User controls

 






This is a description of my current user controls setup.


I have RealVNC and Tight VNC Server installed on both laptops and iPhone. Remote Mouse is also installed.

I sit on my couch and access the media server laptop from either of the other two devices.

Hard drives containing movies are plugged in.  I also have Netflix installed, Amazon Prime Video and Roku Channel. 

I watch on the server laptop since the 55” Smart-TV uses too much energy after dark.

Since a web browser is available, I can watch YouTube, Pluto, and others.



Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Completed Bi-amp Crossover Photos

Image
Included here are photos of the networks in the temporary case made from a plastic kitchen utility food container: The two large red capacitors sit atop the original black capacitors and are connected in parallel. A view of the connection to the receiver inputs: A better view of the crossover case output side to the receiver: This is what the networks look like inside the case. The circular metal shapes are the resistor L-pads. They were removed from the circuit to make two independent filters, one hi-pass for the horns, one low-pass for the woofers.
Read more

Computer speakers are too wirey. Headphones too dicey.

  I had hoped to improve my laptop video viewing experience with the addition of a couple og HP computer speakers. The wiring of the speakers has proved to be a nuisance. They don't fit in to the overall system. They would be great if I had a desktop in a fixed and permanent position, but I move my laptop around and don't want to haul the speakers around too.  I dumped them.  Maybe a couple of bluetooth speakers. The wifi headphones turned out to be dicey. I got my money back from the eBay seller. I can run the phones once I remove the circuitboard from the pplastic housing. Then recharging batteries becomes a nuisance. Dumping the speakers and, provisionally, the headphones. Bluetooth is probably the way to go.
Read more

Windows File sharing is a replacement for VNC

  I've updated my home network. All the drives, niine in all, are shared over the home network. This will allow me to sit on my couch and edit videos without having to move the video file around from drive to drive. I can also run the media center laptop and play movies on theat computer's screen, from the couch. In order to set up sharing on the Microsoft Windows based network, several steps have to be followed. Go into the Network and Sharing Center in the Control Panel. On the left side go into Media streaming options. Choose 'Local Network' if your drives appear in the drop-down list, 'All Networks' if they're there there. Choose 'Allow All'. Go back Go into 'Advanced Sharing Settings'. I set everything to on except 'Password Protected Sharing'. The encryption method is trivial if you're offliine most of the time. If your network is on 24/7, the 128-bit encryption is recommended. Right-click on each drive and setup 'Sharin...
Read more