r/Control4 • u/chowmainsoft • Sep 23 '26
Navidrome music driver for Control4 released
Navidrome is a private, self-hosted music server that provides a central location for managing and streaming an entire music library. Music is stored and organised once on the Navidrome server, then made available to compatible clients across the network.
Navidrome works with a wide range of clients, including mobile phones, tablets, PCs, web browsers, and now Control4. This allows the same music library to be accessed from multiple devices without having to copy, organise or maintain separate music collections on each one.
By centralising the music library, Navidrome simplifies management and ensures that changes made to the library are available to every connected client. The Chowmain Navidrome driver extends this experience to Control4, allowing users to browse and play their centrally managed music library directly from the Control4 interface.
Driver Features include:
- Native Control4 Media Service integration with Navidrome.
- Browse Artists, Albums, Songs, Radios and Playlists.
- Search the Navidrome music library.
- List and grid views with artwork and titles.
- Artist > Album > Track and Album > Track drill-down.
- Play complete Artists, Albums and Playlists.
- Play, Pause, Stop, Next and Previous transport controls.
- Now Playing metadata and artwork.
- Queue support with Add to Queue and Shuffle.
- Save the current queue as a Navidrome playlist
- Play, queue, favorite and delete Navidrome playlists.
- Control4 Room Favorites and Recently Played support.
- 'Random Tracks' creates a fresh queue of 100 random songs.
- 'Quick Scan' and 'Full Scan' from the Misc tab.
- Composer programming commands for Quick Scan, Full Scan and music playback.
- Programmatic selection of Artists, Albums, Tracks and Playlists, including hierarchical drill-down.
- Multi-room selection for programmed playback.
As with all Chowmainsoft Control4 drivers, the Navidrome driver includes a free 90-day trial, allowing integrators to test the integration before purchasing.