INTERACT FORUM

More => Old Versions => Media Center 16 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: ChrisRainman on June 09, 2011, 02:14:35 pm

Title: Feature request: Change settings remotely
Post by: ChrisRainman on June 09, 2011, 02:14:35 pm
 I use MC16 as a homeserver in my living-room without a permanent monitor. Instead, I connect to the server via team viewer or splashtop (ipad). Meanwhile, the synchronisation of tagged tracks really works quite nice. Also burning CD's works nice.

What I still miss are the options to configure settings remotely:

- storing view settings permanently
- copy/move files
- Assign cover art (=> gets lost)
- change theater view settings

Possible or not?
Title: Re: Feature request: Change settings remotely
Post by: BryanC on June 09, 2011, 02:48:45 pm
http://www.realvnc.com/products/ios/index.html
Title: Re: Feature request: Change settings remotely
Post by: ChrisRainman on June 15, 2011, 02:40:29 pm
http://www.realvnc.com/products/ios/index.html

This answer could also replace the need for a library server.

My question is about adding some capabilities to the remote clients which would facilitate remote control of MC.

At present, I would say the behaviour of MC is inconsequent. It lets me change views, theater view options and so on but they're gone when reconnecting. Either, I should not even be able to change any of these settings (disable them) or they apply to the server's settings - my preferred option.
Title: Re: Feature request: Change settings remotely
Post by: ChrisRainman on June 21, 2011, 02:09:51 pm
Bump

Nobody interested in being able to change theater view or pane view settings remotely?
Title: Re: Feature request: Change settings remotely
Post by: BryanC on June 21, 2011, 03:03:25 pm
I still don't understand why you dismissed my recommendation of a VNC server/client.

It was made explicitly for this purpose.

It also doesn't replace the need for a library server so I don't know what you meant by that comment.