Dear reader,
I am here because a friend of mine is moving into my house and this gives me the oppertunity for play around with the media in my house. (since we’ll be getting more rooms).
First off before i go into the concept of what im trying to achieve, this is the hardware available to me:
One incredibly powerfull computer (think oc’d 2500k to 4.2ghz, HD6950 special edition, optionally 16 GB Ram)
One 47 inch tv
One 27 inch monitor
Three very simple Dell office computers from 2007
One very simple Dell server computer from 2007
The required cables
Htc Desire HD (android phone)
5.1 audio set
two 2.0 audio sets
Here’s the plan:
The idea is to make it so that i can control the media in all three rooms with my phone using universal remote. The way i intended on achieving that is the following:
I think that the easiest way to do this so that i can use my computer for my studies while my housemate is watching a movie on the tv and housemate nr 2 is listening to music in his room is to put a small Dell machine in every room but the one with the very powerfull pc, then make 3 virtual machines on the big pc and enable the small Dell computers to log into those virtual machines via LAN. Then also install universal remote desktop client onto every virtual machine and name them according to room. This way every room has its own desktop envrionment and will therefore not interfere with one another.
But there are sevral things about this that im not sure will work or are practical, wich are:
Im not sure if its possible for those small Dell machines to have a comfortable computer experiance if they have to log into the main pc.
Also, it will be nearly impossible to get the same song in every room (for when we want to throw a party for example
And i have the feeling that maybe a seperate pc for the tv might be a good idea but the rest should be possible if i had the right software (so withoud virtual machines, wich are a memory hog and arent exactly the easiest things to work with), problem is. I have no idea what software is capable of doing this. So i washoping you could help with finding something that is both visually appealing and functional as room by room media system.
Thanks for reading this long post and we are looking forward to your reply!
I am here because a friend of mine is moving into my house and this gives me the oppertunity for play around with the media in my house. (since we’ll be getting more rooms).
First off before i go into the concept of what im trying to achieve, this is the hardware available to me:
One incredibly powerfull computer (think oc’d 2500k to 4.2ghz, HD6950 special edition, optionally 16 GB Ram)
One 47 inch tv
One 27 inch monitor
Three very simple Dell office computers from 2007
One very simple Dell server computer from 2007
The required cables
Htc Desire HD (android phone)
5.1 audio set
two 2.0 audio sets
Here’s the plan:
The idea is to make it so that i can control the media in all three rooms with my phone using universal remote. The way i intended on achieving that is the following:
I think that the easiest way to do this so that i can use my computer for my studies while my housemate is watching a movie on the tv and housemate nr 2 is listening to music in his room is to put a small Dell machine in every room but the one with the very powerfull pc, then make 3 virtual machines on the big pc and enable the small Dell computers to log into those virtual machines via LAN. Then also install universal remote desktop client onto every virtual machine and name them according to room. This way every room has its own desktop envrionment and will therefore not interfere with one another.
But there are sevral things about this that im not sure will work or are practical, wich are:
Im not sure if its possible for those small Dell machines to have a comfortable computer experiance if they have to log into the main pc.
Also, it will be nearly impossible to get the same song in every room (for when we want to throw a party for example
And i have the feeling that maybe a seperate pc for the tv might be a good idea but the rest should be possible if i had the right software (so withoud virtual machines, wich are a memory hog and arent exactly the easiest things to work with), problem is. I have no idea what software is capable of doing this. So i washoping you could help with finding something that is both visually appealing and functional as room by room media system.
Thanks for reading this long post and we are looking forward to your reply!