User guide

Composer Pro User Guide

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200-00005 Composer Pro

User Guide Part 2

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Prerequisites

1. Ensure that a Controller is added to your project and identified to the network.

2. Ensure that your Controller has storage space for media.

To add and scan available media on a Controller:

1. Start Composer and connect to a Director.

2. Click System Design.

3. Click Connections.

4. In the Network tab, ensure that the Controller has an address. If it does not, you must go back

and identify the Controller to the network.

5. Click Media.

6. Select the Controller with the media you want to add, and click Add.

Tip: If a dialog box displays and states that you cannot add the media, make sure you identify the

Controller in the Connections view > Network tab.

7. Browse to the directory of music files to be added to the Controller.

After you add the files, the scan automatically starts. After a few moments, the media is scanned,

and a list of albums appears. You may see the On-screen Navigator update during this process.

Tip: Another way to add files from a network share to a Controller is to go to the Windows Start

menu, and select Run. Type //<Controller's IP

Address>/media/audio/music/<Artists>/<Albums> and copy the files there.

8. From the File menu, choose Refresh Navigators to make the new media is accessible through

the Navigators in the Control4 system.

5.4.5 Setting Up Media Stored on a Disc Changer

Use the Control4

Composer Pro Media view to add and scan media according to the options

available on your Disc Changer. Adding and scanning DVDs and CDs loaded in the Disc Changer

populates the media information in the Media Database. This permits users to view the media from

their Navigators.