
Product Details: http://www.semaja2.net/
Mapping:
● Play: Arm
● Menu: Disarm

NeoOffice


Script Version: 2.1
Open and run your presentations with NeoOffice
Mapping:
● left/right: select previous/next slide
● left/right hold: go to first/last slide
● play/stop: play/stop slideshow
● play hold: active presenter mouse
Menu:
● Quit NeoOffice

NetNewsWire


Script Version: 2.1.2
Browse your RSS feeds with NetNewsWire 3.0
Product Details: http://www.newsgator.com/NGOLProduct.aspx?ProdID=NetNewsWire
Mapping:
- Plus/Minus: move lists up/down
- Left/Right: Switch between subscription list and list of news
- Right: Open active news in browser when list of news is active
- Play: Jump to next unread message
- Hold Play: Enters/Exit Fullscreen Mode
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Menu:
- Toggle Fulscreen: Enters / Leaves Fullscreen View
- Next Tab: Selects Next Tab in the NNW embedded browser
- Previous Tab: Selects Previous Tab in the NNW embedded browser
- Close Tab: Closes the selected Tab in the NNW embedded browser
- Reload Tab: Reloads the selected Tab in the NNW embedded browser
- Traditional View: Switches to the traditional view of NNW
- Widescreen View: Switches to the widescreen view of NNW
- Combined View: Switches to the new combined view of NNW 3.0
- Make Text Bigger: Makes Text Bigger on the Selected Browser Tab of NNW
- Make Text Smaller: Makes Text Smaller on the Selected Browser Tab of NNW
- Mark All As Read: Marks all the selected feed New items as Read
- Mark As Flagged: Mark selected News item Flagged/Unflagged
- Hide/Show Subscription List: Hides or Shows the Subscription List
- Quit NetNewsWire: Quits NetNewsWire

PandoraBoy


Script Version: 0.5
PandoraBoy is a frontend for the popular webradio Pandora
Product Details: http://www.frozensilicon.net/
Mapping:
● Plus/Minus: Raise/Lower Volume
● Right: Next Track
● Play: Play/Pause current track
● Play Hold: Show Track Information
Menu:
● Thumbs Up
● Thumbs Down
● Show Track Information
● Quit Pandora

Photo Booth


Script Version: 2.1
Take crazy photos with PhotoBooth
Mapping:
● play/stop: take a photo or cancel it
● left/right: change to prev/next effect
● plus/minus: change to prev/next category

PhotoPresenter


Script Version: 1.0
Control PhotoPresenter Slideshow
Product Details: http://www.arizona-software.ch/applications/photopresenter/en/
Mapping:
● Left/Right: Flip through photos
● Play: Start/Stop Slideshow
● Menu: Show picture selector in slideshow

PowerPoint


Script Version: 2.5.1
Run your PowerPoint slideshows
Mapping:
● play/stop: run/stop slideshow
● left/right: switch between slides
● play hold: active presenter mouse
● plus/minus: system volume increase/decrease
Menu:
● Open Presentation
● Quit

Presenter Mouse


Script Version: 2.0
A virtual mouse for highlighting your presentations
Mapping:
● Plus/Minus/Left/Right: move cursor
● Plus/Minus/Left/Right Hold: fast accelerating cursor movement
● Play/Menu: return to presentation

Preview


Script Version: 2.1
Open and flip through your PDFs in fullscreen view
Mapping:
● plus/minus: zoom in/out
● prev/next: previous or next page (pdf), picture
● play/stop: toggle slideshow mode
Menu:
● run/stop slideshow (when active)
● open file
● close file
● quit Preview

QuickTime Player


Script Version: 2.5
Open and play movies
Mapping:
● plus/minus: adjust volume
● left: switch back to beginning of current movie
● left/right hold: fast backward/forward in current movie
● play/stop: play/pause movie
● play hold: play movie in full screen
Menu:
● play movie in full screen
● open a movie, playlist
● activate the window of an open movie
● change movie screen size
● do a audio or video recording

Quinn


Script Version: 2.2
Play the beautiful Tetris with the Remote Control
Product Details: http://www.simonhaertel.de/quinn
Mapping:
● Left/Right: Move piece left/right
● Left/Right Hold: Move piece left/right
● Plus: Rotate left
● Play: Rotate right
● Minus: Drop piece

RealPlayer


Script Version: 1.0
Open and play movies
Product Details: http://forms.real.com/real/realone/mac.html
Mapping:
● plus/minus: volume up/down
● left/right: switch to next/previous movie
● play/stop: start/stop playing
● play hold: toggle fullscreen
Menu:
● open a file
● toogle fullscreen

Safari


Script Version: 2.0.4
Browse the web
Mapping:
● plus/minus: scroll up/down
● plus/minus double: increase/decrease font size
● left/right: tab to the prev/next item on the page
● left/right double: Page Back/Forward
● play/stop: select the current active element
Menu:
● Navigation (Page Back, Page Forward, Home)
● Bookmark Bar: Activate one of the first nine elements in the bookmark bar (folders are not supported yet)
Open the Menu "Bookmarks->Bookmarks Bar" to see the elements that are selectable.
● Tabbed Browsing (New Tab, Open Element in New Tab, Previous Tab, Next Tab, Close Tab)
● Windows: Change the activate Safari window
● Text Size (Smaller font size, Larger font size)
● Refresh Page
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Skim


Script Version: 1.0
Open and flip through your PDFs with Skim
Product Details: http://sourceforge.net/projects/skim-app/
Mapping:
● plus/minus: zoom in/out - zoom out not working properly
● prev/next: previous or next page
● play/stop: toggle fullscreen mode
Menu:
● activate presenter mouse
● open file
● close file
● quit Skim

SlingPlayer


Script Version: 1.1
SofaControl Script for Slingplayer
Product Details: http://downloads.slingmedia.com/
Mapping:
● Plus: Volume up