Re: Software feature set for automation

["Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Dean Roddey" <droddey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> The media management software should lookup the info once and store it in
a
> separate database, with a reference to the slot number in the changer, and
> only go back and redo it if you ask it to.

Agreed - if you want to have media management software and a PC in the AV
loop.  I really wanted a simpler solution.  I wanted whatever source was
playing to "follow me" around the house.  It's all very doable for the price
of some powermids, some Hawkeyes and learning remotes.  Basically all I ever
want to do when far away from the main control room is to be able to change
source and volume, play, rewind, FF and stop and change the channel on the
TV or the disc in the changer.

Would it be nice to say to the remote "show me all Sheryl Crow" and have the
local TV screen display all the hits and disk/track numbers?  Sure.  Is it
something I can't live without?  No.

That alone may be why HA hasn't achieved critical mass yet.  People really
do want very different things from the HA so it's hard to accommodate them
all and their various skills sets and particular requirements.

--
Bobby G.