2011-09-29, 11:59
Hey guys!
Thanks for all your help in my other thread a week or so ago. I'm really fascinated by the potential uses for this programme. Now just come the practicalities of making it work...
My wife uses itunes extensively for her music, and I don't want to kill that. I wonder if I can combine the two things for use in a complete multiroom entertainment system? I'm therefore reckoning the following, if it works, is a pretty ideal solution. Will it work? There's a pretty broad array of stuff here.
General notes
Room 1 setup controlled by universal remote (suggestions welcome!). All AppleTVs controlled through a pair of iphones with Remote HD app. AS Rock and AppleTVs [and nintendo wii - I'm going to need more ports] all connected to wireless router (suggestions welcome!) by ethernet cable.
Room 1
TV with HDMI input, sound routed through Onkyo 2.1 sound system. ASRock vision 3d (with XBMC installed and itunes running in the background) attached to TV via HDMI. 2TB WD Elements drive with music (for itunes) and video (for XBMC) connected via USB to the ASRock.
Room 2
Normal Apple TV2, connected to mini speakers (such as the logitech speakers in the link below). This setup to be replicated in one other room and is intended for music streaming from the ASRock.
Room 3
AppleTV2 with XBMC installed, connected to Sumsung H03 projector. Sound through mini speakers as above. This setup to be replicated in one other room (except through a 17" TV for the visual stuff) and is intended to give the option of audio or visual entertainment. Music to stream from itunes on the ASRock, movies to be streamed from the external hard disk attached to the ASRock.
So, that's two iphones with Remote HD controlling two XBMC-hacked apple TV2s and two normal apple TV2s, and an XBMC loaded ASRock as the main home theater (but with a background itunes running so as to feed the ATVs) controlled through a universal remote, all rigged up to a home network. What could possibly go wrong? Oh, and I'd like to be able to add music to the itunes library from a Mac or windows laptop from elsewhere on the network. Given all that, I'm not sure I want to ask if I can set up a webcam for skype chat through the ASRock tv...
Main concerns:
+ can I run itunes in the background of the ASRock while XBMC is running?
+ can I stream music from an itunes library to an ATV2 through the ASRock?
+ can Remote HD control four ATV2s at the same time?
+ can two different iPhones control the same ATV2s?
+ can two different ATV2s draw different music from the same library simultaneously?
+ can three XBMC devices draw from the same source of video files?
+ can I add music to the ASRock itunes library through a different PC or Mac?
+ how the hell am I going to afford all this stuff?
Cheers guys. As ever, any insights would be *invaluable*
reference:
Remote HD app for iphone http://www.remotehd.com/AppleTV/Overview
iPhone 4 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Apple-iPhone-4-1...268&sr=8-1
ASRock http://www.amazon.co.uk/ASRock-3D-i3-370...695&sr=1-1
Onkyo sound system http://www.amazon.co.uk/Onkyo-HT-X22HDX-...533&sr=1-2
WD Elements http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-...736&sr=1-2
ATV2 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Apple-MC572B-A-N...673&sr=1-1
Logitech speakers http://www.amazon.co.uk/Logitech-OEM-S12...00&sr=1-10
Samsung projector http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Pico-Poc...939&sr=8-1
Thanks for all your help in my other thread a week or so ago. I'm really fascinated by the potential uses for this programme. Now just come the practicalities of making it work...
My wife uses itunes extensively for her music, and I don't want to kill that. I wonder if I can combine the two things for use in a complete multiroom entertainment system? I'm therefore reckoning the following, if it works, is a pretty ideal solution. Will it work? There's a pretty broad array of stuff here.
General notes
Room 1 setup controlled by universal remote (suggestions welcome!). All AppleTVs controlled through a pair of iphones with Remote HD app. AS Rock and AppleTVs [and nintendo wii - I'm going to need more ports] all connected to wireless router (suggestions welcome!) by ethernet cable.
Room 1
TV with HDMI input, sound routed through Onkyo 2.1 sound system. ASRock vision 3d (with XBMC installed and itunes running in the background) attached to TV via HDMI. 2TB WD Elements drive with music (for itunes) and video (for XBMC) connected via USB to the ASRock.
Room 2
Normal Apple TV2, connected to mini speakers (such as the logitech speakers in the link below). This setup to be replicated in one other room and is intended for music streaming from the ASRock.
Room 3
AppleTV2 with XBMC installed, connected to Sumsung H03 projector. Sound through mini speakers as above. This setup to be replicated in one other room (except through a 17" TV for the visual stuff) and is intended to give the option of audio or visual entertainment. Music to stream from itunes on the ASRock, movies to be streamed from the external hard disk attached to the ASRock.
So, that's two iphones with Remote HD controlling two XBMC-hacked apple TV2s and two normal apple TV2s, and an XBMC loaded ASRock as the main home theater (but with a background itunes running so as to feed the ATVs) controlled through a universal remote, all rigged up to a home network. What could possibly go wrong? Oh, and I'd like to be able to add music to the itunes library from a Mac or windows laptop from elsewhere on the network. Given all that, I'm not sure I want to ask if I can set up a webcam for skype chat through the ASRock tv...
Main concerns:
+ can I run itunes in the background of the ASRock while XBMC is running?
+ can I stream music from an itunes library to an ATV2 through the ASRock?
+ can Remote HD control four ATV2s at the same time?
+ can two different iPhones control the same ATV2s?
+ can two different ATV2s draw different music from the same library simultaneously?
+ can three XBMC devices draw from the same source of video files?
+ can I add music to the ASRock itunes library through a different PC or Mac?
+ how the hell am I going to afford all this stuff?
Cheers guys. As ever, any insights would be *invaluable*
reference:
Remote HD app for iphone http://www.remotehd.com/AppleTV/Overview
iPhone 4 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Apple-iPhone-4-1...268&sr=8-1
ASRock http://www.amazon.co.uk/ASRock-3D-i3-370...695&sr=1-1
Onkyo sound system http://www.amazon.co.uk/Onkyo-HT-X22HDX-...533&sr=1-2
WD Elements http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-...736&sr=1-2
ATV2 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Apple-MC572B-A-N...673&sr=1-1
Logitech speakers http://www.amazon.co.uk/Logitech-OEM-S12...00&sr=1-10
Samsung projector http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Pico-Poc...939&sr=8-1