07-24-2003, 11:00 PM
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Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 15,171
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Zerama: Remote Control for Desktop WMP 9
"The Zerama Remote is a Pocket PC remote control for Microsoft's Windows Media Player 9 Series. Why do remote controls have to be so component oriented? 'I don�t want to listen to track 14,' you say; 'I want to listen to 'If I had a Million Dollars' by The Barenaked Ladies without getting off my couch.' Well, now you can. The ZeramaRemote is an intelligent remote control application that is data driven, rather then component controlled. 'I want to control the volume too,' you say. Sure. 'I want it up to eleven.' No problem."
Note that this is to remote-control WMP on the desktop, not WMP on the Pocket PC. I could see this as being very useful if you use WMP heavily as your stereo.
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07-24-2003, 11:08 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 468
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$20 seems a bit pricey (and isn't that the standard complaint for Pocket PC software??), but it looks like a nifty idea. 
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07-25-2003, 12:08 AM
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Sage
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 651
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sound just like what iremote does for winamp.
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07-25-2003, 12:23 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 157
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I could see this kind of technology being usefull as a remote jukebox control. like, let's say you are at one of those 50's diner with song picker on you table. But, instead, it's a pocket pc with easy user interfact to pick song from a playlist of what you want to hear. Then, a desktop compter in the back can recieve information from all the individual tables, and play song accordingly.
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07-25-2003, 01:24 AM
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Neophyte
Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 9
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I like Vinyl's interface a lot better, but the developers have not updated it for a few months now. Check it out http://www.pocketwerks.com
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07-25-2003, 02:13 AM
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2000 Posts And This is All I Get?
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 2,017
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I would love the have a remote application like this that can actually shut down the PC once we are done with winamp/WMP....
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07-25-2003, 03:06 AM
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Sage
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 784
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I just tried out Vinyl, it's very slick, although it would be nice to have a progress bar. Also once I turn my Pocket PC off then back on it doesn't automatically make a BT connection again. I have to manually make the LAN connection then go into Vinyl.
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07-25-2003, 12:19 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 26
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I've been talking with the developer about this program a lot, and he said that he's working on a slider for a later version. He was nice enough to let me see the new version 3 of the software, which has a lot of improvements. Connecting the client to the server and downloading the database is a lot more streamlined, and the UI has been improved more as well. There's nothing better than being able to go into a room and blast sister hazel over the network without having to set up a media player playlist before I sit down.
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07-25-2003, 12:39 PM
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07-25-2003, 02:37 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 26
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Well "duh-haw" I don't see any program on that page that does what vinyl or zerama do. :roll:
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