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Netbook as a Remote aka Tremote
SeaDrive:
Hopefully the remote system will run Theater view almost exactly as it stands now. I think some skins present themselves nicely for a touchscreen interface. That said I could see some resons for other changes/features.
Currently I can change the behavior of the ENTER key in Theater View (Open Item/Menu, etc) This setting does not change th ebehavior of a mouse click. Honestly if I don't want the item to open on Enter I probably don't want it to open on a mouse click. For example, I want to click on a playlist and be able to choose a playlist and select Play All from the menu not open the item and list all of the contents. A touchscreen interface would behave just like a mouse click and wouldn't be very intuitive.
Optionally, as far as new behavior in MC14, I currently use Netremote for remote control and notice some possible features that would really extend the scope of MC. The option of playing back media on the server or client PC is great. However, can this eventually be set by media type? Suppose I have an audio playlist playing on the host PC and I want to browse through images on the remote PC? could we have the capability of starting playback of an image slideshow on the client while leaving the audio playback on the server alone?
Maybe this is already something that can be accomplished with zones. Although this zone configuration seems as though it would be diffucult for a less experienced user (my wife) to initiate playback of the alternate zones.
JimH:
--- Quote from: SeaDrive on June 10, 2009, 11:37:51 am ---Hopefully the remote system will run Theater view almost exactly as it stands now.
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It's identical. It gets its settings from the server.
swinster:
The more I think about this, the more I think you need to be able to cope with multiple remote units that are able to control any client - which includes the server.
You need to be able to pick up a remote and control the nearest device to you, but if you move location you also need to be able to control the device in the next location.
I see zones as being able to define a location and/or media type. Not sure if zones in you current implementation works like this. Essentially, I would see the server as the central point and each zone could be a place (e.g. living room, which might also be the server machine), or group of devices (e.g. kitchen + living room, ground floor, whole house etc). You might even be able to have something like sub-zones - i.e. device that will play music, or where you can watch video.
A remote needs to be able to send the correct media to the correct zone, simply and effectively. It also needs to be able to see what media is playing in what zone or device.
JimH:
--- Quote from: swinster on June 10, 2009, 01:31:42 pm ---The more I think about this, the more I think you need to be able to cope with multiple remote units that are able to control any client - which includes the server.
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This works already. Multiple PC's can connect to a single server and control it. Any client can also connect to multiple servers.
It's pretty neat.
raldo:
--- Quote from: JimH on June 10, 2009, 01:37:10 pm ---This works already. Multiple PC's can connect to a single server and control it. Any client can also connect to multiple servers.
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Can you run the remote client on the same PC as the server?
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