Cyknight

The agent must be seeing two files or resolution settings. or alternatively it may see 'wrong' resolutions (as normally several sixes are created to accommodate different screens) and therefor 'changes' on your set time.

Curious what version you're on - loop backs to 127.0.0.1 were blocked as of one of the more recent releases, as it caused issues. And to stick with it - while you have cover-art, there is still no disc/song/artist info

Not really. First I'm not so sure you'd be able to 'call' secondary controllers, second because if planned from the start it is entirely possible to have an EA5 (or HC800) as your only and only true controller, supplemented by i/o extenders as needed running a HUGE system. It would also not need to be big as far as rooms etc goes, it will depend on what drivers you have (new c4z drivers with icons take up MUCH more space for example), but also the existing size of your media library (800 CDs and/or DVD is not a large number at all depending on who you're asking.....)

HAH!, then your system must not be all that large, because I was pushing 'room' on mine Happy hunting!

Not just unstable, that memory if memory serves (no pun intended) is used as volatile memory, using it for 'storage' and exterior read access is liable to create issues.

Not just unstable, that memory if memory serves (no pun intended) is used as volatile memory, using it for 'storage' and exterior read access is liable to create issues.

Best way to use screensaver now is to just plug a usb stick in the back of a controller. Best not to use a NAS as it creates a continues access whenever any screensaver is in use.

Didn't say it WAS the proxy, just that it may have to do with the proxy. Alternatively, if it's 'just' a driver, while they've moved away from having lots and lots of driver native to the controllers, it could just be a left-over.

Oh, if it's directly on the controller, it may have more to do with the proxy, not a driver - but don't confuse composer with the controller.

Those are likely just example drivers included in the system, places to work from, and/or learn from. You'll find 'control4' gear in numerous categories for that purpose.

For some the skill will be there, though I dare say many, perhaps most, do not (one could say our company has three programmers, yet I would bet only one of us would be able to do what you did) - but more often it's the problem of time, not curiosity - plus weighing time vs need. And like I said, technically you haven't "solved" the initial issue of this not showing under now playing, the bottom info bar or the media screen saver , though it's a neat way to bypass that, using the pop-up with a url call. Now, on to rewriting the DVD changer driver to the iPod or media player proxy .

Nicely done - though your are essentially bypassing the original goal of having this showing under now playing as well as screensavers media art.

No, 2.8 and up only.

I don't think this is about 'ease'

You aren't understanding how that works the way I believe it does (and again, this is NOT my expertise so it's far from written in stone). The nav decides what to display BASED on the proxy is what I think is the case. In other words, based on the proxy is selects the transport control display vs showing any other info, based on the proxy current media is the device, not other info....

I doubt you will (using the disc changer proxy) - but prove me wrong!

Which I told you would be the problem part Good luck!

Again - doesn't matter what the driver can do, if the PROXY the driver uses has no option/tie-in to use it. No driver editing will change that. You COULD see if somehow a new driver could be made using the media proxy. Not sure if it would work - but that's where you'd be looking at.

Dear me, let's not go there! It would be a simple matter as such of having a device that can simply tell you what is playing....but it keeps getting back to this - there are no disc changers with that sort of ability on the market to day in a number that makes sense for Control4 to do anything about. PERHAPS if there is enough want for it, a media proxy driver (the proxy that handles all that fancy feedback you see for other sources/streaming services) could be made to handle a disc-changer. Not saying it IS possible, but it might be. But once again - to what economic end.

Program what? You CANNOT program the navigators or proxies.

No, not broken - limited.

Sure, but the proxy still isn't able to translate that info - and there is no sense to update the proxy. No modifying the driver will change that.

It's even possible that older systems had it, not sure at this time - but the disc changer proxy died with the demise of the 7000 bluray changer. Numerous changes have been made to the system and indeed to now playing/media metadata handling since. Make no mistake - I'm an 'old dog' when it comes to C4 and related. And "not so many years ago" is -for better or worse- ancient in terms of technology. Honestly - any time you can use the plural form of year, it's old. The 7000 was brought out in 2009 - and I think it was at least a year that the 777 was eol at that time (forcing C4 hack use of other models for some) but even at best it was the same year. That's 7 years+. And the 700 lasted at best until early 2012 - so that's 4 years past support.

Showing the controls is normal. I THINK so is the fact that it cannot directly display song/artist info. As far as the system is concerned, your 'current media' is merely the 777, not whatever disc etc it's playing. You have to keep in mind that the 777 is quite ancient in technology terms, thus so is it's driver (and indeed the complete proxy it is based on) - it wouldn't have been updated to have the ability to display content etc as has been done for still 'relevant' devices/proxies as nothing of the type of device has been brought out in many years by now - so there is little (no) call to try and update that old disc-changer proxy.

Thanks, I'll have to have a look. My unit's been a bit dead in the water due to distribution issues, and I've had no time to move it around as of yet, so it's not in use at the moment.