Mediacenter, JRMC, Mediabridge configuration

[windtrader]

Need some help please to clear the fog on what software needs to run on which machines in my home media LAN.

I have a HTPC loaded with all my audio files. Girder and JRMC are loaded on this "server" machine and the JRMC libary is local. I have two other PCs ("clients") running NR to control the HTPC using Girder. One of these machines also has JRMC loaded.

On the client machine with JRMC, I start NRMediabridge using port 20002. JRMC 10 then starts up automatically. I then start NR on this same client that has the Mediabridge plugin set to port 20002, local host, and instance (-10). This configuration works as expected.

I am stuck trying to get the mediabridge to talk directly to the remote HTPC and accept NR-JRMC requests without having JRMC running on the local PC.

On the client, does JRMC have to be installed and loaded by NRMediabridge? Are there other options to keep the software installed to a minimum? Running only NR and plugin on the client and JRMC (and the audio and library files) on the HTPC would be the best; similar to how Girder is set up.

Thanks Don

[Jlee]

You should only need to run NR on the client. JRMC, MediaBridge & Girder would run on the HTPC.

In NR check the configuration of the mediabridge and girder plugins i.e. port numbers and passwords.

In NR check that there is only one instance of the MediaBridge plugin running on the client. If there is more than one instance delete all except the -10 instance.

Check your firewall settings.

[windtrader]

I understand what needs to be done. Based on the other posts I made sure to update the remoteserver.dll in the JRMC lib. I never installed NR on the HTPC so NRmediabridge was not there. I copied it to the JRMC lib but it failed since it could not find MFC71.dll.I copied that over but it failed on some program error.

Do I need to do a full NR install on the HTPC? It is not problem but it does not seem like I need to do that. Maybe I missed the full config instructions with this part.

thx don

EDIT-- I found the mediabridge instructions in the new netremote music product guide. I loaded the mediabridge server on the HTPC. When started it loaded JRMC as expected.

On the client side, I started NR and in the mediabridge plugin, configured it to point to the HTPC. I tried setting a library root but it did not take. Once I left it blank, everything worked fine.

THANKS again. Don

[Promixis]

Don,

MB 2.0 beta 5 is availabe in the prelease area and is working very well here. It no longer requires the remoteserver.dll.

[windtrader]

Mike,

The new MB2 beta installed smooth as silk and works fine. Server: Win2K, MC10.0 SP4, Girder 3.3. Client: NRPro 1026.

1) I try to keep things tidy on the HTPC server and tried to uninstall NRMediabridge server now that the new bridge works. I do see an uninstaller for the new MB2 but not the original. What is the right way to remove it?

2) The MB2 thread in the prerelease forum mentions JRMC is no longer bootstrapped by MB2. When I start it, I still see JRMC firing up. Is that normal and if so how do you start it minimized?

3) I reread the new NR PRO documentation by Tinsys - . XCELLENT!!!! - but read right over the first sentence stating the reference to the Music guide. Although there is a bold word or two in that sentence, I suggest this statement be made much larger, at least as the heading below. I think I scanned right over it since it was smaller than the heading fonts before and after the single line. Maybe even have a short comment attached to the TOC entry as well to direct people to the right doc straight away.