Chapter 6. Media Streaming. HP Data Vault
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Streaming media allows you to enjoy your videos, music, and photos in any room of your home and outside your home. Even when you are away from home, you can enjoy your media on any computer that has a Web browser .
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Streaming to your Television, Stereo, and Home PC
Streaming to a Remote Computer
Streaming Media Requirements
Before Streaming Media can work, you must:
• Store media on the HP Data Vault
• Set up and enable Remote Access
• Set up Digital Media Receivers in your home
Streaming Media Types
Your HP Data Vault can only stream media files such as music, photos, and videos. Non-media files are not available for streaming (Microsoft Word files, Spreadsheet files, etc).
Putting Media on the Server
You can put media on your HP Data Vault in two ways:
• Drag and drop media files to the folders on your Server
• Configure Media Collector to copy files to your Server
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Media Collector scans the computers in your home network and copies media to the server. You can choose how often Media Collector copies files; and you can choose what Media Collector copies and how to organize media on the server.
Streaming to your Television, Stereo, and Home PC
Your HP Data Vault uses Digital Media Servers to stream media from the Server to a Digital
Media Receiver that is attached to your television and stereo.
Streaming to Xbox
1. Open Xbox and navigate to My Xbox.
2. Select either Music Library, Picture Library, or Video Library.
3. Select hpstorage from the list of sources.
If you renamed your server during the initial software installation, that name will be listed.
4. Navigate to the file you want to view or play.
Streaming to PlayStation3
1. Open PlayStaion3 and navigate to Photo, Music, or Video.
2. Select hpstorage from the list of sources.
If you renamed your server during the initial software installation, that name will be listed.
3. Navigate to the file you want to view or play.
Streaming to a Remote Computer
You can stream from the Internet using the HP Web Streamer application. When you are traveling, you can stream media from your HP Data Vault to any computer that has a Web browser .
Your Server has a Digital Media Server called TwonkyMedia and a Web server. TwonkyMedia prepares your media for streaming and the Web server streams media to the Internet where your computer can play it on a Web browser.
Streaming to iTunes
You can listen to the music files from your HP Data Vault using iTunes. You cannot stream photos or videos to iTunes, only music files. iTunes can stream DRM-protected media.
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Verify Media Server is Enabled
Configure TwonkyMedia to Stream Photos, Music, and Videos
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Enable and Configure HP Media Collector
Enable and Configure HP Video Converter
Verify Media Server is Enabled
Before you can stream photos, music, and videos in the home, Media Server must be enabled.
Media Server is enabled out-of-the-box. To verify that Media Server is enabled, perform the following steps.
1. At the PC, double-click the Windows Home Server icon in the system tray and log on.
At the Mac, select Launch Home Server Console from the Server menu .
2. Click Media and then In-home Streaming in the left menu.
3. Verify the button at the of the page says S Sharing.
If the button says Start Sharing, click it to enable media sharing.
Configure TwonkyMedia to Stream Photos, Music, and Videos
TwonkyMedia is enabled by default in your HP Data Vault. To configure or change
TwonkyMedia settings, follow these steps:
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1. At the PC, double-click the Windows Home Server icon in the system tray and log on.
At the Mac, select Launch Home Server Console from the Server menu .
2. Click Settings in the upper right corner of the Console.
3. Click TwonkyMedia in the left menu.
You can change settings here by using these tabs:
• Media Sharing Folders—Add, Edit, or Remove.
• Media Receivers—Add, Edit, or Remove. Check Automatic Sharing here to enable sharing for new media receivers automatically.
• Maintenance—Rebuild the database, and Reset to Default all media server settings.
Create and View Log Files for debugging purposes. And you can change the default Web server port.
5. Click OK to finish.
Configure Server for iTunes
You can centralize your iTunes library for playback on any computer on your home network that runs iTunes.
Your Server is enabled for iTunes by default. To set up your Server for iTunes follow these steps:
1. At the PC, double-click the Windows Home Server icon in the system tray and log on.
At the Mac, select Launch Home Server Console from the Server menu .
2. Select Media and then Server for iTunes in the left menu.
3. Click Configuration.
Here you can set up the following:
• Status—enable or disable.
• Shared name—specify the shared name you want to display in iTunes.
• Require password—check to require password. The default setting here is no password. If you assign a password, then only users who provide the correct password can play music from your
Server's shared library.
• Check interval—how often to check for music that has been added to the shared Music folder on the server. By default this is set to check every 5 minutes.
5. Click OK to finish.
Enable and Configure HP Media Collector
1. At the PC, double-click the Windows Home Server icon in the system tray and log on.
At the Mac, select Launch Home Server Console from the Server menu .
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2. Click Media and then HP Media Collector in the left menu.
3. Click Configuration.
The HP Media Collector General Settings panel opens.
4. Complete the steps in the wizard.
For additional information, see the following help ics.
Configuring Media Collector General Settings
Configuring Media Collector for Photos
Configuring Media Collector for Music
Configuring Media Collector for Videos
Enable and Configure HP Video Converter
1. At the PC, double-click the Windows Home Server icon in the system tray and log on.
At the Mac, select Launch Home Server Console from the Server menu .
2. Click Media and then Video Converter in the left menu.
3. Click Configure.
The HP Video Converter Settings panel opens.
4. Complete the steps in the wizard.
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Create User Account with Remote Access Enabled
Verify Media Server is Enabled
Configure TwonkyMedia to Stream Photos, Music, and Videos
Enable and Configure HP Media Collector
Enable and Configure HP Video Converter
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Configure Remote Access
1. At the PC, double-click the Windows Home Server icon in the system tray and log on.
At the Mac, select Launch Home Server Console from the Server menu .
2. Click Settings in the upper right of the Console.
3. Click Remote Access in the left menu.
4. Click to Turn on remote access.
5. The wizard then prompts you to select a Domain Name Provider and create a domain name.
6. Once the wizard is complete, customize Web site settings as desired.
7. Click OK.
For additional information, see
Create User Account with Remote Access Enabled
1. At the PC, double-click the Windows Home Server icon in the system tray and log on.
At the Mac, select Launch Home Server Console from the Server menu .
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2. Click the User Accounts tab at the of the page. If the User Accounts Setup dialog displays click
OK.
3. Click Add, this will open the Add User Account screen. enter user information. Check the
Enable Remote Access for this user check box. Make an appropriate choice concerning allowing access to computer and folders.
4. Click Next.
5. Enter and confirm a strong password. A strong password is suggested to ensure security and is required to use remote access. A strong password must be at least 7 characters long and must fulfill three of the following four character criteria:
• Uppercase characters
• Lowercase characters
• Numbers
• Symbols (such as !, @, #, and so on.)
7. Click Next.
8. Select access to shared folders
9. Click Finish.
10. Click Done.
For additional information, see
Enable Guest Account or Set up User Accounts .
Verify Media Server is Enabled
1. At the PC, double-click the Windows Home Server icon in the system tray and log on.
At the Mac, select Launch Home Server Console from the Server menu .
2. Click Media and then In-home Streaming in the left menu.
3. Verify the button at the of the page says S Sharing.
If the button says Start Sharing, click it to enable media sharing.
Configure TwonkyMedia to Stream Photos, Music, and Videos
TwonkyMedia is enabled by default in your HP Data Vault. To configure or change
TwonkyMedia settings, follow these steps:
1. At the PC, double-click the Windows Home Server icon in the system tray and log on.
At the Mac, select Launch Home Server Console from the Server menu .
2. Click Settings in the upper right corner of the Console.
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3. Click TwonkyMedia in the left menu.
You can change settings here by using these tabs:
• Media Sharing Folders—Add, Edit, or Remove.
• Media Receivers—Add, Edit, or Remove. Check Automatic Sharing here to enable sharing for new media receivers automatically.
• Maintenance—Rebuild the database, and Reset to Default all media server settings.
Create and View Log Files for debugging purposes. And you can change the default Web server port.
5. Click OK to finish.
Enable and Configure HP Media Collector
1. At the PC, double-click the Windows Home Server icon in the system tray and log on.
At the Mac, select Launch Home Server Console from the Server menu .
2. Click Media and then HP Media Collector in the left menu.
3. Click Configuration.
The HP Media Collector General Settings panel opens.
4. Complete the steps in the wizard.
For additional information, see the following help ics.
Configuring Media Collector General Settings
Configuring Media Collector for Photos
Configuring Media Collector for Music
Configuring Media Collector for Videos
Enable and Configure HP Video Converter
1. At the PC, double-click the Windows Home Server icon in the system tray and log on.
At the Mac, select Launch Home Server Console from the Server menu .
2. Click Media and then Video Converter in the left menu.
3. Click Configure.
The HP Video Converter Settings panel opens.
4. Complete the steps in the wizard.
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About TwonkyMedia
We strongly recommend that you use TwonkyMedia as your Digital Media Server. TwonkyMedia is enabled by default in your HP Data Vault. TwonkyMedia includes these features:
Allows your digital media receiver ( DMR ) to see photo thumbnails for pictures and album artwork for music
Supports remote media streaming
• Supports more media formats than Windows Media Connect
Complies with the Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) protocol which allows support for more DMRs
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File Compatibility for Local Streaming
TwonkyMedia and Remote Streaming
File Compatibility for Local Streaming
The table below compares local streaming file compatibility between TwonkyMedia and Windows
Media Connect.
TwonkyMedia and Windows
Media Connect File
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Music Formats
3gp Yes ac3 Yes aiff Yes asf Yes Yes
FLAC Yes
LPCM Yes m4a Yes
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Media Connect File
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TwonkyMedia Windows
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Connect mp1 Yes mp2 Yes mp3 Yes mp4 Yes mpa Yes ogg Yes wav Yes Yes wma Yes Yes bmp
Picture Formats
Yes Yes gif Yes Yes jpg Yes Yes png Yes Yes tif, tiff Yes Yes
Video Formats
Yes 3gp asf Yes avi Yes Yes
DivX Yes dvr-ms Yes Yes m1v Yes m4v Yes mpe Yes mpg/mpeg Yes Yes
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MPEG-1 Yes Yes
MPEG-2 Yes
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MPEG-4 Yes vdr Yes vob Yes wmv Yes Yes
Xvid Yes
Playlist Formats m3u Yes pla Yes
Yes wpl Yes Yes
TwonkyMedia Default Settings
1. At the PC, double-click the Windows Home Server icon in the system tray and log on.
At the Mac, select Launch Home Server Console from the Server menu .
2. Click Settings in the upper right corner of the Console.
3. Click TwonkyMedia in the left menu.
TwonkyMedia has these default settings in your HP Data Vault:
Enables three folders for media streaming (You can add more.):
Music—music only (album art is displayed but is not shared as a picture)
Photos—music, photos, and videos
Videos—videos only
Gives all newly-detected DMRs access to your media
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UPnP A/V and DLNA
Universal Plug and Play Audio Video ( UPnP A/V) and Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) define standard network protocols for streaming media.
• UPnP A/V is a set of network protocols that allow networked devices to communicate seamlessly in a home networking environment. The Digital Media Servers on your HP Data Vault,
TwonkyMedia and Windows Media Connect, use UPnP/AV.
• DLNA is a set of standards (that includes UPnP A/V) for sharing media between devices.
TwonkyMedia is DLNA compliant. Windows Media Connect is not. This compliance allows
TwonkyMedia to work with more DMRs.
TwonkyMedia and Remote Streaming
You can stream media to your lap in the hotel room or to your friend’s computer in London.
TwonkyMedia takes media from the folders on your disk and streams this to the Web server. The
Web server streams your media files to the Internet where you can access them from any computer that has an Internet browser.
Configure TwonkyMedia for Streaming Media
TwonkyMedia is enabled by default in your HP Data Vault. To configure or change
TwonkyMedia settings, follow these steps:
1. At the PC, double-click the Windows Home Server icon in the system tray and log on.
At the Mac, select Launch Home Server Console from the Server menu .
2. Click Settings in the upper right corner of the Console.
3. Click TwonkyMedia in the left menu.
You can change settings here by using these tabs:
• Media Sharing Folders—Add, Edit, or Remove.
• Media Receivers—Add, Edit, or Remove. Check Automatic Sharing here to enable sharing for new media receivers automatically.
• Maintenance—Rebuild the database, and Reset to Default all media server settings.
Create and View Log Files for debugging purposes. And you can change the default Web server port.
5. Click OK to finish.
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Troubleshooting and FAQs
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Symptom
TwonkyMedia was connected to a DMA and now I want to Disable Media Sharing. I go to the
TwonkyMedia, click Media server settings and click the Media Sharing Folders tab. I double click on each of the folders to disable sharing.
TwonkyMedia is still streaming media.
Workaround
Disabling the media sharing does not halt the media sharing. This has to be accomplished through the TwonkyMedia pane of the Windows Home Server Console.
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Solution
Click S Sharing on the TwonkyMedia pane of the Windows Home Server Console.
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Settings for iTunes
You can centralize your iTunes library for playback on any computer on your home network that runs iTunes.
Your Server is enabled for iTunes by default. To set up your Server for iTunes follow these steps:
1. At the PC, double-click the Windows Home Server icon in the system tray and log on.
At the Mac, select Launch Home Server Console from the Server menu .
2. Select Media and then Server for iTunes in the left menu.
3. Click Configuration.
Here you can set up the following:
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• Status—enable or disable.
• Shared name—specify the shared name you want to display in iTunes.
• Require password—check to require password. The default setting here is no password. If you assign a password, then only users who provide the correct password can play music from your
Server's shared library.
• Check interval—how often to check for music that has been added to the shared Music folder on the server. By default this is set to check every 5 minutes.
5. Click OK to finish.
Troubleshooting and FAQs
I T UNES F R E Q U E N T L Y A SKE D Q U E STIONS
Song Selection from the Server is not Updating with New
Additions.
Server has not refreshed yet.
• Wait for the Server to synchronize.
• Click on eject button on the Server bar.
Podcasts not Showing in Playlist.
Podcasts copied over will not show in playlist for server.
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The HP Data Vault includes a media server for streaming iTunes music to PCs running iTunes through the house. See the section in the User's Guide on iTunes.
For Windows Media DRM (WMDRM) content (protected .wma music and .wmv videos), the HP
Data Vault does not support streaming of this content to DMAs at this time. Playing (and streaming) of WMDRM protected content requires that the device that is playing the content have a license for the content. When you downloaded the content to your PC, you also received a license to play the content on that PC. If you copy the files to the HP Data Vault, you cannot copy or transfer the license to the server. The server must obtain its own license, and we do not provide for this feature in the current product.
What you can do however, is store your protected content on the HP Data Vault. This allows all of the PCs in the home that have a license for the content to play it from the HP Data Vault by accessing it through the network. For example, to add all of the music on your Server to the
Windows Media Player library on your PC:
1. Open Windows Media Player on your PC.
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2. Select File, then Add to Media Library, and click Add Folder….
3. In the Add Folder dialog, type \\<YourServerName>\Music and click OK.
This will add all of the music files in your Music shared folder on the HP Data Vault to your
Windows Media Player library. You will then be able to play all of the protected content for which this PC has a license.
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About the HP Media Streamer
The HP Media Streamer allows you to store music, videos, and photos on your server and stream them to computers on your network or logged in remotely over the Internet for viewing and listening.
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Open Media Streamer from the HP Home Page
Open Media Streamer using a Web Browser
File Formats Supported by the HP Media Streamer
Before You Begin Using the HP Media Streamer
Open Media Streamer from the HP Home Page
You can open the Media Streamer from the HP Home Page while your computer is connected to the network or logged in remotely over the Internet.
1. At the PC, double-click the HP Data Vault desk icon.
At the Mac, select Open Home Page from the Server menu .
2. Click Media Streamer.
Open Media Streamer using a Web Browser
Media Streamer is a Web application that can be opened using a web browser such as Internet
Explorer, Firefox, or Safari, and a personal URL. When you open Media Streamer this way, it assumes you are opening it through a remote Internet connection and you must log on using a server user account.
1. Open a Web browser and type your personal URL address in the address bar.
An example URL is: smithfamily.HPhome.com. If you have not created a URL for your server, see
. The browser opens the Windows Homer Server home page.
2. Click Media Streamer.
3. Enter your HP Data Vault User Name and Password.
If you have not created a user account, see Enable Guest Account or Set up User Accounts
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File Formats Supported by the HP Media Streamer
The files and types listed below are compatible for Media Streaming :
Audio Formats
MP3, AAC-LC, PCM
Compatibility for Audio
.wma, .mp3, .m4a, .mp4, .aac, .wav
Compatibility for Photo
.jpg, .tif, .tiff, .png, .gif, .bmp
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Before You Begin Using the HP Media Streamer
Before you can run Media Streamer you must:
• Install Flash 9 plugin for the Web browser on your computer
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Configure TwonkyMedia for Streaming Media on your HP Data Vault
• Configure Remote Access on your Server (required for remote access only)
with a strong password (required for remote access only)
HP Media Streamer Music Page
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Album View
The Album view on the Music page has two selection panels (Album and Tracks) and a media
Player. The blue background shows the item selected in each panel.
The Album panel shows a list of the albums available on the server sorted alphabetically by album title. When you select an album, the tracks for that album appear in the tracks panel. You can jump to a different album in the list by typing the first letter of an album.
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In the Tracks panel, the tracks sort by track order. Again, you can jump to a different section of each column by typing the first letter of any Title, Artist, or Album.
Artists View
The Artists view on the Music page has three selection panels (Artists, Albums, Tracks) and a media Player. The blue bar shows the item selected in each panel.
In the Artists and Albums panels, names sort alphabetically. When you select an artist, the albums for that artist appear in the Albums panel. When you select a single album, the tracks for the selected album appear in the tracks panel sorted by song title.
The Artists and Albums panels have an – All – item at the . This allows you to select all artists or albums and this option always stays on screen.
• Selecting – All – in the Artists panel will list all albums in the albums panel.
• Selecting –All – in the Albums panel will list the tracks from all albums by that artist in the tracks panel.
The Albums column in the Artist panel shows the number of albums for – All – and for each artist. The Tracks column in the Albums panel shows the number of tracks for – All – and for each artist.
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In the Tracks panel, the Tracks sorts by song title.
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Folders View
The Folders View of the Music page has two selection panels and a media player.
The selection panel shows folders in a typical file browser view sorted in alphabetical order.
Tracks Panel
The tracks panel shows tracks sorted by track number.
Note
Music tracks in sub folders are not included in the Tracks panel list.
Selection Bar
This blue bar shows the item selected in each panel.
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Playlists View
The Playlists View has two selection panels and a media player.
There are three pre-defined playlists: -Last played- , -Most played-, and Recently added. And the user’s personal playlists are listed below.
Tracks from the selected playlist display in the Tracks panel. Playlist tracks sort in playlist order.
Note
Playlists display up to 500 songs.
Selection Bar
This blue bar shows the item selected in each panel. When you open Media Streamer the Selection
Bar highlights what you last selected.
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Media Player
From the down, the Player shows these features:
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• Player window shows album art (if available)
• Blue Display area – shows artist on line, album in the middle line, track name on the bottom line. Below the Text the progress bar shows the amount of time played. Names that are too wide to fully display in the player can be read in a tool tip by hovering the mouse over desired name.
• Progress Bar –Click the progress bar at the place you want to play or slide the arrow to the desired time.
• Song progress text – shows the current position in time for the song and total song duration.
• Player Controls are in left to right order:
• Full Screen Toggle
• Shuffle Toggle – blue circle outline indicated shuffle is turned on
• Previous Track
• Play/Pause toggle
• Next track
• Repeat Toggle -- blue circle outline indicates repeat is turned on
• Below the player controls is the volume control slider bar. You can grab and move this to left and right or click the desired position on the slider bar.
Tracks Panel
The columns: Length, Artist, Album, Composer, and Genre give information about each track and are sort-able by clicking the column header. Once the column is sorted, type the first letter of the value you are looking for, and the first track with a value in that column that matches will be selected, but not played. Repeating the key press will move the selection to the next value beginning with the letter typed.
Click the desired track with mouse and it will begin to play.
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HP Media Streamer Photos Page
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Date View
The Photo Page, Date View has three selection panels and one media player.
The Year panel has a column showing years and a column showing the number of photos in that year.
The Month panel has a month column that shows the number of the month, only the months that have photos show up and a column showing the number of photos in that month and year.
The Photos panel displays thumbnails, if you hover over a thumbnail a tool tip will display the filename.
Selection Bar
This blue bar shows the item selected in each panel.
– All – The Year and Month panels have an – All – item.
• Selecting - All - in the year panel will list all months in the month panel, each month entry includes the photos from that month for all years combined.
• Selecting – All – in the month panel will show all photos for the selected year in the photos panel.
Selecting a particular year in the year panel will load all months that contain images from that year.
Selecting on a particular month will load the thumbnails of all images for that month in the photos panel.
Selecting a photo thumbnail in the photos panel will load the image in the media player.
The figure below shows the Photos Page—Date View
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Folder View
The Photos Page, Folder View has two selection panels and one media player
The selection panel shows folders in a typical file browser view.
In the photos panel thumbnails of the images in the folder selected in the file browser view are displayed. Images in sub folders are not shown in the photo panel.
Selecting a photo thumbnail in the photos panel will load the image in the media player.
Selection Bar
This blue bar shows the item selected in each panel.
The figure below shows the Photos Page—Folder View
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Playlist View
The Playlists View has two selection panels and a media player.
There are three pre-defined playlists: -Most played-, -Last played-, and -Recently Added-.
Photo thumbnails from the selected playlist display in the photos panel. Playlist photos sort in playlist order.
Note
Playlists display up to 500 photos.
Selection Bar
This blue bar shows the item selected in each panel.
The figure below shows the Photos Page—Playlist View
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Full Screen View
This view shows the picture in the full browser window . The player controls appear in a semitransparent gray bar in the bottom center of the picture. The controls will fade out after 3 seconds.
Moving the mouse in the photo viewer window will make the controls appear again.
The figure below shows the Photos Page—Full Screen View
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HP Media Streamer Videos Page
Note
To ensure that your videos can be streamed, videos should be processed through the HP Video
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All View
The All view of the Videos page has one selection panel and the media player.
In the Videos panel, videos available for streaming are presented.
Selection Bar
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This blue bar shows the item selected in each panel.
Selecting a video in the Videos Panel will start loading the video in the video player. You must then click the play button to start the video.
Folders View
The Folders view of the Videos page has two selection panels.
The selection panel shows folders in a typical file browser view. The lower panel lists videos for the selected folder.
Selection Bar
This blue bar shows the item selected in each panel.
Selecting a video in the Folder Panel lists the videos in that folder in the Videos Panel.
Selecting a video in the Videos Panel will start loading the video in the video player. You must then click the play button to start the video.
The figure below shows the Videos Page – Folders View
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Playlists View
The Playlists View has two selection panels and a media player.
There are three pre–defined playlists: – Most played–, –Last played–, and –Recently Added– which are displayed in the Playlist panel. The playlist panel also lists the number of videos in each playlist.
Videos from the selected playlist display in the videos panel. Playlist videos sort in playlist order.
Selecting a video in the Videos Panel will start loading the video in the video player. You must then click the play button to start the video.
Note
Playlists display up to 500 videos.
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Video Quality Filter
By default the Video page will open with Converted Mobile videos.
You have three choices for Video Quality
Converted – Mobile These Videos are suitable for mobile devices and remote video streaming
(the video will be no larger than QVGA: 320w x 240h). This is to make support of mobile devices easier, and to provide videos suitable for remote media streaming .
• Converted – Full. Full resolution keeps the source video’s screen resolution, and basically just creates an output file with the new format for the provided input. Video and audio quality should be very similar to the source material for Full resolution videos. You may notice some differences
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• All. Displays all videos in the shared folder.
Status link
Clicking the Status link will bring up a report that can tell you the status of your video
conversions. For more information see Automating Video Conversion
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Clicking a file will give a more detailed explanation of its status. If the explanations disappear too soon, remove the check from the Auto-Fresh box.
Should the Converter Status be red (off), go to the Video Converter settings as detailed in
Videos Panel
In the videos panel, videos sort alphabetically by name. There are three other columns. The Length columns shows length in minutes, the Size in mega-bytes, and the Format column shows video file formats, such as .mp4.
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Player
Player window
• Blue Display area – shows video title.
Behind the text the progress bar shows the amount of time played. Names that are too wide to fully display in the player can be read in a tool tip by hovering the mouse over desired name.
• Progress Bar –Click the progress bar at the place you want to play or slide the arrow to the desired time.
• Video progress text – shows the current position in time for the song and total song duration.
• Player Controls are in left to right order:
• Full Screen Toggle
• Previous Video
• Play/Pause toggle
• Next Video
• Below the player controls is the volume control slider bar. You can grab and move this to left and right or click the desired position on the slider bar.
• If you choose full screen you can return to the player view by pressing the
Escape key.
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M E D I A S TREAMER , D OES N O T L OAD
Symptom
Navigate to Media Streamer:
• Page loads as blank page or
• You are requested to Open, Save, or Cancel the file scalable_ui.swf. 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.
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What is the Player Pane
The Player Pane is where you control the streaming music or the selected photo, see the examples below.
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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
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Repeat all Songs button, when this button is selected it will have a blue ring
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Volume Control Bar
Photo Player Pane Buttons
The list below describes the photo player pane button functionality:
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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
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Repeat all Songs button, when this button is selected it will have a blue ring
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Slide Show Speed Control Bar
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Shrink Slide Show button, when this button is selected the slide show will shrink to fit the player pane
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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 .
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S T A R T I NG M U L T I P L E M4A F I L E S S S M USIC AND
A D D I T I ON A L F I L ES D O N O T T RANSCODE
Symptom
Go to a folder with m4a files. Start playing the first track, when music starts click next a few times. The music will s 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
R EMOTE M E D I A S TREAMING , A NIMATED G IF F ILES DO NOT
D I S P L A Y U N T I L T HE F I L E I S S ELECTED
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.
R EMOTE M E D I A S TREAMING , A U D I O F I L E S A RE T RUNCATED
ON A S L O W C ONNECTION
Symptom
Audio file playback is truncated on a slow uplink connection.
The files play about 3/4 of the way through and then playback ss and the next song starts. This happens on connections below approximately 400Kbits.
Cause
Uplink Connection is slow.
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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 Data Vault in your digital media adaptor list. However, you can disable media sharing for the folders under the HP Data Vault. See Why do I see duplicate songs, pictures, or videos on my
DMA list? for information on disabling media sharing for shared folders .
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Alternately, you can turn off TwonkyMedia media sharing and remove the duplicate HP Data
Vault from your digital media adaptor list.
For additional information on these programs, see Windows Media Connect 2.0 and
To turn off TwonkyMedia media sharing
1. At the PC, double-click the Windows Home Server icon in the system tray and log on.
At the Mac, select Launch Home Server Console from the Server menu .
2. Click Settings in the upper right corner of the Console.
3. Click TwonkyMedia in the left menu.
4. Click S Sharing.
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...
If your DMA does not display WMC from the HP Data Vault, 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 Data Vault uses
Windows Media Connect 2.0 (WMC) as its DMS. In order for a DMA to discover the HP Data
Vault 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 Data Vault 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:
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Once WMC has been enabled to share a shared folder, it continually monitors the folder for new files.
1. At the PC, double-click the Windows Home Server icon in the system tray and log on.
At the Mac, select Launch Home Server Console from the Server menu .
2. Click Settings in the upper right corner of the Console.
3. Click Media Sharing in the left menu.
4. Select at least one of the shared folders for sharing by selecting the On radio button.
5. Click Apply.
This will automatically start WMC, which will then share all of the files in the selected shared folders.
If your DMA does not display WMC from the HP Data Vault, or none of your files are found by the DMA.
1. Check that WMC is enabled (use the above steps to get to the Media Sharing settings, and verify that at least one of the shared folders is On).
Check that the HP Data Vault and DMA are both connected to the same home network (a router or firewall between them could interfere with the discovery and content sharing protocols).
2. Restart the DMA.
3. Restart the HP Data Vault.
If some of your files (e.g., files newly copied to the server) are not found by the DMA.
1. Check that the files were copied to the correct location. Only the Music, Photos and Videos shared folders may be enabled for media sharing. Note that if one of these folders is enabled for media sharing; then all folders below that are also enabled for media sharing.
2. Re-enable the shared folder for media sharing.
• Go to the Media Sharing Settings panel (see the instructions above for how to get here).
• Turn sharing Off for the shared folder with the missing files and select Apply.
• Turn sharing back On for the shared folder and select Apply.
3. Restart the DMA.
4. Restart the HP Data Vault.
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Why do I see duplicate songs, pictures, or videos on my
DMA list?
If you are streaming content from shared folders using both Windows Media Connect and
TwonkyMedia, you may see duplicate entries of your songs, pictures, or videos on your digital media adaptor. To eliminate this problem, disable media sharing for one of the shared folders.
For additional information on these programs, see Windows Media Connect 2.0 and
To disable a shared folder in Windows Media Connect 2.0
1. At the PC, double-click the Windows Home Server icon in the system tray and log on.
At the Mac, select Launch Home Server Console from the Server menu .
2. Click Settings in the upper right corner of the Console.
3. Click Media Sharing in the left menu.
4. On the right side under Media Sharing Library, click Off for the shared folders that you do not want to use for streaming content using Windows Media Connect.
5. Click OK.
For additional information on using Windows Media Connect, see Media Sharing in the Windows
Home Server help.
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To disable a shared folder in TwonkyMedia
1. At the PC, double-click the Windows Home Server icon in the system tray and log on.
At the Mac, select Launch Home Server Console from the Server menu .
2. Click Settings in the upper right corner of the Console.
3. Click TwonkyMedia in the left menu.
4. On the Media Sharing Folders tab, select a shared folder and click Remove for each folder that you do not want to use for streaming content using TwonkyMedia.
5. Click OK.
For additional information on using TwonkyMedia, click Help while on the TwonkyMedia tab of the Windows Home Server Console or click Help on any of the TwonkyMedia dialog boxes.
Windows Media Connect 2.0 and TwonkyMedia
Comparison
The following tables provide a detailed comparison of Windows Media Connect 2.0 and
TwonkyMedia features.
At a high level, TwonkyMedia
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• Allows your digital media adaptor or digital media receiver to see photo thumbnails for pictures and album artwork for music
• Supports a lot more media formats
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General Features
Feature
DLNA Support
Number of
Folders
Comparison of General Windows Media Connect and TwonkyMedia Features
Shared
Windows Media Connect 2.0
Some Capability
TwonkyMedia
1.0 compliant
1.5 reference
User Controlled
Shared Folders/Media
Types
Music
Photos
Videos
Music/all media types
Photos/all media types
Videos/all media types
Album Art/Thumbnail
Support
Picture Scaling
Video Trick Modes
Server Side Shuffle
Status/Summary User
Interface
Folder Monitoring
DMR Exclusion
Limited
No
No
No
Yes
No
Music/music media types
Photos/all media types
Videos/video media types
User selectable folders/media types
Music album art
Photo thumbnails
JPG_MED support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
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Views
Views
Comparison of Windows Media Connect and TwonkyMedia Views
Windows Media Connect 2.0 TwonkyMedia
Music Views
Album
All Tracks
Artist
X
X
X
X
X
X
Artist Index
Artist/Folder
X
X
Genre
Genre Index
Genre/Artist
Picture Views
Album
X X
X
X
Playlist X X
Year/Artist X
X
All Photos
Date
X
X (flat)
X
X (hierarchal)
Playlist
Video Views
Actor
X
X
Album X
All Videos X
Folder X
Genre X
Playlist X
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File Formats
Comparison of Windows Media Connect and TwonkyMedia File Formats
File Formats Windows Media Connect 2.0 TwonkyMedia
Music Formats
3gp ac3 aiff
X
X
X asf X
FLAC
LPCM m4a mp1 mp2 mp3 X mp4
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X mpa ogg wav X wma X
Picture Formats bmp X gif X jpg/jpeg X png X tif/tiff X
Video Formats
3gp
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
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File Formats Windows Media Connect 2.0 TwonkyMedia asf avi X
DivX dvr-ms X
X
X
X
X m1v m4v mpe mpg/mpeg X
MPEG-1 X
MPEG-2 X
MPEG2-TS
MPEG-4
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X vdr vob wmv X
Xvid
Playlist Formats m3u X pls wpl X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
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