Hi samuel337 and others.....
What I'm able to with my little web thing, is to get in touch with all (most of) the stuff back home on my MP - meaning I can listening and see the stuff through a browser client - but not control directly, what's going on at home. Scheduling of new program, cleaning up etc are some thing I am able to control - but I can't control what's playing in my speakers back home ( I can't hear it anyway! ).
The problems with MP not polling for updates in the databases have I solved in a quite simle manner: I simply check whether or not it's ok to restart the MP - and if, then let my scripts do this, to get MP updated.
- I can't see if any is using the MP at the moment, but at least I can see if there is freetime between the recordings
If I really need to control the MP remotely, I would go for a vnc solution.