Instruction manual

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Whywon’tsomemediafilesplayproperly?
Thevideodatabit‐rateusedmayhaveexceededtherecommendedbitrate.
Thevideodatabit‐rateistheamountofvideooraudiodatausedpersecondtostoreorplaythecontents,
usuallyexpressedinMbps(mega‐bitspersecond).Videoencodedwithexcessivebit‐rateswillnot
playback
smoothlyinthemediaplayer,likelyduetostorageI/Obottleneck.
Visithttp://support.iadea.comforcompatiblemediaformatpresets.
ThemediaplaybacklooksdifferentonaPCcomparedtothemediaplayer’sscreen.(Wrongaspect
ratio)
Thereare2majoraspectratios(width‐to‐heightratios)forvideocontent,butmanykindsofdisplays.Ifyouplay
4:3videoona16:9display(orviceversa),acirclebecomesoval,andth
epicturetakesonas
queezedor
stretchedlook.Toavoidthisdistortedlook,addingblackbarsareacommontechnique.
TheNetworkMediaPlayercanbeconfiguredtoautomaticallyaddblackbarsforcertaintypesofdisplays.You
cansettheoutputresolutioninDNP50/DNP50AVW’sconfigurationmenutomatchthenativeresolutionof
yourdisplay.
SomeJP
EGimagescan
n
otbeplayedinthemediaplayer.
ProgressiveJPEGfilesarenotsupported.PleaseconverttobaselineJPEGformaximumcompatibility.
JPEGimagescanbeeitherof2types:baselineorprogressivecompression.BaselineJPEGoffersgreatest
compatibility,whileprogressiveJPEGsares
uitableforwebsiteimages.Progressiveimagesaredownloadedand
displayed“progressively,”beingrenderedmoreclearlyasmoredataisreceivedovertheinternet.Progressive
imagesareprimarilysupportedonPCs.Formediaappliances,makesuretosaveimagesasbaselineJPEGinyour
photoeditor,orresavethemasbaselineJP
EGsusingfreet
oolssuchasIrfanView(http://www.irfanview.com/).
Doesthemediaplayersupportvideostreaming?
No.DrakeDNP50/DNP50AVW/DNP100NetworkMediaPlayersplaymediafilesfromlocalstorageanddonot
supportreal‐timevideostreamingoverthenetwork.Thisdeliversanoptimalviewingexperiencefreeofplayback
qualityissuessuchasstuttering,blocking,orblue‐screens.
Themediaplay
erisnotplay
ing.WhatshouldIdo?
Playlisterrorsandschedulingissuesaretwomajorcausesofplaybackproblems.Todetermineiftheproblemis
causedbyabadplaylist,justdeletetheplaylistandrestarttheplayer.Theplayershouldloopthroughallmedia
files,indica
tingafa
ultwiththeplaylist.
Iftheplaybackisscheduledtoplayatspecifictime,checktoseeifthedeviceissettotherighttimezoneonthe
worldclock.Ifnothingseemswrong,thetimezonesettingisoftenthereasontheprogramisnotplayed.
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