Hello all,

I am currently thinking about what I would like to do for my final year project for my degree, I have come up with an idea that I like the idea of and feel that I have the programming knowledge to achieve each of the individual components.
I am thinking of trying to create a multi-room music system, which is controllable by other devices on the network. So for example the server running the software could be in my office but I can change the music in my living room (or any other room) while sitting on my couch with something like an iPad, laptop or smart phone.

I have already figured out a method for allowing me to have music playing in different rooms from the same PC but one thing that I'm not certain about is what would be the best method of creating an application which could be controlled by different devices on the network (not all necessarily all developed using the .Net framework, although if that's going to be too difficult then I can quite easily say I looked into it and decided it was too complex for my final year project).
I have thought about having it so that the application is controlled via a web interface (possibly using AJAX or something) which would possibly be the best method, although I have no experience with AJAX or connecting a .Net application to a web service.
I have also thought about having the devices run a piece of software that would connect to a specific port on the server which is used to communicate with the application directly.

Anyway if anyone has any idea's/comments, whether directly to do with the design problem I am trying to figure out or to do with the project as a whole then I would welcome your input.

Thanks for any help in advance (also for actually reading this far in the essay )

Satal