Owner manual
HP Media Collector 
Supported File Formats 
The files and types listed below are compatible for Media Collection: 
Photos 
jpg, gif, tif, pct, mov files located under My Pictures, Pictures 
Music 
mp3, wma, m4a, aac, wav, playlists (m3u, wpl), album art 
Videos 
AVI, MOV, m4v, MPEG, MP2, WMV, FLV, DIVX, DVR-MS, M2TS, VOB file collections 
Media File Duplication 
  Note 
When HP Media Collector copies media files from all your computers and users, it 
attempts to reduce duplicates. For example, if two users have the same media file, Media 
Collector copies only one file to the Server. 
CONFIGURING MEDIA COLLECTOR 
Configuring Media Collector General 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 Media and then HP Media Collector in the left menu. 
3.  Click Configuration. 
The HP Media Collector General Settings panel opens. 
4.  On General Settings, move available computers to enabled for collection. 
When enabled, Media Collector automatically scans the enabled for collection computers for 
media. Media Collector does not scan computers in the available computers box. Move a 
computer out of the enabled for collection box and into available computers if you want to 
disable media collection for that computer. 
Configuring Media Collector for Photos 
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. 
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