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Chapter 3
Videos, Pictures, and Music
Media Files and Formats
To play media, the digital entertainer must be connected to the network, and the media server software must be running. The media files can be stored on any computer on the network, or on a CD in the computer’s CD drive. The media player locates the media in your library folders.
Table 3-1. Compatible Video and Audio Formats
Compatible File Formats
Video Formats | • |
| • SD and HD |
| DTS audio formats) |
| • SD and HD |
| • SD and HD WMV9 (using WMA audio codec) |
| • AVI audio codec: MP3, AC3, PCM, WMA, Ogg |
| • MOV: 3ivX + MP3, 3ivX + PCM (3ivX converted from |
| supported |
| • MP4: MP4V + MP4A (AAC) (only support |
| • Subtitle (MicroDVD, SubRip, Sub Station Alpha, Sami) |
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Audio Formats | • |
| • |
| • |
| • Ogg Vorbis (OGG) |
| • AC3 5.1 (AC3) |
| • Microsoft PCM Wave (WAV) |
| • Advanced Audio Coding (AAC, ADIF, ADTS) |
| • Apple MPEG4 AAC Audio (M4A) |
| • Microsoft Windows Media Audio version 1 and version 2 |
| (WMA) |
| • Microsoft Windows Media Audio Professional (WMA Pro) |
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The media server software is installed from the NETGEAR CD as described in Chapter 1, “Installing Your Digital Entertainer”.