Re: MusicLobby Pocket PC edition shipping

["keyvan2r" <keyvan@xxxxxxx>]

Media Centre 9 will also give you multi-zone support, I am pretty=20
sure MJ8 does not.
On the 9.1 beta version even lets you set different EQ and output=20
settings for each zone/soundcard.

Keyvan R
--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Paul Gale" <groups@s...> wrote:
> Are there any reasons to go for Media Centre over Media Jukebox if=20
I'm installing on a server and not using the picture/video features=20
etc?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: keyvan2r [mailto:keyvan@e...]=20
> Sent: 28 August 2003 18:00
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: MusicLobby Pocket PC edition shipping
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> Paul:
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> I will be doing some side by side trials of Vinyl & MusicLobby
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> tonight and will post results.
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> > I didn't know you were developing this :-)  I'm currently
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> Vinyl from PocketWerks - I presume you evaluated this?
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> I use Vinyl and like it very much(I was a beta tester for them).=20
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> is quick, good value, and does the job well. But given that I have=20
> opted for the Cinemar stuff on all platforms I will be using the=20
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> version of MusicLobby - mario & dan have a version of MainLobby=20
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> soon for ppc. In conjunction with Dan's ML server this is going be=20
> one hell of family of products.=20=20
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> > I quite like Vinyl but their support and response to customer=20
> requests is appalling :-( With your great service, your new=20
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> is very tempting. However, before I ditch Vinyl I'd like to know a=20
> bit more about MusicLobby PPC.
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> > 1.      Do you have a trial version available?=20
> ???
> > 2.      Does it work along side MusicLobby (so you can control=20
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> music from multiple sources - PPC, HTPC, touchscreen etc)?
> Yes. I have Musiclobby on 4 clients around the house (a couple on=20
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> CTX 15" lcd touch (not bad at =A3380) and they all work very
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> indeed.
> > 3.      Will it be able to control multiple zones (i.e.
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> software running on multiple sound cards)?
> This facility is part of MC9 (the big brother of MJ8 from JRiver).=20
> The multizone is fine, but there is a caveat (down to MC9 not MuL)=20
> whereby if you switch focus on zones from a MuL client, or MC9 for=20
> that matter, then the view on ALL Mul clients changes to that=20
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> playback is not affected - alos there is no facility (yet) to lock-
> down a zone so other clients don't mess with it while it is=20
palying.
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> > 4.      My music collection stands at 50,000 MP3's !!! (220Gb)=20
Vinyl=20
> handles this well and quickly - what's the performance of=20
MusicLobby=20
> like?
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> I only have around 8,000 tracks (all on WMP9 lossless codec -=20
> 360Gb!!) - I have no response problems at all - that said, Vinyl=20
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> FAST due to the metafile database which is spooled to RAM.
> > 5.      Is there a search facility (Vinyl does not have this
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> this is a big problem)?
> There is one on the desktop MuL (with a neat little drop-down mini-
> keyboard for touch display - I don't know if the PPC has same.
> > 6.      My HA server runs W2K Server - exactly what software=20
needs=20
> to run on this and is it compatible?
> All you need is MC9 or MJ8 on your server (compatible with all Win=20
> OS) and the server plugin for MusicLobby which comes with=20
MusicLobby.
> > 7.      Very exciting :-)
> I really like their stuff; Mario, Dan and the rest of the guy on=20
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> forums are ver very helpful - as you know both respond to=20
> questions/problems very swiftly (sometimes instantly !!)and are=20
real=20
> HA / HT freaks!!!
> > Paul
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> The following threads are worth looking into:
> This one will fold!!
> http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?
> s=3D&threadid=3D280946&perpage=3D20&pagenumber=3D16
> or
> http://www.caseserve.com/cinemar/phpBB2/index.php
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> Hope this helps.
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> Keyvan R
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: keyvan2r [mailto:keyvan@e...]=20
> > Sent: 28 August 2003 17:02
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: [ukha_d] MusicLobby Pocket PC edition shipping
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> > Some of you may have been following the Lobby suite from
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> > (MainLobby, MusicLobby, etc.).
> > Mario and Dan have just released the pocket pc version of=20
> MusicLobby=20
> > which works in conjunction with Media Center 9 from J River.
> > I have the full suite - inc. a beta (very stable) version of=20
> > MLserver which allows very easy client/server management &=20
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> > of all Lobby products (as well as many plugins for X10, Matrix=20
> > Orbital, homeseer (coming soon) as well as load of other=20
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> > windows commands, and of course brilliant Girder plug-in.
> > I have just replaced one of my Crestron touch-screen's with a=20
> > shuttle pc and a CTX 15" touch lcd, the look is visually=20
stunning=20
> > and it all works fine (working with a Slinke). Also have it=20
> working=20
> > off a smart display (10" airpanel) it looks really good.
> > Anyway here is the link to the cinemar web site:
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> > http://www.cinemaronline.com/index.html
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> > I am sure Mario will do press release to Mark for inclusion on=20
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> > site.
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