Chapter 10 Applications

 

 

 

 

Table 37 Applications > Media Server > Media Server

 

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

Auto Scan Published

The NSA has to scan the published shares and find the media files before the media

 

Shares

server can share them. Select this to automatically scan the published shares for media

 

 

files.

 

 

The auto-scan after adding a large number of files to your published shares could take

 

 

up enough of the NSA’s resources to slow other functions like file downloads or sharing.

 

 

Clear this option to stop the NSA from automatically scanning the published shares for

 

 

media files. With the auto-scan disabled, you can still click the Rescan Content button

 

 

to have the NSA scan for newly added media files.

 

 

 

 

Generate

Select this to have the NSA create thumbnails for media files. Clear it to stop the NSA

 

Thumbnails

from creating thumbnails for media files. If you enable this and click Apply, the NSA

 

 

rebuilds the media server database. This can take a long time if the published shares

 

 

contain many files.

 

 

 

 

Rebuild Database

Click this to have the NSA completely rebuild the media server database and scan all of

 

 

the published share contents for media files. This can take a long time if the published

 

 

shares contain many files. You may need to use this if the media clients cannot see the

 

 

files in the media server.

 

 

 

 

Rescan Content

Click this to have the NSA scan for newly added media files. This only checks the files

 

 

added to the published shares since the last scan and is faster than rebuilding the

 

 

database.

 

 

 

 

Apply

Click this to save your changes.

 

 

 

 

Reset

Click this to restore your previously saved settings.

 

 

 

10.5.1 The Media Server Share Publish Screen

Click Applications > Media Server > Share Publish to open the following screen. Use this screen to select shares to publish (share with media clients like the DMA-2501 and iTunes).

Figure 103 Applications > Media Server > Share Publish

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 38 Applications > Media Server > Share Publish

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Publish

Select this to have the media server share a share’s media files with media clients.

 

 

Share Name

This column lists names of shares on the NSA.

 

 

Publish Music Tracks

Select this to give media clients access to the share’s music files.

 

 

Publish Photos

Select this to give media clients access to the share’s photo files.

 

 

Publish Videos

Select this to give media clients access to the share’s video files.

 

 

 

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