Mark I Control Through USB

I am new to the forum but my first problem got resolved so quickly that I thought I test you all again ....

Is there a library, DLL or ActiveX control that allows me to write a program on the PC to control the Mark I player through a USB connection? By control I mean change tunes, pause, play, etc..

Enrique

You could just connect to your player using emplode or jemplode and control it with that. Both of these will allow you to control your player through usb.

I realize the tools you mentioned can control the player. However, what I am looking for is a way for a program I write to control the player. I have found information on how to do this through the serial port but not through the USB port.

Enrique

I've read that jEmpolode uses a driver which just exposes the USB port as a very fast serial connection using the same protocol. I have no idea how it's done, but it does mean it should be possible for other people.

Matthew

There's been some talk in the past about writing a shim driver on the Mark1 that would make it appear as though it were an ethernet dongle attached to the USB port. At that point, all of the ethernet software (including my EmpegFace) would work.

I think this would be a nifty project for someone to finish. I'd do it, but I don't have the mAd sKiLLz.

but I don't have the mAd sKiLLz.

Don't be trippin' yo.

thread here.