How to control WMP11 remotely? A Nonymous <anonymous[ at ]hotmail.com> 7/9/2007 6:28:52 PM I am hoping that someone can point me to some resources (tutorials) on how to control WMP11 remotely. Situation: I have an XP Pro box with WMP11 that is connected to my stereo. I have the "room 2" speakers out on my patio so I can listen to music when we have a family get together. Works great except that to control anything I have to go in the house to my PC. What I want to do is to write an app in C# that will run on my IPaq and use the WiFi to allow me to browse and change play lists, etc. I suspect it is not a trivial task, but I would like to give it a shot.

Re: How to control WMP11 remotely? "Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" <neil[ at ]nospam.com> 7/9/2007 8:02:55 PM On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 11:28:52 -0700, A Nonymous <anonymous[ at ]hotmail.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] >I am hoping that someone can point me to some resources (tutorials) on how >to control WMP11 remotely. > >Situation: I have an XP Pro box with WMP11 that is connected to my stereo. >I have the "room 2" speakers out on my patio so I can listen to music when >we have a family get together. Works great except that to control anything >I have to go in the house to my PC. > >What I want to do is to write an app in C# that will run on my IPaq and use >the WiFi to allow me to browse and change play lists, etc. > >I suspect it is not a trivial task, but I would like to give it a shot. So you want a program like Vinyl, but you want to write it yourself ? http://www.pocketpcfreewares.com/en/index.php?soft=768 Pls try not to reinvent the wheel ;-) Cheers - Neil ------------------------------------------------ Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007 http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs

Re: How to control WMP11 remotely? A Nonymous <anonymous[ at ]hotmail.com> 7/10/2007 1:22:09 PM "Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" <neil[ at ]nospam.com> wrote in news:rm5593lhjco7pusnjp0as8p1n9vkfunqgn[ at ]4ax.com: [Quoted Text] > > > So you want a program like Vinyl, but you want to write it yourself ? > http://www.pocketpcfreewares.com/en/index.php?soft=768 > > Pls try not to reinvent the wheel ;-) > Cheers - Neil > ------------------------------------------------ > Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007 > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs > Interesting application, but not exactly what I am looking for. I want to write my own because I want to integrate with existing apps that I have written. I am big into home automation and just like to tinker/learn. Thanks.

Re: How to control WMP11 remotely? "Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" <neil[ at ]nospam.com> 7/10/2007 6:03:10 PM On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 06:22:09 -0700, A Nonymous <anonymous[ at ]hotmail.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] >> So you want a program like Vinyl, but you want to write it yourself ? >> http://www.pocketpcfreewares.com/en/index.php?soft=768 >> > >Interesting application, but not exactly what I am looking for. I want to >write my own because I want to integrate with existing apps that I have >written. I am big into home automation and just like to tinker/learn. It seems to implement "what you're looking for" according to the subject line `How to control WMP11 remotely?` Perhaps use its control activities as a template and sniff the network protocols used to control the player ? Etherial packet sniffer might be useful adjunct to that process. Cheers - Neil ------------------------------------------------ Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007 http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs

Re: How to control WMP11 remotely? "Mike Lowery" <selfspam[ at ]mouse-potato.com> 7/11/2007 3:57:42 PM "A Nonymous" <anonymous[ at ]hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Xns9968892311AFBanonymoushotmailcom[ at ]207.46.248.16... [Quoted Text] >I am hoping that someone can point me to some resources (tutorials) on how > to control WMP11 remotely. > > Situation: I have an XP Pro box with WMP11 that is connected to my stereo. > I have the "room 2" speakers out on my patio so I can listen to music when > we have a family get together. Works great except that to control anything > I have to go in the house to my PC. > > What I want to do is to write an app in C# that will run on my IPaq and use > the WiFi to allow me to browse and change play lists, etc. > > I suspect it is not a trivial task, but I would like to give it a shot. One option would be to write an ASP.Net app that does the controlling and use the browser on your iPaq to interface with it. Or, if you don't want to run a web server, write an app that listens and takes commands on a TCP port using telnet.