thanks for all the info!
what i meant was, being we are in a small home HTPC/workstation on same floor, i'd like to be able to just walk around, be in htpc room, or office, and just say listen HTPC or listen workstation (and Vox would then listen only on that device/room i mentioned.
I see - two computers each with their own mics and trigger words. You'd have to make sure both couldn't be active at the same or, as mentioned before, just one instance running and then keep track of which machine is currently being targetted. Or two instances on one PC and listening to same mic (I think that's possible).
Have you tried this with multiple users, could a whole family use it? (once commands are taught to family members?)
I haven't tried multiple users but I don't see any problems with that.
is it possible to replace our logitech harmony remotes with this?
Walk into HTPC room (stereo, htpc, sat. tv) Listen to music, it turns on receiver, tv changes inputs, sets volume, turns on tv, and sets htpc to theaterview screen to audio? Watch satellite, if tv/receiver are on then just switch inputs, then voice commands such as show guide, change to channel, etc?
It is probably not as easy to configure as more popular home automation systems, but it does have rudimentary things such as loops, variables, conditions so providing the devices you want to control are addressable from a PC in some way (HTTP commands, IR interface etc) then I'm sure VC can control them. It has built-in and plugin methods for various ways of sending commands over a network. Have a look at the VC seb site and forum and wiki for info.
If so, what would all be needed to accomplish this? Right now the household has to hold the logitech towards theater wall due to all components being ir. and sometimes things get a little messed up if they do not point the remote in the right direction... so voice would be stellar.
You would need a PC to IR interface I guess. For example, I have a Keene Eectronics KIRA module.
Are you sending commands via droid's vox commando? or using a webcam on each pc?
Do you mean the Android app? I did install that on my phone but haven't really used it since I plugged in the mic. The mic I've got isn't ideal, it's just an AV amp setup mic. Works well enough put it's on a lead and you have to hold it close to your mouth!
Are you using vox with windows commands as well? turn on screen saver/turn off, change screensaver, open firefox, answer skype call with video etc?
I haven't done anything like that, but have got basic windows commands such as sleep, shut down, what's the time, date. There are built-in methods of targetting running applications, focussing windows etc, sending keystrokes etc.
And last but not least... in the new version can you now tell jriver to load series? instead of playing all, as mentioned above in post reply #3?
I'm not sure what you mean. The reference in post 3 was to drill down into series by navigating the UI. It has built-in commands for cursor control, select etc I think, but I think this could get unwieldy. What exactly are you envisaging?
Basically, the JRiver plugin has a lot of pre-built commands but it's not 100% comprehensive. However, it does have a "catch all" raw MCWS command so you can program your own command if you want. This is how Vox operates - it simply sends MCWS commands to MC and there are a number of pre-built ones. That's how I've done the Playing Now manipulation, by programming a Vox macro that listens for your parameters, e.g. "move 4 to 2", and sends MCWS commands to do the move.
The way it works out parameters is by parsing the MC library and storing it as XML files which you attach to various commands to be used as lookup lists, but you can also create your own XML files manually for particular parameters you want to hardcode. For example I have an XML file that translates radio channel names, so that I can say "Listen to Radio 6" and it will send a command to MC that tells it to play the TV channel "BBC Radio 6 Music".
You can also define custom auto XML formats that will scan the MC library in a way that you define and then create XML files - I'm not sure if there is already a TV Series one but I think you could program one. It just comes with a basic set of about a dozen I think, e.g. Artists, Songs.
The pre-built Play Album command didn't originally put the track numbers in the right order (I think it executed a Search on album name and then played the tracks in whatever order they were returned), but I modified it to sort the result by track number.
I'd recommend joining the Vox forum and reading the documentation on the wiki which details all the built-in and plugin commands, and getting to know how it works and what is and isn't possible.
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