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Remote desktop
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 11:26 am
by shiznatix
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
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 11:46 am
by $var
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?
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:25 pm
by pilau
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.
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:36 pm
by squatchimo
Get an iPod. It will change your life.
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:43 pm
by pilau
iPods are expensive pieces of plastic!

Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:49 pm
by josh
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
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:55 pm
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

Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 4:09 pm
by patrikG
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 5:03 pm
by alvinphp
squatchimo wrote:Get an iPod. It will change your life.
The new ipod nano is sweet. A leap ahead everything else they got.
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 5:07 pm
by feyd
except for the damn battery issues, I'd get an ipod...
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 5:11 pm
by timvw
i'd go for a cheap 1gb usb stick with mp3 player..
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 5:19 pm
by feyd
timvw wrote:i'd go for a cheap 1gb usb stick with mp3 player..
http://www.mobibluamerica.com/dah1500.html comes to mind

Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 3:43 am
by n00b Saibot
timvw wrote:i'd go for a cheap 1gb usb stick with mp3 player..

they aren't cheap! in its cost, i will buy 2 P4's

Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 7:13 am
by feyd
the one I posted is just over $100US.. that's pretty damn good.
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 7:17 am
by patrikG
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/