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Windows => Plug-in Development => Topic started by: cubii on April 27, 2011, 04:24:23 pm

Title: shortcut or command line tool to chane zones / sync zones?
Post by: cubii on April 27, 2011, 04:24:23 pm

Hi
I want to have a shortcut to get the stuff playing in zone 1 to get played in zone 2.

Lets say i am listening musik in the kitchen, go to the dinning room and want now hear the musik there. I have to click on zones, sync zones and then perhaps also stop the musik in the kitchen (and before that i have to deconnect the both zones).

That takes to long.

How can i do this with a small script (vbs, ahk? --> comand line) or even just with some keyboard shortcuts?

Thanks for input!

cubii

Title: Re: shortcut or command line tool to chane zones / sync zones?
Post by: Scolex on April 27, 2011, 05:36:47 pm

ctrl + t toggles/cycles through the zones.

Title: Re: shortcut or command line tool to chane zones / sync zones?
Post by: rick.ca on April 28, 2011, 01:00:55 am

The MCC commands you would need to link and unlink zones aren't available. (The linking feature is relatively new, so there may be some unpublished commands.) But a simple AHK script should work. Assuming just two zones, with the source currently selected...

• Link the zones: Alt+P, Z, L, L
• Wait for play to start in destination zone: Pause 1000 (or whatever works)
• Unlink the zones: Alt+P, Z, U
• Clear PN (still source zone): Ctrl+Alt+X
• Toggle zone (why not?): Ctrl+T

Title: Re: shortcut or command line tool to chane zones / sync zones?
Post by: cubii on April 28, 2011, 02:33:47 am

Thanks, will try it soon!

Title: Re: shortcut or command line tool to chane zones / sync zones?
Post by: Scolex on April 28, 2011, 02:47:49 am

Just to add to what Rick said the letters after alt+p, z could be different based on your system/zone names.
For example for me it is alt+P, Z, I, L because one of my zones is named "Living Room"
The letters you need to use are underlined.