Re: Re: Cheap whole house MP3 access

["Alancc" <alan.cc@xxxxxxx>]

No No No No   How far in distance not dosh

 

Alancc

----- Original Message -----

From: Des Gibbons

To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx

Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 10:09 PM

Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Cheap whole house MP3 access

About £20-£30 quid is about as far as I would persue it ;)

 

I assume the V part of the KVM extender is where the cost is, think I'll go look at the data that K and M use.

 

Keith, can you multiplex a kbd and mouse signal in with the IR please ;))

 

DesG

-----Original Message-----
From: Alancc [mailto:alan.cc@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 03 October 2001 21:31
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxxSubject: Re: [ukha_d] Re: Cheap whole house MP3 access

Belkin do make a KVM extender which can use cat5 up to 150m the trouble is its about £200, how far do you need to go?

 

Alancc

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Des Gibbons

To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx

Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 9:46 PM

Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Cheap whole house MP3 access

Is there a market for kbd+mouse over cat5 then?

 

I would like to use an rf keyboard and mouse for tv-pc control, but the distance for the RF is too large to get a signal back to node0.

 

Is there anything available off the shelf, or would it be a candidate for a UKHA project?

 

DesG

-----Original Message-----
From: Stainton-James, Mark (London) [mailto:stainmar@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 03 October 2001 14:05
To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Cheap whole house MP3 access

Personally I didn't have too much luck with a combined Video/TV card and used a VGA-2-PAL  card from Maplin's which does the trick as well.

 

Looking at the reply from Paul, I could maybe provide the mp3 interface via the web, which then leads the door open to combining it with HomeSeer control from any TV inexpensively. (as long as the USB remote control works as it states)

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Keay [mailto:m@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 03 October 2001 13:43
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxxSubject: Re: [ukha_d] Re: Cheap whole house MP3 access

 

I Get the feeling this is a really stupid Q.... but - i assume you'd use a
gfx card w/ TV out - then distribute it as normal - on a specific channel.
(Restricting you to 1 output for the entire house.. // or various TV outs on
different channels..)..

So whats the normal/integrated/easy way of doing that?

<cringes as he clicks send on the really stupid post....>

Matthew.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Howard" <chris_howard@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 1:27 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Cheap whole house MP3 access


>
> Mark,
>
> Have you had a look at ShowShifter? DVD, MP3, Live TV etc. Nice big
> buttons, IR support etc. etc.
>
> http://www.showshifter.com/index.htm
>
>
>
>
> --- In ukha_d@y..., "Stainton-James, Mark (London)" <stainmar@e...>
> wrote:
> > I have the same MP3 requirement as many of you, to listen to MP3's
> anywhere
> > in the house, however all of the solutions I have seen seem to have
> > limitations either cost, functionality or both.
> >
> > My requirement is simply this. From any room I wish to be able to
> choose an
> > MP3 track from a 'central library' and play it.  The problem I have
> with the
> > DDAR is that the display is so small, that selecting a track or
> viewing the
> > current track becomes difficult (unless you have a handy pair of
> binoculars
> > close by).
> >
> > My thinking is that I have a spare machine I could use as a
> dedicated MP3
> > player (connected to the LAN) and if I could find a simple enough
> mp3 player
> > software (chunky and easy for everyone to use) then I could output
> the
> > screen display and Audio to the TV, and use the house AV
> distribution to
> > provide the visual interface, audio could also be provided by the TV
> > (quality not great but acceptable).  Control of the system could be
> achieved
> > using a USB remote receiver attached to the PC.
> >
> > Questions:
> >
> > Is anyone aware of some decent simple chunky MP3 software that
> would work
> > well using TV resolution?
> >
> > Does anyone have any experience of the IR Media Remote manufactured
> by
> > www.keyspan.com <http://www.keyspan.com/>  - UK reseller
> www.ammicro.co.uk
> > <http://www.ammicro.co.uk/>
>
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