Controlling WMP from another PC

In particular, I want to be able to adjust a playlist of music videos while the videos play as normal on the tv.

Anyone know of some software that will do this?

I'm not chained to WMP at all, so alternatives are welcome.

Currently I use VNC to the media PC but this is sub-optimal as it's quite slow with video playing and the playlist shows up on screen.

yeah ive been unimpressed with vnc but its what i have been using.

The other way would be a web based control for a media program. I think VLC and a few others have plugins or 3rd party apps for this. Web based is usually pretty restrictive though.

I wonder if remote assistance software would work.

would face exactly the same issues as VNC

You can play remote playlists on WMP now right? Like I can with iTunes > iTunes or iTunes > AppleTV?

Just remote play the playlist off the desktop and edit the playlist on it?

Ummm... failing that play a playlist file off the network and edit it with another computer on the fly?

The way I used to set it up so that I could edit it was:

Play a playlist with another playlist inside it, so it would loop and re-request the 2nd playlist after every song, meaning I could edit it before it came back looking for it again.

Dunno... I will investigate. That would definitely solve my main problem though

I might try this to see if it works too www.playerpal.com
It's not free but if it works really well, it might be worthwhile.

This might do what you want, i have used it briefly, seemed ok.

http://www.salling.com/clicker/windows/
(phone app over blue tooth or wifi)

Theres a trial on the site i think.