Hi, I'm planning to get Windows Media Center Edition and remote the UI to a screen in the kitchen using their extender technology. As an aside, I'm a developer too and have been doing R&D on MCE.
My question is really what JR MC can do in this scenario. Ideally I'd like to have an app in MCE which controls JR MC. Basic stuff like browse/play/skip. I've already read the post about the remote but not sure how this would work if the UI is extended to another TV/remote not directly connected to the PC. My assumption is that JR MC wouldn't get those events.
So how easy would it be to write an app in MCE that displays the current playlist and allows basic control like remove/skip items in the playlist. Could this be done simply with an HTML page and Javascript, with remote calls to JR MC on a port? If so this is good because apps in MCE are basically just webapps and you can do a lot with AJAX techniques on remote HTTP servers.
Alternatively, is there an ActiveX you can embed in a page and control JR MC (given that it all runs on the same machine).
Sorry bit rambling, just trying to work out the ideal setup.
Thanks, Alfie.