HP Mediasmart Server User's Guide
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HP MediaSmart Server User's Guide Table of Contents Welcome to the HP MediaSmart Server 1 Chapter 1. Set up and Installation 3 What's in the Box?........................................................................................... 3 The Server at a Glance ................................................................................... 3 What You'll Need to Set up the Server............................................................ 4 Finding a Home for Your Server...................................................................... 5 Turning on the Server...................................................................................... 7 Installing the Software ..................................................................................... 9 HP Software Updates .................................................................................... 43 Chapter 2. Start Using Your Server 57 Guided Tour................................................................................................... 57 First Steps...................................................................................................... 71 Getting Help for Using Your Server............................................................... 90 Chapter 3. HP Photo Publisher 93 HP Photo Publisher Home Page ................................................................... 93 HP Photo Publisher Log on Page.................................................................. 94 Upload Photos or Create an Album............................................................... 97 Select Photos................................................................................................. 98 Server Continues Uploading........................................................................ 100 Snapfish....................................................................................................... 100 Flickr ............................................................................................................ 101 Facebook..................................................................................................... 104 Picasa .......................................................................................................... 105 Chapter 4. HP Photo Viewer 107 HP MediaSmart Photo Viewer Home Page................................................. 107 HP Photo Viewer Slideshow........................................................................ 108 Upload Photos or Create an Album............................................................. 113 Select Photos............................................................................................... 113 HP MediaSmart Photo Viewer Album Missing Photos................................ 115 Chapter 5. Features for Mac 117 Installing and Uninstalling Software on the Mac.......................................... 117 Updating and Rolling Back Mac Clients ...................................................... 121 Connecting Your Mac to the Server ............................................................ 123 HP MediaSmart Server Control Center for Mac.......................................... 129 Mac Backup and Restore ............................................................................ 131 Chapter 6. Online Backup 137 Server Online Backup Features .................................................................. 137 Before Using Server Online Backup............................................................ 137 Server Online Backup Dashboard............................................................... 137 Button Bar.................................................................................................... 139 Windows Home Server Settings.................................................................. 143 Chapter 7. About Streaming Media 147 Streaming Media ......................................................................................... 147 Streaming Media Requirements.................................................................. 147 Streaming Media Types............................................................................... 147 iii HP MediaSmart Server User's Guide Putting Media on the HP MediaSmart Server ............................................. 147 Streaming to your Television, Stereo, and Home PC.................................. 147 Streaming to a Remote Computer............................................................... 148 Streaming to iTunes .................................................................................... 148 Chapter 8. Server for iTunes 149 Settings for iTunes....................................................................................... 149 Chapter 9. TwonkyMedia 151 Streaming Media Servers............................................................................ 151 TwonkyMedia Features ............................................................................... 152 TwonkyMedia Default Settings.................................................................... 154 UPnP A/V and DLNA................................................................................... 155 TwonkyMedia and Remote Streaming ........................................................ 155 Configure TwonkyMedia for Streaming Media ............................................ 155 Chapter 10. Media Collector 157 About HP Media Collector ........................................................................... 157 Configuring Media Collector ........................................................................ 159 Media Collection Status............................................................................... 168 Chapter 11. HP Video Converter 177 About HP Video Converter .......................................................................... 177 Video Conversion Use Case Scenarios ...................................................... 178 Automating Video Conversion..................................................................... 179 Giving Users Access to the Converted Videos Folder ................................ 181 Enabling Converted Videos for TwonkyMedia ............................................ 182 Converting Non-Copy Protected DVDs ....................................................... 184 Supported Video Formats............................................................................ 185 Video Conversion Fails................................................................................ 186 Chapter 12. Media Streamer 189 About Media Streamer................................................................................. 189 Media Streamer Pages................................................................................ 189 Music Page.................................................................................................. 190 Music Page—Album View ........................................................................... 190 Music Page—Artists View ........................................................................... 191 Music Page—Folders View ......................................................................... 192 Music Page—Playlists View ........................................................................ 193 Music Page—Media Player ......................................................................... 193 Music Page—Tracks Panel ......................................................................... 194 No Music To Stream.................................................................................... 195 No music on your Server............................................................................. 195 Photos Page ................................................................................................ 195 Photos Page—Date View ............................................................................ 195 Photos Page—Folder View ......................................................................... 196 Photos Page—Playlist View ........................................................................ 197 Photos Page—Full Screen View ................................................................. 198 Videos Page ................................................................................................ 199 Videos Page – All View ............................................................................... 199 Videos Page – Folders View ....................................................................... 200 Videos Page – Playlists View ...................................................................... 201 Video Quality Filter ...................................................................................... 202 Status link .................................................................................................... 203 Videos Page – Videos Panel....................................................................... 203 Videos Page – Player .................................................................................. 204 iv Table of Contents Chapter 13. Troubleshooting & FAQs 205 Errors & Lights............................................................................................. 205 Network & Firewall....................................................................................... 214 Power Management .................................................................................... 226 Server Recovery and Factory Reset ..........................................................