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pierre.goyette

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Automatic Zones
« on: November 22, 2011, 07:18:28 pm »

I have a Popcorn Hour C-200 and a Denon AVR-4310CI on the network. Both these devices show up automatically as zones in Media Center (16 and 17).

I tried to delete the Popcorn Hour zone but MC won't let me.  Is there a way to hide or mask the Popcorn zone?  I don't need it or want to use it.  I'd prefer not ot see it.  And, there does not appear to be a way to disable the DLNA service on the Popcorn Hour itself...

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Re: Automatic Zones
« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2011, 07:29:20 pm »

You should be able to hide a zone by right-clicking it in the tree.
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Re: Automatic Zones
« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2011, 07:48:58 pm »

I have a Popcorn Hour C-200 and a Denon AVR-4310CI on the network. Both these devices show up automatically as zones in Media Center (16 and 17).

I tried to delete the Popcorn Hour zone but MC won't let me.  Is there a way to hide or mask the Popcorn zone?  I don't need it or want to use it.  I'd prefer not ot see it.  And, there does not appear to be a way to disable the DLNA service on the Popcorn Hour itself...
Try right click and hide.
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pierre.goyette

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Re: Automatic Zones
« Reply #3 on: November 22, 2011, 07:50:27 pm »

OK, I give up. Where in the tree?  Under Playing Now, I see my zones. There, if I right-click on the PCH-C200, I can rename it, Link it, do other things, but can't delete it and no option to hide it...
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Re: Automatic Zones
« Reply #4 on: November 22, 2011, 09:07:06 pm »

You can't delete them; auto-zones have Delete greyed out.  The Hide function is available for a Library, not zones.
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pierre.goyette

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Re: Automatic Zones
« Reply #5 on: November 22, 2011, 09:10:54 pm »

OK, so could I make a request that a feature be added in the future to prevent a DLNA device from showing up in the list of zones?  Call it Hide or whatever but have the ability to not list all devices automatically...

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Re: Automatic Zones
« Reply #6 on: November 22, 2011, 09:19:00 pm »

Sorry about the crossed-wires.

Instead, disable:
Options > Media Network > Advanced > DLNA Controller (control other DLNA devices)
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Re: Automatic Zones
« Reply #7 on: November 22, 2011, 09:19:23 pm »

OK, so could I make a request that a feature be added in the future ...

Sounds like you just did!

btw. the JR folks are away until Monday.
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pierre.goyette

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Re: Automatic Zones
« Reply #8 on: November 23, 2011, 12:02:29 pm »

Sorry about the crossed-wires.

Instead, disable:
Options > Media Network > Advanced > DLNA Controller (control other DLNA devices)

That doesn't help. That disables ALL DLNA Controller devices. I simply want to HIDE/not control one particular device. I still need to control my Denon receiver...
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Re: Automatic Zones
« Reply #9 on: November 23, 2011, 12:21:48 pm »

Are you able to disable dlna on the unwanted device ?
All dlna contenders announce themselves on the network and Mc shows what it hears on the Lan.
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pierre.goyette

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Re: Automatic Zones
« Reply #10 on: November 23, 2011, 01:18:30 pm »

No, the Popcorn Hour C-200 does not appear to have any options to disable announcing itself. That was one of my first checks...

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Re: Automatic Zones
« Reply #11 on: November 23, 2011, 02:49:17 pm »

You can probably use your firewall to block relevant traffic from the Popcorn device to the MC machine.
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pierre.goyette

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Re: Automatic Zones
« Reply #12 on: November 24, 2011, 08:10:53 am »

You can probably use your firewall to block relevant traffic from the Popcorn device to the MC machine.

Yes, there are probably a number of odd ways that I could achieve what MC should simply allow me to do. If MC will automatically list all DLNA Controllers as Zones, there should be a simple way to disable/hide a controller.

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