Nero MediaHome 1.3.0.4b Online Manual

Configuring Nero MediaHome and starting the server

Before you can use Nero MediaHome you must share folders containing media files, define other options, and start the server. Clients can then access the server and use Nero MediaHome.

To configure Nero MediaHome and start the server, proceed as follows:

1. Click on the Share menu icon to define media files for sharing.
   • The Share screen is displayed.

2. To share all files indexed by Nero Scout, select the Share all content indexed by Nero Scout option button.

Nero Scout is an application in the Nero 7 package and is automatically installed during installation of Nero 7. Nero Scout indexes and catalogs all the media files on your computer. You will find further information in the Nero Scout manual.

3. If you want to choose yourself the folders containing media files to be shared:

1. Select the Share individual folders only option button.
2. Click on the Add Share... button.
   • The Find Folder dialog box is opened.

3. Select the folders you want to share.

 

Note that only the media files in the folder in question will be shared; any subfolders present will not be shared.

4. Click on the OK button.
   • If the folder is not yet indexed by Nero Scout, a dialog box will open.

5. Click on the Next button.
   • The folder is indexed by Nero Scout and added to the list of shared folders.

6. To share more folders, repeat the above steps.

4. Define the options you want in the Options screen (see Options screen).
5. Define the options you want in the Network screen (see Network screen).
6. Define the options you want in the Transcoding screen (see Transcoding screen).
7. Define the options you want in the TV screen (see TV screen).
8. Click on the Start Server button.
• The Security Warning dialog window is opened.

9. If you don't want to see the security warning the next time you start the server, check the Do not show this message again box.
10. Click on the OK button.
    • If the server is being started for the first time, the Security Information dialog box is opened.

11. Click on the Yes button.
    • Nero MediaHome automatically configures the Windows^® firewall so that inbound connections to the server are allowed.
• The Nero MediaHome server is started and the Status screen is displayed. The files currently being used by a client are shown in the Status screen. The players found in the network are shown in the Devices screen.
  All players and other PCs in the network can list and play your shared files.

You cannot make settings in the screen while the server is running. (One exception is the Devices area in the Devices screen - you can make changes here whenever you want).

You can stop the active Nero MediaHome server whenever you want using the Stop Server button.

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