RE: Centralised Audio File Repository and Automatic Updating of Clients

["Don McAllister" <donmc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks John,

I'll check that out.

Don

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Nye [mailto:lists@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 20 January 2005 00:03
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Centralised Audio File Repository and Automatic
> Updating of Clients
>
>
> Hi Don,
>
> Have you had a look at Xlobby?
>
> I have a server machine that needs to be updated when I add new music,
but
> the client machines then pick up the changes automatically. I have a
> number
> of sound cards on the server machine supplying audio to different
zones so
> can control what is playing in any zone from any client.
>
> The documentation seems to suggest that the server can also feed a
sound
> card in another PC (havn't tried it but no reason to suspect it
wouldn't
> work) so it could give you ability to play different audio through
each
> sound card (and the ability to Synch them all if in party mode!).
>
> Mind you Xlobby can do far more than that (I'm just scratching the
surface
> at the moment).
>
> And its FREE -:)
>
> John
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Don McAllister" <donmc@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 11:12 PM
> Subject: [ukha_d] Centralised Audio File Repository and Automatic
Updating
> of Clients
>
>
> >
> > Has anyone got a solution to the problem of having a single
centralised
> > database of audio files which allows different PCs in the house
to
> access
> > and more importantly, will pick allow multiple clients to
> register\update
> > themselves of any additions to the database automatically.
> >
> >
> >
> > Most of the packages I have used will allow you to access a
network
> share
> on
> > a file server to pick up files but don't automatically update the
client
> > software with any new files that are added.
> >
> >
> >
> > I've seen some that will monitor a directory for new additions
but my
> main
> > files are sorted by Artist, Album and consists of nearly 70GB of
stuff.
> I
> > just want an easy way for the various PCs in the house to be able
to
> pick
> up
> > additions to the Audio directory without having to go to each PC
and
> > manually add them in.
> >
> >
> >
> > I quite like iTunes and use that to organise my files
automatically but
> that
> > doesn't appear to allow you to have multiple itunes clients all
using
> the
> > same library (or does it?). I know you can switch on Muscv
Sharing but
> this
> > has never been completely reliable on some of the older PCs which
I've
> put
> > down to the sheer volume of files.
> >
> >
> >
> > I'd be interested to know how other people get around this
problem?
> >
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> >
> > Don
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