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DHCP was invented for administering hundreds or thousands of IP addresses. Now If you had hundreds or thousands of MP boxes, I would agree with you.

but considering most people have 1 or 2 - maybe - 4 or 5 thin client MP boxes maximum, I simply dont see the need for autodiscovery the way I think you're describing it.

One thing that is being planned is database sharing between MP installations, so that you can browse your media library on one box and if a specific media file is on another machine, MP will automatically stream the content from that MP box. This will allow for a decentralized database which will update as new media is added to it. This concept will most likely find its way into future releases - past 0.2.0.0 final.

It's a different method than ccXstream, but in the end the results should be simpler on the development team, as well as easy enough for the average user.

Of course, if someone wants to develop a plugin and do it themselves, no one will stop them.

<blockquote data-quote="gxtracker" data-source="post: 50814" data-attributes="member: 14004">DHCP was invented for administering hundreds or thousands of IP addresses. Now If you had hundreds or thousands of MP boxes, I would agree with you. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />but considering most people have 1 or 2 - maybe - 4 or 5 thin client MP boxes maximum, I simply dont see the need for autodiscovery the way I think you're describing it.One thing that is being planned is database sharing between MP installations, so that you can browse your media library on one box and if a specific media file is on another machine, MP will automatically stream the content from that MP box. This will allow for a decentralized database which will update as new media is added to it. This concept will most likely find its way into future releases - past 0.2.0.0 final.It's a different method than ccXstream, but in the end the results should be simpler on the development team, as well as easy enough for the average user.Of course, if someone wants to develop a plugin and do it themselves, no one will stop them. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="gxtracker, post: 50814, member: 14004"] DHCP was invented for administering hundreds or thousands of IP addresses. Now If you had hundreds or thousands of MP boxes, I would agree with you. :D but considering most people have 1 or 2 - maybe - 4 or 5 thin client MP boxes maximum, I simply dont see the need for autodiscovery the way I think you're describing it. One thing that is being planned is database sharing between MP installations, so that you can browse your media library on one box and if a specific media file is on another machine, MP will automatically stream the content from that MP box. This will allow for a decentralized database which will update as new media is added to it. This concept will most likely find its way into future releases - past 0.2.0.0 final. It's a different method than ccXstream, but in the end the results should be simpler on the development team, as well as easy enough for the average user. Of course, if someone wants to develop a plugin and do it themselves, no one will stop them. ;) [/QUOTE]