INTERACT FORUM
More => Old Versions => JRiver Media Center 25 for Windows => Topic started by: d_pert on September 21, 2019, 05:18:30 pm
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Hi,
I have a JRiver/audio-dedicated MS Surface Pro 4 on top of my "stereo cabinet". Normally I keep MC in Standard View.
However, I often control the same instance of MC using JRemote from an iPad.
It would be cool if there was a feature which could switch to Display View automatically, only when MC detects that it's being controlled remotely (via network).
That way, I could walk away from MC, sit on my sofa or stand across the room with my iPad, and when I hit play on a track I would see the Standard View replaced by the album cover art blown up on whatever display MC is running on. It would look cleaner, and be a little more informative, in that kind of scenario.
P.S. -- I could just remember to manually switch to Display View every time I depart from the immediate area of MC, but I always forget to, or am too lazy to. ;)
Thanks.
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Explore the options in Tools > Options > General > Behavior. MC can be set to jump to Display View automatically.
You might be able to use zones to get two different behaviors.
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Indeed. Using the existing options takes care of 90% of the situations. It's really only about the rarer occasions when I interact with MC itself on the PC -- then grab the iPad -- then start using JRemote: I look over and see the trad. interface on the PC display (in my case, the MS-Surface).
I was just thinking that maybe one more option could be added in there under Behavior > "Jump on play play (audio)", like:
"Display View (when played by remote control)"
P.S. -- I didn't check if the General options "travel" with Zone(s), however; it doesn't look like it. You can only select the Zone context in Audio, I believe.