Thread: Could the 770 remotely control an XP home media server?
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konttori is offline konttori
2006-03-07 , 11:17
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#8
Originally Posted by unuselessj
I have looked into what is required to develop a remote control device for Windows XP Media Center Edition. Unfortunately their APIs limit remote controls to IR only and only inside of Media Center. So without some sort of wifi->ir device such a connection wouldn't be possible as far as I know. I think there is going to be a remote viewer(actually watching/listening to content on another device) available whenever Vista comes out.
If you use VNC, what you will see on 770 screen is exactly the same thing as you see on your media center screen. Thus you can use 770 pointer as a mouse. So, VNC is always a safe bet (even though it is not lightning fast yet).