Hi everyone,
I've spent some time now investigating a possible multi-room system and have succeeded in learning quite a bit an confusing myself about ten times more.
First, some background. I live in London and have just moved into a new flat. The flat is a bit basic at the moment and is going to be redecorated so I felt now would be the best time to invest in a multi-room system.
Essentially, I am looking to put together a multi-zone system. In decending order of desirability I'd like to:
1. Distribute TV, DVD, Radio and Music from a central hard drive/server to 4 or 5 zones. I'd like this to be multiple tracks/channels to multiple zones (ie in layman's terms, have different songs playing simultaneously in different rooms).
2. As 1, but single Video/DVD and multiple music
3. Multiple music only from a central hard drive to multiple zones.
I have a cellar which runs under the entire house so I am indifferent between a wired and wireless solution. I'm quite happy to pull wires around the house.
I'd also like to run the whole thing from a single interface (probably a Net Remote enabled PDA, possibly also using Girder and ADI Ocelot type device)
At the moment I'm thinking about using a central server but I'm struggling to understand what hardware or software I need to actually get the music/video from the server/Hi Fi Separate to each individual zone. I have seen a wireless box which seems to do what I want but I have no idea whether it will actually work, I have read postings suggesting that wireless networks can't handle the bandwith
http://www.dlink.co.uk/?go=jN7uAYLx/oIJaWVUDLYZU93ygJVYKOhST9vhLPG3yV3oUop6jqltbNlwaaRp5jUtAmu5j3cf/YELBtf32aPpLk8TuOjebA==Furthermore, I'm a bit confused as to whether MC 11 will allow me to:
a) Stream single or multiple video
b) Send two tracks to two places at once.
I've also looked at products like Sonos and the Bose and Yamaha multi room systems and they seem to be a bit too integrated to allow future add-ons as the technology improves.
I'd be really grateful if someone could answer my questions above and maybe suggest a solution which would get me where I want to be