Make my Mac recognize which song my iPod is playing

If I'm playing a song on my iPod Touch, how do I make my Mac recognize which song my iPod Touch is currently playing? I know that the two devices are able to communicate via WiFi, since that's what Remote.app uses to communicate between the two, so it shouldn't be too far of a reach to make my Mac recognize which song my iPod is playing, right? Is this possible with any existing applications?

You are asking for something that doesn't exist. Remote is pretty much one-way - your iPod controls what is on your Mac iTunes.

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