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[steveklein]

I have a desktop (with my library and all the media files associated with it) and a laptop (with MC installed).

Is there any way for me to stream the music on my desktop to my laptop over the internet using MC? Preferably, I'd be able to use MC on the laptop to be able to go through the library and change songs/edit playlists from there.

These systems are hundreds of miles away so they are not on the same home network.

Any way to do this or an adequate workaround?

[wig]

Library Server is exactly what you're looking for. It's built into MC, and can be used over the internet exactly like you described.

It does have a few limitations. You won't be able to edit file names or delete content, but you can create playlists, update tags, etc.

I have a desktop (with my library and all the media files associated with it) and a laptop (with MC installed).

Is there any way for me to stream the music on my desktop to my laptop over the internet using MC? Preferably, I'd be able to use MC on the laptop to be able to go through the library and change songs/edit playlists from there.

These systems are hundreds of miles away so they are not on the same home network.

Any way to do this or an adequate workaround?

[steveklein]

Thanks, works like a charm. I figured this was built in but just couldn't find it.

[steveklein]

hmmm, well actually maybe not, i was able to do it at my house but when i went to my friend's house a few hours later, i put the access code in and it tries to connect but fails after 4 or 5 tries

[JimH]

Our wiki has an article called "Network Access".  It may help.

[steveklein]

Just wanted to write a followup on this.

The issue was mine locally witha  port forwarding issue. I was able to leave my software firewall on and just port forward through my router 1 port and all seems to work well. This is great functionality.

[steveklein]

Following up on this in a related question:

Is there a way for me to run one library on my server machine and then have a separate library that clients can access (say, in .zip form)

This would allow me to hide certain material at certain locations which would be desirable for me.

[MrC]

MC runs one library at a time, but you can switch amongst any number of libraries you have.  The clients connect to the currently library on the server.

You can use Access Controls to limit access to certain information.  Controls don't vary per-client.