Disklavier

Good idea George, so tried this out but unfortunately it doesn't recognise (or display) the shortcut to the folder. I also tried a shortcut to a file but no luck. This could simply be a limitation (unintentional) / restriction (intentional) of the PRC application.


--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "George F. Litterst" <PianoBench@...> wrote:
>
> Good evening, everyone.
> 
> I am out of town at the moment, so I cannot try this:
> 
> Has anyone tried accessing the From/ToPC folder on their PC and  
> copying a shortcut to one of their PC folders to that location?
> 
> Regards,
> PianoBench
> 
> www.georgelitterst.com
> www.timewarptech.com
> 
> On Oct 20, 2009, at 5:39 PM, Kevin Goroway wrote:
> 
> >
> > Hmm, your 4th (and most important) request could be an interesting  
> > DKVBrowser feature...
> >
> > Of course, it would mean that a PC would have to be on and running  
> > DKVBrowser while you were using that feature, but maybe that would  
> > be acceptable?
> >
> > I suppose it makes sense to wait and see what Yamaha delivers in  
> > this next promised release, but I don't think it would be difficult  
> > for me to implement this... Basically, you point DKVBrowser at a  
> > directory, and tell it to play the MIDI files in there...it would  
> > seamlessly place them on the piano, and start playing...in the  
> > background, it could move the next file there, and when the first  
> > file is done, it can automatically remove it and place the third  
> > file there.  I already have the code to detect when a song is  
> > "finishing" since I needed that for the "source random" feature.   
> > Hmm...
> >
> > -Kevin
> >
> > From: mjburby <mark.burby@...>
> > To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Tue, October 20, 2009 12:49:52 PM
> > Subject: [disklavier] Request for better network functionality
> >
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > Not sure if this has been posted about before, but one feature I  
> > would LOVE to see implemented on a future version of software is the  
> > ability for the Disklavier to be able to access files from a  
> > networked hard drive. Having access to networked hard drives offers  
> > many benefits including elimination of storage limitations, stream  
> > music direct from the remote storage to the piano over the network,  
> > cleaner backup of the internal hard drive, ability to manage files  
> > better, no need to physically attach anything (USB stick USB hard  
> > drive or CD) to the Disklavier other than the network cable which  
> > nearly all of us have already.
> >
> > Currently, the PRC has been programmed so that you don't get to  
> > chose which locations it looks in, the PRC has these preset; you  
> > click on CD to access the CD drive, USB for the USB port, and  
> > FromToPC to access the FromToPC folder on the Disklavier hard drive.  
> > I appreciate that this is to enhance usability and make things less  
> > complex but access to a directory list of music locations accessible  
> > to the disklavier would not phase too many people out. If necessary,  
> > this could be tucked away in the Setup section.
> >
> > Firstly I would like to be able to list drives such as the CD,  
> > floppy, USB, and hard disk as a list, and drill into the directory  
> > structure of each.
> >
> > Secondly, I'd like the ability to add network drives to this list.
> >
> > Thirdly, I'd like to be able to have the facility to move/copy files  
> > from one location to another e.g. from my disklavier hard drive to  
> > my network drive or vice versa
> >
> > Fourthly (and most importantly) , to have the ability to play music  
> > stored on a network drive directly, streaming it real time over the  
> > network (this could be buffered in the disklavier much as the  
> > internet radio streams do) to basically obviate the need for the  
> > attached hard drive.
> >
> > I don't think I'm asking for too much - the functionality is there  
> > but the UI on the PRC doesn't give you access to it.
> >
> > Providing this functionality effectively eliminates the issue of the  
> > built in hard disk space limitation and provides a cleaner way to  
> > ensure that the disklavier hard drive is backed up.
> >
> > Please please Yamaha implement this high value, low effort facility.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>