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Unfortunately it only works in the other direction - it only lets you use HomeKit to control C4 devices, not the other way around. You also need a Homebridge hub - you can use your own Rasb Pi or buy one from Joshua with everything preinstalled.

One more thing Joshua - the Homebridge web UI now says that I don't have the latest Control4 driver. How do I tell which version of the driver that I have?

I just noticed that on my Homebridge Rpi I have 11 processes of apache2 running. Does that make sense? I don't think I use my Homebridge Pi for anything else so there shouldn't be anything else causing apache2 to run.

Where are you located? I took a quick look and it doesn't look like any of those have the same connectors. So you may have to rewire a connector to get those to work. And some of those are not the same size either so it might be tricky to screw them down to the case. You might want to keep buying used HC-300s for cheap prices.

Ok good, am I correct that devices like C4 Matrix amps and Music Bridge are the types of devices that have discrete volume? Anything else - like amps connected via IP or serial that have two way comms?

Ok, thanks. So does that mean we will be able to control C4 audio through HomeKit as if they were the new Apple speaker?

That was fast - thanks. Anything new coming, like more devices that would be supported in HomeKit?

This thread has been quiet for a while! I have Homebridge running on a Pi. Should I be doing an occasional sudo apt-get update and upgrade on the Pi, in addition to the Updates from the Homebridge Web UI?

That's about $10 less than a power supply. And as long as you are happy staying on the older OS then you can buy one for every room in the house if you can keep finding them at that price!

Great to hear. By "our code" do you mean that you have your own proprietary firmware that is installed on these URay devices to do the encoding?

So does this mean that if I use the 4K h.264 encoder and feed it a signal from a cable box that is 2160p with 5.1 surround sound that it will encode with 2160p video and 5.1 audio?

Thanks. How come these HDMI encoders don't appear to be sold in the US? Are they in a legal grey area? If you speak to Uray directly you should push them to include better audio support. The big downside to these devices is that they only support stereo.

That AliExpress link goes to the UHE265-1 device that only appears to support 1080p. "Support Resolution:Max 1920 * 1080P /60fps" On AliExpress I have found at least two URay devices that support 2160p30 - the Uray UHE264-1-4, an H.264 device for $380: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/H-264-4K-HDMI-Video-Streaming-IP-Encoder-IPTV-Encoder-For-IPTV-And-Live-Streaming-Broadcast/32835653624.html And the Uray UHE265-1-4, a H.265 device that also supports 2160p30: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/URay-HEVC-4K-Ultra-HD-HDMI-To-IP-Video-Encoder-H-265-H-264-IPTV-Encoder/32846556967.html Are either of these two 4K encoders supported in Net Play? Too bad these devices only support stereo audio.

Maybe call Allied - the part is still on their system they just have 0 in stock. You could also try buying a used HC-300 on ebay as they seem to be going for <$50. That's not much more than a PS, but then the PS in that unit may not last long either. As is alluded to above - I temporarily wired one up to the hard drive power leads from a PC power supply. If you know your way around a voltmeter you might want to give this a try. There's nothing special here you just need a 5VDC power supply that can output 3A.

Or your relationship with your wife.

I installed the app and I didn't see anything mentioning compatibility. I had to scroll through a long legal screen and now it is saying something like "you need a license"

Ok thanks, I am trying to find out from my cable provider - Rogers cable. I know what you are saying but I wonder if content with high speed movement, like sports, would suffer at 30 fps. Currently there are not a lot of 4K channels nine at Rogers.

Is this true of TV channels? The last two seasons of Toronto Blue Jays home games have been broadcast in 4k, although I am not sure the exact format, and many Toronto Raptors and Toronto Maple Leaf games are also broadcast in 4K. By broadcast I mean - distribute over cable or satellite.

Can you integrate Blue Iris with Video Storm or would you need to get the feed directly from the IP cameras?

The specs for that device show that the "4K" encoding is up to 2160p30 not 2160p60. Is that an issue?

I tried gifs and that didn't work. I also but in the qty field and that didn't work either. Very strange!

I am guessing you mean the small_image definitions that are on their own and then within the <proxy> statement. I added the one within the proxy statement when I couldn't get it working at first.

I was originally using a gif and switched to a png - I will try gif again in case I didn't have something else correct before. But I am pretty sure that I have seen other drivers using png.

I am working on a driver and I can't get the correct icons to show up in Composer. I have no issue getting my custom icons to show up in Navigator but they are not showing up at all in Composer. I have created a 16x16 file and a 32x32 file they are in the www/icons folder and they are referred to in the xml as can be seen below. But no matter what I do Composer displays the default media player icon which is three DVDs with a rainbow effect. <small image_source="c4z">icons/device_sm.png</small> <large image_source="c4z">icons/device_lg.png</large> <control>lua_gen</control> <composer_categories> <category>Audio/Video</category> </composer_categories> <proxies> <proxy proxybindingid="5001" name="SageTV" image_source="c4z" small_image="icons/device_sm.png" large_image="icons/device_lg.png">media_player</proxy> </proxies> And here is the www/icons folder: Directory of C:\Users\xxxxx\Documents\Control4\DriverDevelopement\SageExtender\www\icons 12/31/2017 04:54 PM <DIR> . 12/31/2017 04:54 PM <DIR> .. 12/31/2017 07:23 PM 2,039 device_lg.png 12/31/2017 07:22 PM 943 device_sm.png 12/31/2017 04:53 PM 12,249 experience100.png 12/31/2017 04:52 PM 13,564 experience110.png 12/31/2017 04:52 PM 14,618 experience120.png 12/31/2017 04:51 PM 15,474 experience130.png 12/29/2017 03:58 PM 17,898 experience140.png 12/29/2017 04:00 PM 1,197 experience20.png 12/31/2017 04:54 PM 2,359 experience30.png 12/31/2017 04:54 PM 3,505 experience40.png 12/29/2017 03:56 PM 103,775 experience400.png 12/31/2017 04:54 PM 4,713 experience50.png 12/31/2017 04:53 PM 5,890 experience60.png 12/29/2017 03:59 PM 5,892 experience70.png 12/31/2017 04:53 PM 8,903 experience80.png 12/29/2017 05:38 PM 7,958 experience90.png 16 File(s) 220,977 bytes 2 Dir(s) 41,820,078,080 bytes free Any suggestions?

Mouse emulation has some pros but it also has some cons as it is state-dependent. IMHO using keyboard commands generally works better. Or sending "StartApplication:Netflix" type of commands are even better if you want a more automated process. With Windows if you use the Ctrl-Escape combo in Windows 8 or 10 it brings up the Start Screen. That is useful for an HTPC as long as you put all of the stuff you will want to start as tiles in the start screen. You can then just use the arrow keys to navigate to the application that you want and run it from there. So if you wanted to run the Netflix, Plex or Kodi apps in Win10 it would be pretty easy to do.