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[Vocalpoint]

I am finally ramping up my first HTPC - and I think I have the concept of "zones" and the new ZoneSwitch feature in v18 under control. Due to the content being considered for this PC - I am looking at creating two zones so I can play movies to a specific HDMI output of the PC and 2 channel music to the SPDIF (Optical) to send to a DAC and then onto my 2 channel amp.

What I am not clear on are these two areas:

1. When creating "zones" - is the default "Player" zone considered part of my plan? I assume the "Player" zone under Playing Now is the default zone using the default audio settings etc. Should I monkey with that one? Or leave it alone and create two new standalone zones called Video Playback and Music Playback - each containing their own unique settings?

2. My HTPC will be a "client" just like all other PC's in the house - in that it connects to our "Media Server" PC (My workstation running MC Server). With respect to creating zones - I assume that these two new Zones must be created on the actual HTPC instance of MC - rather than the Media Server PC (My workstation)...correct?

Appreciate any tips that you can share.

Cheers,

VP

[Matt]

1. When creating "zones" - is the default "Player" zone considered part of my plan? I assume the "Player" zone under Playing Now is the default zone using the default audio settings etc. Should I monkey with that one? Or leave it alone and create two new standalone zones called Video Playback and Music Playback - each containing their own unique settings?

It's just another zone.  Rename it to something that makes sense to you and use it.