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Is this possible? I'd like to be able to use a touchscreen PC to do this sorta thing...kinda like airplay but from another XBMC instance on the network.
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yes. xbmc can also act as upnp server.
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I think I'm not grasping something here. I get what upnp is of course but how does that work in my scenario? Touchscreen PC with XBMC interface up and HTPC with XBMC interface....I want to select from the touchscreen xbmc install what plays on the HTPC XBMC....
Where do I choose (hopefully an easy toggle) to send my media playing requests to that XMBC install on the HTPC rather than play locally?
I'm sure this is rather simple but I'm missing something I think...
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so you cannot control XBMC from another XBMC?
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You can launch a web browser from within XBMC (via a favorite, homepage shortcut, keyboard key, remote button, etc.) and have it go directly to the web interface page to control XBMC on your HTPC. After closing the browser, the XBMC session is restored.
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Whoa. That looks fantastic. If i can have that running on my laptop, it'll really make life easier.
The problem is, my laptop runs Windows 7. Would Maraschino work from it? As i understand, its meant to run on Linux!?!
I went to the forum, but everything there is greek to me. Not sure if i can do all that tech configurations myself.