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ok i want to leave my labtop at home somtimes. but problem! AHHHHHHH! i goto work every day and if i don't have my mp3's then i will definatly have to be stupid drunk to stand my idiot coworkers, but in the end i just really need my mp3s. what would be the best "remote desktop" kinda situation for me to use. i don't want to setup a ftp or anything cause it would be difficult to stream everything and putting all my music on my work computer is out of the question. right now i just bring my labtop into work and just use windows networking to play the music on my work comp but i really need to just leave my labtop at home some days. sugestions......GO
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i know that you can do remote from Windows XP internally,
as well as through MSN...
however, you need to have it enabled, and have someone to accept the connection on the laptop...
got a well trained dog?
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If you got winXP, there's a way to do it. I believe it's called "remote assistant/ce" and you can find a shorcut on the startmenu.
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Get an iPod. It will change your life.
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iPods are expensive pieces of plastic! :cry:
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Write a php app that allows you to stream it from any browser that supports inline sound clips, host your app with apache on the machine holding the mp3's
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Post by Chris Corbyn »

Why use remote desktop if it's for music? Does RDesktop actually send audio data? (Maybe it does?)

You need a "reasonable" connection to get good performace with ICA/RDP/VNC clients, although RDP/ICA (Citrix etc) use slightly less bandwidth. By reasonable I mean you'll need a good upload speed. I also used to connect to my Windows box from work and I only had 125Kbit upload on my ADSL modem which made it very slow at more than 256 colors. I didn't send audio though.

I'd suggest just putting your MP3's in a web folder on your PC (Password protected in some form to avoid getting into trouble). Internet explorer at least will try to stream the MP3 in WMP if there's a good enough connection I think, otherwise you could point XMMS to the URL to play it streaming ;)

EDIT | Ermm XMMS is linux sorry... I meant Winamp :oops:
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squatchimo wrote:Get an iPod. It will change your life.
The new ipod nano is sweet. A leap ahead everything else they got.
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except for the damn battery issues, I'd get an ipod...
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i'd go for a cheap 1gb usb stick with mp3 player..
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timvw wrote:i'd go for a cheap 1gb usb stick with mp3 player..
http://www.mobibluamerica.com/dah1500.html comes to mind ;)
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timvw wrote:i'd go for a cheap 1gb usb stick with mp3 player..
8O they aren't cheap! in its cost, i will buy 2 P4's :?
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the one I posted is just over $100US.. that's pretty damn good.
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if you have access to a server
Ampache wrote:About Ampache

Ampache is a PHP-based tool for managing, updating and playing your MP3/OGG/RM/FLAC/WMA/M4A files via a web interface. It allows you to save playlists, create user accounts, and share your music catalogs with other Ampache servers. Visit our Forums for information about installation, to get support and find public Ampache catalogs.
http://www.ampache.org/
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