# Plexamp remote control and player issue

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-remote-control-and-player-issue/792606>\
**Category:** Plex Labs\
**Tags:** ios-legacy, plexamp\
**Created:** [May 13, 2022, 4:13am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-remote-control-and-player-issue/792606 "2022-05-13T04:13:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![sharokh88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@sharokh88](https://forums.plex.tv/u/sharokh88)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2022, 4:13am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-remote-control-and-player-issue/792606/1 "2022-05-13T04:13:54Z")

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Hoping someone can help with a solution to this issue.

When there is a song playing on the desktop player through plexamp -  
I wish to take remote control of the player via the ios plexamp app.

However when I connect to the desktop player plexamp the song will automatically switch to the current song in my playlist queue on my ios app.

Is there a better way to connect via remote control to avoid this issue? Or is there a way I can quickly clear any now playing song on my ios app (perhaps reset to nothing playing state) so when I remote control connect to the desktop player it will not interfere with the current song playing.

Thanks for any help offered.

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**Author:** ![PieterD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5e9695/32.png) [@PieterD](https://forums.plex.tv/u/PieterD)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2022, 4:22am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-remote-control-and-player-issue/792606/2 "2022-05-13T04:22:30Z")

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I feel you.

Long-press the play button (either on the now playing screen or on the minimised bar) to stop the music so you can connect without overriding.

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**Author:** ![sharokh88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@sharokh88](https://forums.plex.tv/u/sharokh88)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2022, 5:03am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-remote-control-and-player-issue/792606/3 "2022-05-13T05:03:16Z")

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That worked, appreciate your help!

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2022, 5:04am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-remote-control-and-player-issue/792606/4 "2022-08-11T05:04:11Z")

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