Chapter 10 Applications

Click Applications > Media Server to open the following screen. Use this screen to view the media server’s status and rebuild the media server database.

Figure 102 Applications > Media Server > Media Server

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 37 Applications > Media Server > Media Server

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Status

This shows the media server’s current state of activity.

 

Synchronizing displays while the NSA is building the media database.

 

Ready means the NSA has finished building the database.

 

Stopped displays when the media server is dead and for a short time while the media

 

server is restarted before rebuilding the database.

 

 

Number of Music

This is how many music files the media server has to share out to media clients.

Tracks

 

 

 

Number of Photos

This is how many photo files the media server has to share out to media clients.

 

 

Number of Videos

This is how many video files the media server has to share out to media clients.

 

 

Refresh

Click this to update the information in the Status field.

 

 

Enable Media Server

Select this to have the NSA share the media files in the shares selected in the Share

 

Publish tab. Clear it to stop the NSA from sharing media files through the Home

 

screens or media players.

 

Select Home Screen and DLNA/UPnP Media Players to let users use the NSA’s

 

Home screens and media players to play the published media files. Users can play the

 

published media files by logging into the NSA or by using a media player connected to

 

the network without logging in.

 

Select Home Screen Only to require users to use the NSA’s Home screens play the

 

published media files. This lets you require users to log in to play the published media

 

files.

 

 

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