The media server application allows you to share media files with media clients.
Customize the port range for data transfer
Select this check box to assign a port range for FTP clients to use when downloading files from the NSA using passive mode.
The connection limit is restricted to half of the port numbers within the range if this value is smaller than the one configured in the Connection Limit field. For example, you specified a port range from 1024 to 1029 and configured 10 in the Connection
Limit field. The FTP connection limit will only be 3 (6 ports in the range divided by 2)
because it is the smaller value.
Starting Port Enter the first port number in the range. Choose from 1024 to 65535. Ending Port Enter the last port number in the range. Choose from 1024 to 65535. Download/Upload
Rate For All Users (include admin)
Select this if you want to limit the download/upload bandwidth for all users who are logged into the NSA, including the administrator.
• Max. Download Rate - Enter the download speed (in kilobytes/s) that the NSA
allows for users who are logged into the NSA.
• Max. Upload Rate - Enter the upload speed (in kilobytes/s) that the NSA allows for
users who are logged into the NSA. Download/Upload
Rate For
Anonymous Users
Select this if you want to limit the download/upload bandwidth for users who log into the NSA using ‘FTP’ or ‘anonymous’ as a username and no password.
• Max. Download Rate - Enter the download speed (in kilobytes/s) that the NSA
allows for users who are logged into the NSA.
• Max. Upload Rate - Enter the upload speed (in kilobytes/s) that the NSA allows for
users who are logged into the NSA.
Character Set The NSA uses UTF-8 (8-bit UCS/Unicode Transformation Format) format for FTP by default. If the NSA’s folders, or file names do not display correctly in your FTP client, select the appropriate language encoding here.
This setting applies to all FTP client connections to the NSA. It does not affect your Windows/CIFS connections (it will not correct the character display in Windows Explorer).
Apply Click this to save your changes.
Reset Click this to restore your previously saved settings.
Table 31 Applications > FTP
Click Applications > Media Server to open the following screen. Use this screen to view the media server’s status and rebuild the media server database.
Figure 88 Applications > Media Server > Media Server
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 32 Applications > Media Server > Media Server
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Status This shows the media server’s current state of activity.
Synchronizing displays while the NSA is building the media database. Ready means the NSA has finished building the database.
Stopped displays when the media server is dead and for a short time while the media
server is restarted before rebuilding the database. Number of Music
Tracks This is how many music files the media server has to share out to media clients. Number of Photos This is how many photo files the media server has to share out to media clients. Number of Videos This is how many video files the media server has to share out to media clients. Refresh Click this to update the information in the Status field.
Enable Media Server Select this to have the NSA share the media files in the shares selected in the Share
Publish tab. Clear it to stop the NSA from sharing media files through the Home
screens or media players.
Select Home Screen and DLNA/UPnP Media Players to let users use the NSA’s
Home screens and media players to play the published media files. Users can play the
published media files by logging into the NSA or by using a media player connected to the network without logging in.
Select Home Screen Only to require users to use the NSA’s Home screens play the published media files. This lets you require users to log in to play the published media files.
10.5.1 The Media Server Share Publish Screen
Click Applications > Media Server > Share Publish to open the following screen. Use this screen to select shares to publish (share with media clients like the DMA-2501 and iTunes).
Figure 89 Applications > Media Server > Share Publish
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Auto Scan Published
Shares The NSA has to scan the published shares and find the media files before the media server can share them. Select this to automatically scan the published shares for media files.
The auto-scan after adding a large number of files to your published shares could take up enough of the NSA’s resources to slow other functions like file downloads or sharing. Clear this option to stop the NSA from automatically scanning the published shares for media files. With the auto-scan disabled, you can still click the Rescan Content button to have the NSA scan for newly added media files.
Generate
Thumbnails Select this to have the NSA create thumbnails for media files. Clear it to stop the NSA from creating thumbnails for media files. If you enable this and click Apply, the NSA rebuilds the media server database. This can take a long time if the published shares contain many files.
Rebuild Database Click this to have the NSA completely rebuild the media server database and scan all of the published share contents for media files. This can take a long time if the published shares contain many files. You may need to use this if the media clients cannot see the files in the media server.
Rescan Content Click this to have the NSA scan for newly added media files. This only checks the files added to the published shares since the last scan and is faster than rebuilding the database.
Apply Click this to save your changes.
Reset Click this to restore your previously saved settings.
Table 32 Applications > Media Server > Media Server
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Table 33 Applications > Media Server > Share Publish
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Publish Select this to have the media server share a share’s media files with media clients. Share Name This column lists names of shares on the NSA.
Publish Music Tracks Select this to give media clients access to the share’s music files. Publish Photos Select this to give media clients access to the share’s photo files. Publish Videos Select this to give media clients access to the share’s video files.
10.5.2 The Media Server ID3 Tag Decoding Screen
Click Applications > Media Server > ID3 Tag Decoding to open the following screen. ID3 tags store information about a media file such as the title, artist, album, and genre in the file itself. To help the NSA find the correct character set to decode these tags, use this screen to select which character sets the NSA attempts to use and the order the NSA tries them in.
Note: It may take some time for the media server to rebuild the database after you change the ID3 tag character set settings. How long it takes depends on how many media files you have. Some of the media files may not appear in the Home screens until the rebuilding finishes.
Figure 90 Applications > Media Server > ID3 Tag Decoding
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Apply Click this to save your changes.
Reset Click this to restore your previously saved settings.
Table 33 Applications > Media Server > Share Publish
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Table 34 Applications > Media Server > ID3 Tag Decoding
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Media Server Available Character
Sets This list box displays the language character sets the NSA can perform. Add Selected
Character Sets
Select types of character set in the Available Character Sets box and click this to add them to the list of character sets that the NSA should attempt to use to decode ID3 tags in your media files. Use the [SHIFT] key to select a range of entries. Hold down the [CTRL] key to select multiple individual entries.
If the NSA is not able to decode a file’s ID3 tags using the selected character sets, it attempts to auto-detect their encoding type.
10.5.3 The Media Server iTunes Server Screen
Click Applications > Media Server > iTunes Server to open the following screen. Use this screen to turn the iTunes server on or off.
Figure 91 Applications > Media Server > iTunes Server
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
10.5.4 The Media Server SqueezeCenter Screen
SqueezeCenter enables you to manage a Logitech's Squeezebox device connected to the NSA. Click Applications > Media Server > SqueezeCenter to open the following screen. This screen is available when the SqueezeCenter application is installed using Package Management (see Section 11.4 on page 226). Use this screen to turn the SqueezeCenter application on or off.
Figure 92 Applications > Media Server > SqueezeCenter
Selected Character
Sets This list box displays the character sets the NSA can use to decode ID3 tags in your media files. The NSA attempts to use them in the order listed so select character sets and use the up or down arrow to change their order to match the types of files you have. So if most of your files are German, move the French, German and Italian
(ISO-8859-15) selection to the top of the list.
If the NSA cannot find a match among your selected character sets (or you have not selected any character sets) it tries to auto-detect which character set the tags are encoded with.
Remove Selected
Character Sets Select character sets in the Selected Character Sets box and click this to have the NSA not attempt to use them to decode ID3 tags in your media files. Use the [SHIFT] key to select a range of entries. Hold down the [CTRL] key to select multiple individual entries.
Apply Click this to save your changes.
Reset Click this to restore your previously saved settings.
Table 34 Applications > Media Server > ID3 Tag Decoding
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Table 35 Applications > Media Server > iTunes Server
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Enable iTunes
Server Check this to let anyone on your network use iTunes to play music files in the published shares. Apply Click this to save your changes.
The following table describes the labels in this screen.