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<blockquote data-quote="KUL" data-source="post: 260744" data-attributes="member: 73528"><p>Hey Guys,</p><p></p><p>First post and just re-discovered MP. I have distributed audio "ADA" system in the house which I currently control via touchscreens and interfacing with a music player program called J River Media Center. J River has a complete set of core commands for control/feedback AND allows for multiple sound card streams. So from a touchscreen I can select/control and get feedback from Media Stream 1 or 2 or 3 and this information reflects globally on all touchscreens. </p><p></p><p>That being said many times touchscreens are overkill and I am looking for a good remote control/On screen system to simplify use in certain areas of the house...such as the family room or Bedroom. </p><p></p><p>The biggest hold back/hole/missing link I've found in all media center style systems is that "My Music" is always expected to be for local playback from that particular PC. That may be fine for a very small house or condo but in larger homes with 8 or 16 audio zones where all the equipment and server are in a rack down in the basement it simply does not work. What we really need is the onscreen control/feedback of music playback from a remote PC via Network or IP or port or whatever. </p><p></p><p>Here is a typical setup</p><p></p><p>In the rack:</p><p>Music Server directly connected to Distributed AV as a source</p><p>Distributed AV equipment</p><p>Shared Music NAS for file storage</p><p>All CD's are ripped to the NAS via whatever music player from any PC location</p><p>In a given room I have a HTPC movie player I use for streaming HDD movies so putting the MP onscreen is a non issue.</p><p></p><p>So again the missing link here is an onscreen menu system which works the same as "My Music" except it is sending/controlling the Playback/Feedback commands across the network to the Media Server in the rack. If I select music to play from the master library it is not play locally...it is play remotely. </p><p></p><p>Since this can easily be done via touchscreens, I'm wondering why this is such an obvious missing link in the onscreen control systems. </p><p></p><p>I am assuming that when hwahrmann says "yes it can be done" that this is exactly what we are talking about...but just needs some 'motivation"? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p>I'm not a .net or VB programmer. Is hwahrmann the one to discuss and build something like this?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KUL, post: 260744, member: 73528"] Hey Guys, First post and just re-discovered MP. I have distributed audio "ADA" system in the house which I currently control via touchscreens and interfacing with a music player program called J River Media Center. J River has a complete set of core commands for control/feedback AND allows for multiple sound card streams. So from a touchscreen I can select/control and get feedback from Media Stream 1 or 2 or 3 and this information reflects globally on all touchscreens. That being said many times touchscreens are overkill and I am looking for a good remote control/On screen system to simplify use in certain areas of the house...such as the family room or Bedroom. The biggest hold back/hole/missing link I've found in all media center style systems is that "My Music" is always expected to be for local playback from that particular PC. That may be fine for a very small house or condo but in larger homes with 8 or 16 audio zones where all the equipment and server are in a rack down in the basement it simply does not work. What we really need is the onscreen control/feedback of music playback from a remote PC via Network or IP or port or whatever. Here is a typical setup In the rack: Music Server directly connected to Distributed AV as a source Distributed AV equipment Shared Music NAS for file storage All CD's are ripped to the NAS via whatever music player from any PC location In a given room I have a HTPC movie player I use for streaming HDD movies so putting the MP onscreen is a non issue. So again the missing link here is an onscreen menu system which works the same as "My Music" except it is sending/controlling the Playback/Feedback commands across the network to the Media Server in the rack. If I select music to play from the master library it is not play locally...it is play remotely. Since this can easily be done via touchscreens, I'm wondering why this is such an obvious missing link in the onscreen control systems. I am assuming that when hwahrmann says "yes it can be done" that this is exactly what we are talking about...but just needs some 'motivation"? :) I'm not a .net or VB programmer. Is hwahrmann the one to discuss and build something like this? [/QUOTE]
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