otispresley 81 Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 As a Control4 owner, it would be awesome if there were an Emby driver for the platform to pull in Emby media and allow Play To functionality for it. Chawmain has a driver for Plex: https://www.chowmainsoft.com/plex-full-driver-for-control4/ There is also a driver for Kodi as well: https://www.chowmainsoft.com/kodi-xbmc-full-driver-for-control4/ It would be better though to have the media pulled in directly from Emby, rather than depending on a Kodi client, and I read that it may not work when Emby for Kodi is using AddOn mode rather than Direct Playback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37071 Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 Have you asked the developer to consider making an emby driver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otispresley 81 Posted February 12, 2018 Author Share Posted February 12, 2018 Not yet, but I certainly will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otispresley 81 Posted February 13, 2018 Author Share Posted February 13, 2018 (edited) Here is the response from Chowmain. All who use Control4, feel free to go and fill out their contact form to let them know you are interested. https://www.chowmainsoft.com/contact-us/ At this stage we have no plans on doing Emby. This may change if we get more demand for Emby. Edited February 13, 2018 by otispresley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 It looks like I'm going to be an installer for Control4, pretty soon. This will be something I'm going to push for. I would like it to integrate with the Emby. There maybe some difficulties implementing it in Composer, but it's something I definitely want. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otispresley 81 Posted August 29, 2019 Author Share Posted August 29, 2019 It looks like I'm going to be an installer for Control4, pretty soon. This will be something I'm going to push for. I would like it to integrate with the Emby. There maybe some difficulties implementing it in Composer, but it's something I definitely want. Hi Doofus, just checking to see if you accomplished this integration and how. I think I will have to resort to using Kodi Full instead, which is not really ideal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Unfortunately not, I turned the job down. Sorry for the false hope. You have to be a registered installer of their equipment to be able to use composer. My intention was to work with them to develop an API or some way to allow integration, but the job offer I had wasn't going to give me what I wanted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37071 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 What is control4? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14913 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 What is control4? A very high-end custom remote control unit. Requires custom programming, professional installer, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37071 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Sounds neat. Yes it would be nice to have an Emby option for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Yeah, a buddy of mine has a company that installs equipment like this. But it's a closed system. You can't even be an authorized seller unless you can sell a certain amount each month. Then you have to pass their training in Ohio to be certified. And only then can you use their software to program the system. The software is called Composer. You can find videos on YouTube of programmers demonstrating it. I was going to be a programmer, and try to get them to incorporate Emby, but I turned it down. Maybe you could reach out to them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14913 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 I honestly thought these Crestron-type systems had gone the way of the Dinosaur... They are so hard to install and maintain and there are so many more user-friendly options. I guess this stuff is still good for the rich guys having turn-key rooms built for $100k though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Yeah, I know. But my buddy installs half million dollar systems, and he's overbooked. He's actually getting more work than he can handle. And with this system, for power users, they have reduced version of composer that the customer can use. And if something gets messed up, you can correct it remotely. Kaleidascape apparently made a comeback, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 For those that might be interested, this is control4 https://www.control4.com/i/home-automation/?rmsrc=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw753rBRCVARIsANe3o44Ip64yJ81J5Cl7bFNApqHkIJaRPcwABrf33oQBFJEec9WunYcLlRwaAt_WEALw_wcB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillOatman 500 Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Most of what it does is not difficult to do on your own. But integration into home security systems is a nice touch and really ties it all together nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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