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Netbook as a Remote aka Tremote
swinster:
--- 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.
It's pretty neat.
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Yeah but, is the remote device the third link in the chain:
i.e. Server --> Client (such as a streaming device, or another PC). Then you have the remote device.
Does the 'remote' control just the server or a client that is connected to the server, or both?
So, if there is an HTPC in the living room which acts as the main server, then you have a mini PC in the bedroom connected to a TV as a client, does the remote unit control the server or the client? My feeling is that it needs to control the client (the mini PC), just as a traditional remote would.
However, say you are having a party and have multiple devices all over the house (lets say two upstairs - one in a spare room and one in the bathroom(!), and three downstairs - the living room (main server), kitchen and back room). You want chill out stuff upstairs, but something more lively downstairs. Somehow the remotes needs to be able to cope with all of this. Does the server 'push' music to the clients/zones, or do the clients still need to pull the music? You may have the actual devices hidden so control may not be able to be done directly through the client.
Not sure if any of this makes any sense to you, but it kinda makes sense to me.
Having said all of this, I really need to look at what MC13 can do in this scenario already, but my house or PC set-up isn't quite there yet.
JimH:
I have a feeling that we're descending into a confusing discussion. Better, perhaps, to try it.
mojave:
--- Quote from: JimH on June 09, 2009, 01:03:16 pm ---Bill,
Thanks for the feedback. Volume control should be working in the next build. Maybe a couple other things. It will probably take 4 or 5 builds to get it to the point where it's pretty useable.
Would you (or anyone else) please describe how you expect to use this? It might help us implement it more effectively.
Thanks,
Jim
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The volume control works for me (with both the mouse and using the volume buttons on the keyboard), but the Play/Pause do not work either.
I work in an office with two desks. I am here during the day and someone else is in the office in the evening. I am the only one with an amplifier and speakers. I would like to share my library with my coworker and allow him to play it with my amp & speakers without having to log onto my computer.
swinster:
Here's another thought, would it be possible to develop the remote interface using flash? A lot of devices (even WM from 6.5) will be able to render flash, including some cheap (ish) touch screen MP3 players, such as the Cowon range.
JimH:
--- Quote from: mojave on June 10, 2009, 05:10:35 pm ---The volume control works for me (with both the mouse and using the volume buttons on the keyboard), but the Play/Pause do not work either.
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Try 14.0.11. Play and pause should work now.
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