User manual COMPAQ EX490 MEDIASMART SERVER

[. . . ] HP MediaSmart Server User's Guide Table of Contents Chapter 1. The Server at a Glance Find a Home for Your Server Server Location Network Requirements Supported Operating Systems Wireless Support Turn on the Server Install the Software Update Your Firewall's Trusted Program List Install Software on the First PC Install Software on Additional PCs Install the Software on a Mac Troubleshooting a Mac Connection to the Server Uninstall the Software Uninstall the PC Client Software Uninstall the Mac Client Software HP Software Updates HP Update Settings Update and Roll Back the Server Update and Roll Back Client PCs Update and Roll Back Mac Clients 1 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 7 7 9 9 20 28 31 32 38 38 39 39 39 42 46 51 Chapter 3. Start Using Your Server Guided Tour HP Home Page Windows Home Server Console First Steps PC Backup and Restore Mac Time Machine Backup Using Shared Folders Enable Guest Account or Set up User Accounts Configure Remote Access Secure your Server from Intruders Add Shared Folders to Network Places Install HP Add-ins for Windows Home Server Register Your Server Configure Server Settings Getting Help for Using Your Server 55 55 55 57 59 59 60 64 67 70 72 76 77 78 79 86 Chapter 4. HP Media Collector About HP Media Collector Configuring Media Collector Configuring Media Collector General Settings Configuring Media Collector for Photos Configuring Media Collector for Music Configure Media Collector for Videos Media Collector Status HP Media Collector Troubleshooting 89 89 91 91 91 94 97 98 98 iii HP MediaSmart Server User's Guide Chapter 5. [. . . ] Click Cancel. Cause Adobe Flash Player 9. 0. 115. 0 or later is required. Solution Go to www. adobe. com and click Get Adobe Flash Player. Install Adobe Flash Player version 9. 0. 115. 0 or higher. MEDIA STREAMER, HOW TO USE THE BUTTONS PLAYER PANE What is the Player Pane IN THE The Player Pane is where you control the streaming music or the selected photo, see the examples below. 149 HP MediaSmart Server User's Guide 150 Media Streaming Music Player Pane Buttons The list below describes the music player pane button functionality: · · Shuffle Songs button, when this button is selected it will have a blue ring Previous Song button · · Play/Pause button Next Song button 151 HP MediaSmart Server User's Guide · · Repeat all Songs button, when this button is selected it will have a blue ring Volume Control Bar Photo Player Pane Buttons The list below describes the photo player pane button functionality: · Enlarge Slide Show button, when this button is selected the slide show will fill the browser · · Shuffle Songs button, when this button is selected it will have a blue ring Previous Song button · · Play/Pause button Next Song button · Repeat all Songs button, when this button is selected it will have a blue ring · Slide Show Speed Control Bar · Shrink Slide Show button, when this button is selected the slide show will shrink to fit the player pane 152 Media Streaming NO MUSIC TO STREAM This dialog box will appear when you open Media Streaming and you click the Music button and you: · Do not have music on your Server or · You have not configured the server for streaming media. No music on your Server Place music on your server in the following location "<name of server>/Music" and then configure your server for streaming media. 153 HP MediaSmart Server User's Guide STARTING MULTIPLE M4A FILES STOPS MUSIC ADDITIONAL FILES DO NOT TRANSCODE Symptom AND Go to a folder with m4a files. Start playing the first track, when music starts click next a few times. The music will stop after a few seconds. Cause The server is transcoding multiple files and this can cause gaps in the playing of music. Solution Do not click next as rapidly, give the Server some time to do it's transcoding REMOTE MEDIA STREAMING, ANIMATED GIF FILES DISPLAY UNTIL THE FILE IS SELECTED DO NOT In Web Media Remote Streamer, looking at a folder with animated gif files; the thumbnail preview and the display pane do not show an image. REMOTE MEDIA STREAMING, AUDIO FILES ARE TRUNCATED ON A SLOW CONNECTION Symptom Audio file playback is truncated on a slow uplink connection. The files play about 3/4 of the way through and then playback stops and the next song starts. This happens on connections below approximately 400Kbits. Cause Uplink Connection is slow. STREAMING MEDIA TO A DEVICE Why does the server show up twice on my DMA list? If you are running both Windows Media Connect and TwonkyMedia, they will both show up when you view menus on your digital media adaptor. Once you turn on media sharing using Windows Media Connect, this program will always display the HP MediaSmart Server in your digital media adaptor list. However, you can disable media sharing for the folders under the HP MediaSmart Server. See Why do I see duplicate songs, 154 Media Streaming pictures, or videos on my DMA list?Alternately, you can turn off TwonkyMedia media sharing and remove the duplicate HP MediaSmart Server from your digital media adaptor list. For additional information on these programs, see Windows Media Connect 2. 0 and TwonkyMedia Comparison. To turn off TwonkyMedia media sharing 1. At the PC, double-click the Windows Home Server icon in the system tray and log on. 4. Media Files (Audio/Video) of Supported Format Aren't Seen by Device. Possible naming convention issues. Double-check names on server, make sure they start with a letter, and not a number or symbol. My Files Do Not Show Up on My DMA In this article. . . Once WMC has been enabled to share a shared folder, it continually monitors the folder for new files. If your DMA does not display WMC from the HP MediaSmart Server, or none of your files are found by the DMA. If some of your files (e. g. , files newly copied to the server) are not found by the DMA. Digital Media Adapters (DMA, or Digital Media Receivers - DMR) use the Universal Plug 'n Play (UPnP) protocol to automatically discover Digital Media Servers (DMS). The HP MediaSmart Server uses Windows Media Connect 2. 0 (WMC) as its DMS. In order for a DMA to discover the HP MediaSmart Server and access its content, WMC must be enabled. WMC defaults to being disabled; it is automatically enabled for all DMAs when the server administrator selects one or more of the three media shared folders (Music, Photos and Videos) for media sharing. On your DMA, you should then see the HP MediaSmart Server listed as: <YourServerName>: 1 : Windows Media Connect Note Some DMAs aggregate the content from all DMSs into a single view; in such a case you may not be able to identify each DMS individually. Further troubleshooting steps form DMA follow: 155 HP MediaSmart Server User's Guide Once WMC has been enabled to share a shared folder, it continually monitors the folder for new files. 1. [. . . ] physical hard disk: The actual hard disk (hard drive) located in a device that stores files and data. 314 Glossary port 80: Usually, an HTTP client, such as a Web browser, initiates contact to a server through port 80. After contacting the server, the server sends back a response, such as a Photo Publisher page. Privilege level: A level assigned by the user that decides what access levels are available to other users. Protocol: The standard(s) of how computers communicate data with each other. R router: A device connected to your computer that joins two or more networks. [. . . ]