Operation Manual
Table Of Contents
- Media Server
- User’s Guide
- Getting to Know Your NSA
- NAS Starter Utility
- zCloud
- Web Configurator Basics
- Tutorials
- 5.1 Overview
- 5.2 Windows 7 Network
- 5.3 Windows 7 Network Map
- 5.4 Playing Media Files in Windows 7
- 5.5 Windows 7 Devices and Printers
- 5.6 Creating a Volume in a 2-Bay NSA
- 5.7 Creating a Volume in a 1-Bay NSA
- 5.8 Deleting a Volume
- 5.9 File Sharing Tutorials
- 5.10 Download Service Tutorial
- 5.11 Broadcatching Tutorial
- 5.12 Printer Server Tutorial
- 5.13 Copy and Flickr Auto Upload Tutorial
- 5.14 FTP Uploadr Tutorial
- 5.15 Web Configurator’s Security Sessions
- 5.16 Using FTPES to Connect to the NSA
- 5.17 Using a Mac to Access the NSA
- 5.18 How to Use the BackupPlanner
- Technical Reference
- Status Screen
- System Setting
- Storage
- Network
- Applications
- 10.1 Overview
- 10.2 What You Can Do
- 10.3 What You Need to Know
- 10.4 FTP Server
- 10.5 The Media Server Screens
- 10.6 The iTunes Server Screen
- 10.7 The Download Service Screen
- 10.8 The Web Publishing Screen
- 10.9 The Broadcatching Screen
- 10.10 The Print Server Screen
- 10.11 The Copy/Sync Button Screen
- 10.12 Technical Reference
- 10.12.1 Sharing Media Files on Your Network
- 10.12.2 Download Service
- 10.12.3 Link Capture Browser Plugin
- 10.12.4 Download Service Notification
- 10.12.5 P2P Download Security
- 10.12.6 Web Publishing Example
- 10.12.7 Web Publishing
- 10.12.8 Channel Guides for Broadcatching
- 10.12.9 Printer Sharing
- 10.12.10 Copying Files
- 10.12.11 Synchronizing Files
- Packages
- 11.1 Overview
- 11.2 What You Can Do
- 11.3 SMART Screen
- 11.4 DyDNS Screen
- 11.5 NFS Screen
- 11.6 Syslog Server Screen
- 11.7 TFTP Server Screen
- 11.8 eMule Screens
- 11.9 pyLoad Screen
- 11.10 ownCloud Setup
- 11.11 Polkast Setup
- 11.12 GoogleDrive
- 11.13 Memopal
- 11.14 Protect Screens
- 11.15 Backup Screens
- 11.16 Restore Screen
- 11.17 Technical Reference
- Auto Upload
- Dropbox
- Using Time Machine with the NSA
- Users
- Groups
- Shares
- Maintenance Screens
- Protecting Your Data
- Troubleshooting
- 20.1 Troubleshooting Overview
- 20.2 Power, Hardware, Connections, and LEDs
- 20.3 NAS Starter Utility
- 20.4 NSA Login and Access
- 20.5 I Cannot Access The NSA
- 20.6 Users Cannot Access the NSA
- 20.7 External USB Drives
- 20.8 Firmware
- 20.9 File Transfer
- 20.10 Networking
- 20.11 Some Features’ Screens Do Not Display
- 20.12 Media Server Functions
- 20.13 Download Service and Broadcatching Functions
- 20.14 Web Publishing
- 20.15 Auto Upload
- 20.16 Package Management
- 20.17 Backups
- 20.18 Google Drive
- Customer Support
- Product Specifications
- Legal Information
- Index
Chapter 10 Applications
Media Server User’s Guide
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10.12 Technical Reference
This section provides technical background information on the topics discussed in this chapter.
10.12.1 Sharing Media Files on Your Network
The media server feature lets anyone on your network play video, music, and photos from the NSA
(without having to copy them to another computer). The NSA can function as a DLNA-compliant
media server and/or an iTunes server. The NSA streams files to DLNA-compliant media clients or
computers using iTunes. The Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) is a group of personal computer
and electronics companies that works to make products compatible in a home network.
• Publish shares to let others play the contained media files.
• The media server is a convenient way to share files you download using the broadcatching
service (see Section 10.9 on page 204).
• Hardware-based media players can also play the files. See Section 21.2 on page 372 for the
supported multimedia file formats.
Note: Anyone on your network can play the media files in the published shares. No user
name and password or other form of security is used. The media server is enabled
by default with the video, photo, and music shares published.
Songs from the iTunes Store
After using iTunes on your computer to download songs from Apple’s iTunes Store, you can copy
them to the NSA. Many of these songs have DRM (Digital Rights Management). At the time of
writing, you can use your Apple account ID and password to authorize up to a total of five
computers to play the files. To authorize a computer, open iTunes and click Store > Authorize
Computer.
USB Volume If your USB device has multiple partitions, select which partition to use with the
synchronization function.
Sync Direction Select USB -> NSA to synchronize files from your USB device to the NSA.
Select NSA -> USB to synchronize files from the NSA to your USB device.
Select NSA <-> USB to synchronize files in both directions simultaneously.
Backup Files to be
Replaced or
Removed
Select this option to save the files that will be replaced by the source files.
Backup Target Select a share in which to save the backup files.
Note: The NSA will not create a new folder to store the backup files. It is recommended to
create a specific share (such as “backup”) for backup purposes.
Apply Click this to save your changes.
The configuration file is saved on the USB device.
Reset
Click this to restore your previously saved settings.
Table 53 Applications > Copy/Sync Button
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