Re: Multimedia

["IVB" <ivb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

3 main options:

1) Something like a Russound system with keypads, and J Rivers Media Center
on your PC, with the PC connected to the Russound over serial
2) One of those pre-rolled systems, i think squeezebox/slingbox do something
like this but i'm not sure.

Neither of those 2 will scale to video, though, so there's:
3) a software-based solution where you use the Russound as above, but rather
than keypads use something like a Fujitsu 3400 tablet PC ($160 on eBay) that
you wallmount to control playback throughout the house.

My 3400 wallmounted:
http://www.charmedquark.com/vb_forum/showthread.php?t=1012

My Interfaces: http://www.charmedquark.com/vb_forum/showthread.php?t=1429

An older version of my architecture:
http://www.myhometheaterpc.com/config.html

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<stevekokx@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hello all!
>
> I'm VERY new to the whole home automation field.  For the moment, I am
> just looking at using wall panels to connect to a central PC and play
> MP3's in any wired room.
>
> Can someone point me to some systems that make this possible.
> Eventually, I would like to scale up to use the wall panels to control
> playback of video, but that is a project for another day.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Steve.
>