- January 22, 2007
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I have a home network setup that consists of
a) main rig (gaming internet etc)
b) HTPC. Just setup, no TV cards Have not installed any media center/ portal software yet, just running WMP.
c) Laptop.
Now I want to use the laptop from my couch to control my HTPC. The easy solution of course would be a VNC client, but I do not want to do that.
So I have spent the last few hours looking for a network remote control software. Most media centers support streaming, but agina, not what I want to do.
So all these websearching led me to here. Open Source HTPC software (yah!!).
I see 2 possibilities for doing what I need. WMPBlue (or something) which is designed for PocketPCs but I do not know if this will run on a laptop. The other is the "webinterface" unfortunately there is no documentation that I can find on this.
All I have found is remote TV recording scheduling. What I want is a small application that will at a minimum let me peruse files from the laptop and have them play on the HTPC. Better would be a more complex interface that would let me make playlists etc, and look good doing it
Will either of these 2 plug-ins work for my laptop? (running xp home). Or is there a default control in media portal that would let me do this?
TIA
a) main rig (gaming internet etc)
b) HTPC. Just setup, no TV cards Have not installed any media center/ portal software yet, just running WMP.
c) Laptop.
Now I want to use the laptop from my couch to control my HTPC. The easy solution of course would be a VNC client, but I do not want to do that.
So I have spent the last few hours looking for a network remote control software. Most media centers support streaming, but agina, not what I want to do.
So all these websearching led me to here. Open Source HTPC software (yah!!).
I see 2 possibilities for doing what I need. WMPBlue (or something) which is designed for PocketPCs but I do not know if this will run on a laptop. The other is the "webinterface" unfortunately there is no documentation that I can find on this.
All I have found is remote TV recording scheduling. What I want is a small application that will at a minimum let me peruse files from the laptop and have them play on the HTPC. Better would be a more complex interface that would let me make playlists etc, and look good doing it
Will either of these 2 plug-ins work for my laptop? (running xp home). Or is there a default control in media portal that would let me do this?
TIA