rchawla80 Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Hi there,I upgraded my house to a HC-300 with old HTC's and one old media controller. Should I be able to do the 1.7 upgrade with no issues? I remember going from 1.3 to 1.6, I had to buy an HC300 to fix a lot of issues.What will 1.7 have? ... Any help is appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecodeman Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 No reason unless you buy any of the new hardware that's requiring 1.7. See the other thread:http://www.c4forums.com/viewtopic.php?id=2624 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maniac36 Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 You need 1.7 (plus a yet to be determined fee) if you want to be able to use your iPhone to control your system!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rchawla80 Posted December 3, 2008 Author Share Posted December 3, 2008 what about video streaming? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecodeman Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 what about video streaming?From the netgear or zatabit, yes, 1.7 is required. Which is why I said, unless you have any of the new hardware.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanE Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Actually, there's a 1.6 driver for the Zatabit.RyanE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecodeman Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 O Rly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanE Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 "We currently offer two way IP drivers including metadata integration for 1.3.2 and 1.6" -- Rick at Zatabit:http://www.c4forums.com/viewtopic.php?id=2171RyanE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rchawla80 Posted December 3, 2008 Author Share Posted December 3, 2008 So back to my question... if I have 1.6 ... or 1.7 .. and only one HC300 and I get the NetGear Media Device, I should be able to stream video to different locations...from the netgear device, even though I have old HTC's that are 100MBit?Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanE Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 The Control4 system doesn't do the media streaming, it just controls the 'video player' device.The 'netgear device' doesn't stream the media, it is an *endpoint* for streaming media. The hard drive where the video is stored is the *source* of the same media.It's very similar to how audio distribution works currently in a Control4 system. The audio is stored somewhere on the network, the Control4 system indexes the audio and lets you manage the audio. The audio is streamed from the network to an audio endpoint (in this case, to a Control4 controller or SpeakerPoint), which plays the audio.The only difference is that the video endpoint in this case is the Netgear EVA8000.The streaming and whether it will work properly depends on having:* Files that are compatible with your video end point* Video storage that is fast enough to stream the video* A Network that is fast enough to streametc.RyanE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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