Driver News: XBMC Media Player

Our XBMC media player driver for Control4 allows seamless control over the XBMC media player with the following features

• IP based communications
• Transport controls
• Cover art on Control4's Navigator
• Audio End-Point assignment for volume up/down/mute functionality
• Video End-Point assignment for those wanting control over their PC's
• 2 way feedback via the JSON API for play, pause, stop, movie started/finished
• HTTP basic authentication integration (XBMC web server username and password)
• Samba Authentication integration (Control4 Network File Storage username and password)
• Assignable buttons for non intuitive buttons
• Wake on lan functionality
• Power off options
• Ability to send custom messages to XBMC via XBMC Notification (similar to Control4 Announcements via Navigator).

Control4 Navigator Interface

XBMC's User Interface

XBMC's User Interface

XBMC Notifcation from Control4