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RE: My new BIG screen remote control

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In Reply to: RE: My new BIG screen remote control posted by AbeCollins on January 30, 2025 at 10:57:02

My preference for music control is a grown-up PC.

My PC has a 27" screen, but my reason for preferring to use a PC is that the use of a mouse to click on selected albums or tracks is far less likely to cause an unwanted interruption of what's playing compared with a screen touch. Tiny (or even larger iPad screens are all too easy to touch accidentally while picking them up, or using a finger that's fatter than the tiny icon that allows Play Now, Play Next or Add to Queue. If the track is accidentally touched, that track immediately interrupts the music being played as it's interpreted as Play Now.

What's worse (with recent BluOS versions) is that this accidental Play Now, deletes all existing tracks in one's Queue. Bugger - I've just spent the last hour selecting 30 tracks to entertain my visitors tonight!

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Multiple choice for user interaction and music control in Roon - AbeCollins 10:04:25 01/31/25 (1)
I can use the portable iPad as the remote control with the big TV screen ON or OFF. Or I can use my MacBook Air laptop with the TV screen ON or OFF. Ditto for the iPhone. I can use my Apple Watch to control Roon but that would be silly in the main listening room.
If I'm driving the big TV from the Mac Mini I can use the wireless keyboard + mouse paired to the Mac Mini - no laptop, iPad, or iPhone necessary.
Here, I went into the Mac's Accessibility section and made the mouse pointer into a huge hand - just so it shows up better for the photo below :-)
Keyboard + mouse would normally be near my listening spot on the sofa

I normally have 8 Albums across on the TV. I set it up for 12 in the past but it gets a little cluttered with small album art.
iPad can be propped up on the table to the side of the sofa easily within reach or right beside me .

I like having 6 Albums across on the iPad but no more than 8. It's customizable in Roon. Handling iPad by the case or the edges won't glitch anything.

Edits: 01/31/25 01/31/25
- Who da thought it? - E-Stat 10:14:36 01/31/25 (0)
  a 75" sized remote screen for Mr. Magoo! :)
  
  I guess my hands aren't big enough for fat fingering active playlist.

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