jamesc4 Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Hello (I'm sorry if this was brought up in a previous post) Looking for some feedback .. What is the best way to play Apple Music that was bought ( I don't like streaming from the IPhone with airplay) (Since it's wifi and needs interaction from IPhone) I was told maybe from a Mac Mini using AirPlay (But via Ethernet). Music will show up via Touch Pads also right ? Thoughts ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VINCELdUB Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 There is an iTunes driver that will work with iTunes running on a computer. There are some simpler option as well, depending on how often your list to purchase music gets updated. Happy Automating! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMHarman Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 So this is aac files on the phone or Mac. The easiest way is to 1) get a big USB stick. 2) Copy the whole iTunes music folder from your computer to the stick. 3) Put the stick in your HC250/800 or EA controller. 4) get your dealer or a remote dealer here to put mymusic on your controller and point it to the USB stick. Set up a scheduled scan as well (though composer ME can do that) Access it from the controller music menu. Now when you get more music you have to pull the stick and copy those files on there. But beyond that, this is the simple way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VINCELdUB Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 To add to this, you can point your windows explorer to the shared folder of the controller and then the USB stick to allow for network transfer of the new files/management of files. //controller ip/media/usb/random number of USB drive/ Happy Automating! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesc4 Posted March 10, 2017 Author Share Posted March 10, 2017 So I have the Mac Mini Set up with ITunes How would I get the music to play to a Matrix AMP ? What are my options? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 So I have the Mac Mini Set up with ITunes How would I get the music to play to a Matrix AMP ? What are my options? There is an iTunes driver Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elvis Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 On 3/1/2017 at 10:48 PM, VINCELdUB said: To add to this, you can point your windows explorer to the shared folder of the controller and then the USB stick to allow for network transfer of the new files/management of files. Do I need my dealer to add the USB drive to the project first? I plugged a usb thumb drive into the EA-3 and it doesn't show up in the project. On 3/1/2017 at 10:48 PM, VINCELdUB said: //controller ip/media/usb/random number of USB drive/ No luck with this either... I guess this will happen once the USB drive is added to the project? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VINCELdUB Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 The drive will mount. And it will create a folder. Perhaps it is the format of the drive. Try a smaller drive formatted fat32 and let me know. Happy Automating!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VINCELdUB Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 Also, the drive gets added automatically to the project if it mounts correctly Happy Automating!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elvis Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 6 minutes ago, VINCELdUB said: Also, the drive gets added automatically to the project if it mounts correctly Went from a 64gb to 8gb thumb drive and it worked. What are the limits? Will it work only with thumb drives or will it work with a FAT32 formatted USB hard drive? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VINCELdUB Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 Just got off the phone with Control4 technical support. It must be FAT32 and size limitation is 2 TB and if anything other than a thumb drive, must be externally powered. Happy Automating!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VINCELdUB Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 I've not had issues with the limit, I've used it self powered one terabyte USB external hard drive and it worked flawlessly. Happy Automating!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elvis Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 eh... deleted My Music from the navigators since I wasn't ever using it... so I can't do anything with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VINCELdUB Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 Set me up with your dealer temporarily and I'll add the driver for you. Pro bonoHappy Automating!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elvis Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 19 minutes ago, VINCELdUB said: Set me up with your dealer Done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elvis Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 2 hours ago, VINCELdUB said: Happy Automating!! Yes, sir! Thank you. Almost too easy, just setup an rsync and it keeps the my iTunes music updated on the EA-3. rsync -avz --ignore-existing --delete /Volumes/Drobo/Music/iTunes/iTunes\ Media/Music /Volumes/media/usb/008061200009_MUSIC/iTunes/iTunes\ Media/Music/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesc4 Posted November 6, 2017 Author Share Posted November 6, 2017 So if Sonos has Apple Music intergration What about adding a Sonos Connect ? I understand with Sonos it streams and doesn't download but with good internet speeds that should be fine. Will the Apple Music appear on the T3'S ? And this eliminates the need to keep a PC up and running. Thoughts ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 2 hours ago, jamesc4 said: So if Sonos has Apple Music intergration What about adding a Sonos Connect ? I understand with Sonos it streams and doesn't download but with good internet speeds that should be fine. Will the Apple Music appear on the T3'S ? And this eliminates the need to keep a PC up and running. Thoughts ? Thought would be that you'll be disappointed, Apple Music never worked under the old drivers, certainly won't now. And the new driver doesn't allow browsing of any sort, so other than the -32?- favourites, you would have to use the Sonos App to browse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiAVguy Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 Apple Music works just fine though my connect. I can access the playlists on my touchscreens or as soon as I enable the input to reflect the sonos device in the listen feature I switch over to my sonos app on my iPad or iPhone and boom, perfect Apple Music interface. It’s one extra step but I find it to be very worthwhile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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