This is a simple program that captures your HTPC's volume control buttons and instead sends the commands directly to your home theater AVR.
The main benefit of this is that most people when watching video on their HTPC use audio bit-streaming for things like Dolby Digital and DTS audio formats. When you are bit-streaming, the volume control on your HTPC does not work for the bit-streamed audio. This means you can't use the convienent volume control buttons on your wireless keyboard or handheld remote control to control your playback volume.
The only supported controls are:
- Volume Up
- Volume Down
- Mute/Unmute
- Denon
- Marantz
- StormAudio
Support for other AVRs could be pretty easily added to the existing code.
Please contact me if you would like me to support another AVR, especially if it's one already supported by HTWebRemote
Simply download the latest release, place the program .exe wherever you like, and run it.
After running it, select your AVR from the dropown and enter it's network IP address, then hit Save.
You can also add the program, or a shortcut to it to your HTPC's startup folder so that the program automatically starts with your PC.