So, today I was doing a relatively very-low-key production for a local pre-school. As usual, I decided to rip the audio to the MBP and play back using QLab. Part way through the first track I (and everyone else) was startled to hear The Prodigy blasting over the PA… yes, iTunes was possessed by the devil! Is this a new feature of iTunes 10, I thought? Cmd+Q out of iTunes and resume the show… then the iTunes window appeared in background AGAIN, and again, and again… WTF is going on?!
My only guess was that someone had a camcorder/digital still camera that has an IR transmitter/remote control that shares RC codes with the Apple Remote, or someone in the audience had an Apple Remote and was feeling disruptive…either way… weird!
I turned the volume to zero in iTunes and put a strip of gaff tape over the IR receiver on the MBP and it didn’t happen again. Also, I’ve now located the option in System Preferences to disable the IR receiver all together, after all, unwanted music’s through the PA is never a good look.