Remote desktop
 

Hi all, I have a question someone might be able to help me with. I have Hoster loaded on my desktop and want to connect to it with windows remote desk top. All goes well, except I cant get the lyrics to come up on my 2nd monitor. Any one had this problem or any ideas how to fix it. Microsoft says I cant expand multiple monitors over remote desktop. Any help would be appreciated.

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Don't have an answer for you but do have a question, why would you need this ?

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That may be your answer right there.

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what program are you using ? are you trying to play videos or karaoke?

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Im using windows 7 professional and remoting in with windows 7 premium. The reason I want this is because I have a home set up, hoster is on my desktop in another part of the house. I wanted to remote in so I could run it all from my laptop in the game room. I have all my amps and mixer wired directly in the room with the desk top. So remoting it to my laptop would help out.

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Which Version of Hoster?

Maybe it can be loaded on second computer, if Hoster Full version? If you haven't already loaded it on two computers?

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Are you saying that your amp & mixer are in the room with the desktop, but the speakers are in the "game room"? I have to ask why you have it set that way? And how are the speakers then connected to your amp so you get sound in the game room?:r I use Hoster on my laptop to play karaoke in multiple rooms in my house also, but I am confused as to your setup.:?

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On the north end of my game room is where all my electronics are wired to the amps, mixer and computer. The game room is 40 ft long. Speakers are located on both ends of game room. I have a bar located on the south end of game room. I want to sit at the bar and operate the karoke instead of sitting in a small room built on the side of the bar. Keep in mind, the game room I built is 30 x 40. So its a ways to walk to change songs. I dont do it for the public, just friends. I have the latest version of hoster. I can install it on the laptop, but If I do that,, I have wires running to laptop. Defeats the purpose.

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I see what you're trying to do now. Have you looked into wireless audio/video senders? I have tried them for that same reason. They work pretty good, as long as you don't have a wireless router for multiple computers in your house turned on at the same time. It will cause interference. That is my problem, because both my husband & I have computers in opposite sides of the house. I do know someone who ran video "wirelessly" at his Karaoke Show. There was only periodic interferece, so it might work for you.

To do it remotely, I would search Microsoft to see how to set that up in Win7. The only other way would be to get wires that are long enough to reach from your laptop to your equipment on the other side of the room.

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I guess the best thing to do is to remote into the desk top, then run a seperate wire from the laptop hdmi to the monitor hdmi. Just thought someone else might have the same issue. Thanks for all the help.

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Lilke I said, I run long wires from my laptop to my amp & TV when I'm at home so I don't have to walk across the room. Wires are inexpensive and if you have Hoster's full version, you can put a second copy on your laptop. When you find out how to set up Remote viewing, I would be curious to know if you will be able to see & control Hoster. I hope you'll post back.

Just thought of something......if you're going to do it remotely, then why would you need another video/hdmi cable, if everything is already hooked up to your desktop?

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Depending on how expensive of an adaptor / wiring setup you wish to explore... here is an attachment to Monoprice.com that may give you some ideas, as well as a decent price for cables (hdmi) and other wiring options.
http://www.monoprice.com/products/se...hdmi&x=31&y=11

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www.cablestogo.com is another good place.

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The remote works fine except for the second monitor. You can control everything in hoster except the 2nd monitor. I think I can use dual monitors on my laptop and that way I can operated the complete system from my laptop almost wireless with the exception of the wire going to the tv monitor.

PS Thanks for the site info on the hdmi cables...

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If you have windows 7 professioal or higher you can use it as the host computer. Lower versions of windows 7 wont work as the host.

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Sounds like you already are set up remotely? I thought that's what you were asking how to do it or if it could be done?:? Did you get the info to do this from Microsoft or is it part of Win7?

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I wanted to do it without the other hdmi cable. Thought someone might know of other remote software that would let me run multiple monitors. Microsoft told me windows 7 software doesn't allow it.

Thanks for all the help though. :)

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The Intel "I5" and higher processors contain a wireless Audio/Video feature that allows you to "transmit" to a $100-$150 HDMI receiver. MTUSUPPORT tried it and found;

1. The image was cleaner than he'd ever seen.

2. He put the receiver over 50 feet away and had no A/V dropouts or image degradation.

This is a vastly superior direction over long HDMI cables, and may even be cheaper. :?

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