I am wondering if it is just me or if anyone else can see the value in being able to browse the music library and generate now playing lists for multiple output zones independently.
Allow me to elaborate:
If you have the good fortune of using an interactive remote control mechanism for controlling Media Center remotely, using a product like Music Lobby, Net Remote, or Glissando etc. etc. and you are further blessed by having multiple output zones going to separate areas of your home, then you are likely to run into this problem.
If you are browsing the music library with one of the tools mentioned above, the first thing you will notice is the need to pick the output zone based on where you want the music to output. There is no way to automate this since MC only allows 1 library browser at a time that is in the "active" zone.
Then if you happen to have a spouse, room mate, or some other form of co-dweller, and that person desires to pick and play music at the same time in a separate area of the house, you will begin to have what I have affectionately dubbed "zone wars". The person who wants control will inevitably be either adding music to the wrong zone, or be fighting for control of it. Either scenario is very very undesirable in my humble opinion.
What I would like to know is; Does anyone else have a similar opinion and see value in a feature that would allow up to 10 users to independatly browse the library simultaneously and pick tracks discretely?
Or does anyone have a work around solution for this problem?
Before you reply, I already know that MC supports discrete transport controls, and saved playlist loading. That is not the issue here. I want to focus strickly on the interactive (two way) browsing of the music library.
Regards,