Downloading the Plugin
Before using MusicBee Remote you need the companion plugin on your PC. The current version is v1.5.0.
Download links
- GitHub Releases, always the latest version
- MusicBee Plugins page, the MusicBee add-ons directory
Which file
| File | Use case |
|---|---|
musicbee_remote_1.5.0.exe | Installer, for a standard MusicBee installation |
musicbee_remote_1.5.0.zip | Zip archive, for portable and Microsoft Store installations |
Both contain the same plugin. The zip is also what the automatic updater downloads.
What is inside
From 1.5.0 the plugin ships as three files rather than one:
| File | Purpose |
|---|---|
mb_remote.dll | The MusicBee plugin itself |
mbrc_core.dll | The engine it runs on |
mbrc-helper.exe | Adds the firewall rule and applies updates |
All three belong in the Plugins folder, side by side. Installing only mb_remote.dll will not work.
Upgrading from 1.4.x
Install 1.5.0 over your existing installation, your settings are kept. There is nothing to tidy up by hand: mbrc-helper.exe replaces the old firewall-utility.exe, and 1.5.0 removes that and the other files earlier versions left behind the first time it starts. See Troubleshooting.
Verifying your download
Each release publishes a manifest.json listing the SHA-512 of every file, together with a manifest.json.minisig signature over it. That signature is what proves a download came from this project, a checksum on its own only proves the file was not corrupted in transit.
To check a download yourself, open PowerShell in your download folder:
Get-FileHash -Path .\musicbee_remote_1.5.0.zip -Algorithm SHA512Compare the result with the zip entry in manifest.json.
You do not have to do any of this for automatic updates: the plugin verifies the signature and every file's hash before it installs anything. See Updating.