Media types

To take full advantage of media lookup services by Gracenote, your customers must have an account at customer.control4.com and their system must be registered to the account. See Composer Pro Getting Started for details. 

To add and scan songs and albums for playlists, they must be available in MP3, WMA, M4A/AAC, or FLAC format on an external USB drive, eSATA drive , or network share.

To add Internet radio stations, the Internet radio driver must be bound to the controller. See “Setting up Internet radio stations” in this document.

Tip: In OS 2.4 and later, you can use the TuneIn app to stream radio, news, sports and more from Internet stations worldwide. See the TuneIn Setup Guide or TuneIn User Guide for details.

You can set up your customer's audio and video media in a Control4 system for:

  • Controllers
  • Disc changers
  • Media players
  • Dock for iPod (iPods, iPhones, etc.)
  • Television broadcast channels
  • Radio broadcast stations
  • Internet radio
  • Satellite broadcast channels or music stations
  • Other external storage devices: USB flash drives and shared network drives 

You can also:

  • Add CDs and DVDs
  • Add individual songs
  • Add cover art, titles, albums, etc.
  • Create playlists
  • Use the auto-scan feature to scan movies or music
  • Add and scan supported files from third-party media managers, for example, iTunes
  • Edit media information for DVDs, CDs, etc.

To view and select the media from the Navigators, including wireless touch screens, on-screen, Control4 apps, and System Remote Control devices, you first need to add and scan the media to the Control4 controller. 

For the MP3, WMA, M4A/AAC, or FLAC files stored on an external hard drive or network location that you add and scan, you can create playlists saved to the Control4 controller’s hard drive in the media database. 

Note: Speaker Point does not support M4P/AAC. Play songs through Speaker Point using MP3.

Note: Internet radio supports only MP3, WMA, and MP4 streaming radio stations.

Tip: The Control4 system must be functioning correctly before performing any of the tasks mentioned in this section. For example, if a disc changer does not appear in the project tree and is not identified and connected to the system, media cannot be added to it.