Receiver Plugin
I picked up a MCE laptop (HP ZD8000) last month. In that time, I haven't had the time to use the MCE nearly as much as I have used it as a laptop. That being said, I have a new found appreciation for the serial port on the back of my reciever (Yamaha RX-V2300). I have begun to do some digging into writing a plugin to control the reciever. For example, when I play a rock song on MCE, why should I have to set the reiver for the correct input and sound field, when a plugin can do it for me? Taken a step further, aren't there other recievers that offer similar connectivity? Going with that premise, writing a plugin should be done in two parts, the plugin itself, and the driver for the reciver. It seems like there will be a fair amount of abstraction done in between the two pieces to account for what I can imagine would be significantly different levels of functionality with other recievers. Nevertheles, attempting to code this out seems worthwhile for me, and maybe for some others as well.