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<blockquote data-quote="rsbrux" data-source="post: 850398" data-attributes="member: 49539"><p>I currently have a single-seat MP installation, but would like to have media extenders in every room. In the good old days, when there was a working UPNP server plugin for streaming music (thanks, kroko), I could listen to music from MP in the bathroom using an IPdio web radio. Unfortunately, this no longer works, and I am reluctant to install or activate yet another service with its own library parallel to MP for this use case. I am now looking for a more general solution, but am somewhat confused by the profusion of solutions which have been discussed in the forum in recent years and would like some advice on the best solution for the current and future versions of MP. The following possibilities occur to me:</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">a classical "media extender" (e.g. Xbox 360) with attached TV, speakers and/or display</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">a parallel system (e.g. Logitech Squeezebox, Philips Streamium or Sonos)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">DLNA-enabled consumer devices (e.g. new TVs) for each room</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">cheap, compact PCs (uATX-based?) running MP client SW</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">even cheaper, compact PCs (uATX-based?) running web client SW (<a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/updated-24-jan-mpextended-webmediaportal-0-4-2.103881/" target="_blank">MPextended web</a>?)</li> </ol><p>All of these solutions seem messy and complex to me, involving multiple components, cables etc. I liked the elegance of the web radio solution, with an all-in-one box containing speakers, display and operating controls (however primitive). The only option that seems to come close is the Logitech Squeezebox. Is there some alternative I am missing? Here are my use cases (UCs), in order of priority (and probably increasing difficulty):</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">listen to music in other rooms<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">from the MP library, independent of what the main HTPC is doing</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">synchronously, as remote speakers to the main HTPC</li> </ol></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">watch recordings (film, TV) in other rooms<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">from the MP library, independent of what the main HTPC is doing</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">synchronously, as a remote monitor to the main HTPC</li> </ol></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">watch live TV<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">synchronously, as a remote monitor to the main HTPC</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">independently, using the 2nd tuner in a dual-tuner card</li> </ol></li> </ol><p>UC1 is for me by far the most important, and applicable to any room (I don't plan to have any monitors or TVs in the bathrooms). The video use cases "would be nice".</p><p>What experience do others have setting up such clients or extenders?</p><p>Which options are worth considering?</p><p>Which options are likely to continue to work in the future (e.g. with MP 2)?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rsbrux, post: 850398, member: 49539"] I currently have a single-seat MP installation, but would like to have media extenders in every room. In the good old days, when there was a working UPNP server plugin for streaming music (thanks, kroko), I could listen to music from MP in the bathroom using an IPdio web radio. Unfortunately, this no longer works, and I am reluctant to install or activate yet another service with its own library parallel to MP for this use case. I am now looking for a more general solution, but am somewhat confused by the profusion of solutions which have been discussed in the forum in recent years and would like some advice on the best solution for the current and future versions of MP. The following possibilities occur to me: [LIST=1] [*]a classical "media extender" (e.g. Xbox 360) with attached TV, speakers and/or display [*]a parallel system (e.g. Logitech Squeezebox, Philips Streamium or Sonos) [*]DLNA-enabled consumer devices (e.g. new TVs) for each room [*]cheap, compact PCs (uATX-based?) running MP client SW [*]even cheaper, compact PCs (uATX-based?) running web client SW ([URL='https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/updated-24-jan-mpextended-webmediaportal-0-4-2.103881/']MPextended web[/URL]?) [/LIST] All of these solutions seem messy and complex to me, involving multiple components, cables etc. I liked the elegance of the web radio solution, with an all-in-one box containing speakers, display and operating controls (however primitive). The only option that seems to come close is the Logitech Squeezebox. Is there some alternative I am missing? Here are my use cases (UCs), in order of priority (and probably increasing difficulty): [LIST=1] [*]listen to music in other rooms [LIST=1] [*]from the MP library, independent of what the main HTPC is doing [*]synchronously, as remote speakers to the main HTPC [/LIST] [*]watch recordings (film, TV) in other rooms [LIST=1] [*]from the MP library, independent of what the main HTPC is doing [*]synchronously, as a remote monitor to the main HTPC [/LIST] [*]watch live TV [LIST=1] [*]synchronously, as a remote monitor to the main HTPC [*]independently, using the 2nd tuner in a dual-tuner card [/LIST] [/LIST] UC1 is for me by far the most important, and applicable to any room (I don't plan to have any monitors or TVs in the bathrooms). The video use cases "would be nice". What experience do others have setting up such clients or extenders? Which options are worth considering? Which options are likely to continue to work in the future (e.g. with MP 2)? [/QUOTE]
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