Also nice,

Nr, 1,2,3 etc on remote can be used too,
With mouse clicks on screen position (full-screen)
Track 1 = click playlist, (pauze 500ms),click track 1, click play (or just select the track untill you press "play").
Track 2 = you can guess
Track 11 = I don't know yet. (I have a TV/DVD button switch on my remote, so if I use both I can do 20 tracks)


This zapps a bit easier inside your albums
So you don't really need PREV 'previous'

Play unattended would be: click settings, pauze 500ms, click show as wallpaper, click unattended, maybe click play could be next.


Also in startup process too leave the mouse pointer near or on your music tree (yes the one that is going to be bigger (longer) in new version of xx, hahaha)
Use Toggle buttons from there too select an album

And program a remote button for the "<"  button in your gallery.
so going back would be easy this way

Hmm, this is really going to work

1 and 2 solved.
 

Didn't know that, but it can be done in task manager (never used it)

Created new tasks in taskmanager, so @ startup - WinLirc starts, IR-Assistant starts and activates  , XX.ahk starts and ofcourse its possible to
start XX also.

This would be a nice startup. for an audio-pc

Next the xx settings ???



Can you leave this out, maybe

I know, I know,

Yep, make things simpler.

How or what, have to work with it a couple of days more, to give you more detailed info.

But it is like this:

When coming home from work, sit down, switch on audio-PC, from then on I would like to control xx fully by remote.
(Have also schematics to startup PC by IR, but later on)
So would like to leave out that keyboard and mouse, where I can.


1 - WinLirc doesn't start-up with windows so can't control with remote yet. (still have to go on pc to switch that on) - Taskschedular, maybe!
2 - IR-Assistant does not start-up with windows either. and you have to push activate button everytime program starts.
3 - I used mouse positions on screen (x,y) to do a start-up string, it is funny, but xx can shift his posistion on screen at startup. (solved in full screen ,static positions (x,y))
     (everytime xx is started have to select settings, select engine3 then upsample.)
     Is there another way? (Didn't try if this possible thru AHK)
4 - Have to work out a way to smoothly select another album (WiFi is liked for this !!)
5 - Whats that story with previous (Unattended)?
6 - Your DAC has a IR-remotly controlled volume control, right?


For now!

Hardware works 100% perfect and works with 99% of IR-remotes (so, pick a remote you like)

I'll post scheme and maybe guide later in seperate tread (this tread is about WiFi)
btw it cost you 5 euro's to build. (and software is freeware)
Can't garanty if it works on all mobo's.
But check if yours has a 9 pins com1 (A) port or RS232 port.

Hope Peter will pick this up in some time, maybe integrate some in XX.
Currently using IR-Assistant but there are more kinds of software that I will check out in some time.

It does now, Peter, maybe some advise.

If you like I can send you a prebuild (and tested) receiver.
Have made 5 already.
Or maybe the scheme so you can build it yourself
And test this on your own PC
There is no hurry in this, eveything works fine but it could be simpler.


Grtz Roy

So, everything programmed with IR-assistant.
Used Peter's AutoHotKey script that is in XX already.
Works flawless. (some exceptions, like previous doesn't work but thats in xx, I believe, but I can overcome this problem)
OSD (on screen display) with colors and fonts and choose were too put text

1 push on a remote button - opens xx, opens settings, selects engine 3, selects upsampling, then clicks Library button - AND NOW IS XX READY TO PLAY.

Its also possible to program the Unattended settings under 1 remote button.
You can do anything you want, just personalize your version of XX.

Can even control the mouse pretty dawn good.

You only need a remote with a decent toggle button (left,right,up,down and enter)

Never thought it would be this easy!! 

  ROY

PS: Range is about +30m.(depends on remote and battery's)

I think 20 pack is not enough!

pushed one button on my remote,
and xx site opens before me, hahaha.

!p::Run www.xxhighend.nl

great!

Just Installed new MOBO, EP-45, and new RAM (all new all in warrenty, hehehe)
Hope this ends my problems.

Added 2x 2GB WD hdd's and made backups of all music, pffff (feels good to have back-up)

Now using the COM port on MOBO with homemade IR device. COM A port on MB---->>>backet with RS232 connector (9pins)----->>>homebrew IR dingie----->>>WinLirc.
And WinLirc learns them all, no problem in that.
So IR-remote is also possible.

Btw nice supprice is that the EP-45 sounds really good, more bass.

Really Nice Telstar,

This is how it should be done!

just wanted to let you know it doesn't matter for SQ.
2GB, 4GB, 6GB, 8GB, it al sounds good to me.

grtz

Imon bay is a no go.
You can not even read the screen.
Garbage that what it is.

grtz

I think I can help you with that,
Its not that hard, you know.

Impossible to calculate upfront.
But lets say 6 to 10 GB per 5000 albums (with complete covers)
But it works best with seperate folders (not 5000 albums in 1 folder)
Make genres (blues, jazz, electronic etc), but I think you have that already.
Under the real library button, right click on the album(s) you want to add then "add to gallery"
Also you can check the box "chk" to select more albums at once.
once you created a gallery, just use that as your new music db.
So under settings, change music root to your new made gallery. (put it on your C: drive)
this new gallery contains everything that is in your normal DB, but left out all FLAC or WAV, and instead there are .mta files.
and a x-reference file in every folder.

So to make things clear you have exactly the stucture as your normal music db.
but replaced music files with a kind of dummy file and put in a location file.
Watch out for possible big .ISO files in your music db, because they will be copied too,
and then you end up with a real big gallery.
just try it ask questions later.

Then you see how Peter designed the architecture behind all this.
And you will see that your DB can grow really large with serveral HDD's, no problem.

grtz Roy

PS: Just make a small gallery first.

Oh Yeah Baby,

Just controlled XX by IR-remote (true autohotkey, macro's).
It did Alt-n !!!! - Next  (in Unattended)
Its learning most of my IR-remote buttons. hehehehe
Can control anything, I guess.
And best of all, it works on W7.

I come back on this its late now.

grtZZZZZ

and problably effect soundquality,

When using WiFi or bluetooth.

grtz