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How about my digital music files?
It is not recommended that you spend a lot of time moving digital music files onto the
media server, especially if you don't legally own the music. Even if you do own the files,
you are better off cataloging the CDs you own. The media server uses album-based song
organization, provides your choice of high encoding quality, provides album cover art and
displays all the CD's metadata in a variety of ways.
For the music files you DO want to load onto the media server, it is easily done.
Digital music files are moved to the media server by accessing its hard drive through your
computer via a home network. The media server supports MP3, WAV, and OGG format
digital music files.
To access the media server's hard drive, in your computer's web browser address
window, enter \\IP address of media server. On the media server's hard drive, open the
"IncomingMusic" folder, and drag and drop the music files from your computer into the
folder.
Within one minute the files will disappear from the "IncomingMusic" folder, as the
media server moves the files into the "Music" folder. The music files will then show up in
the "New Songs" Theme on the media server.
The minimum required metadata on imported music is "title" and "artist." If these are
not present, the new music file will be logged as "rejected.txt" and sent to a "Rejected"
folder within the "IncomingMusic" folder on the media server hard drive. This metadata
must be corrected in WinAmp or similar program and re-imported into the media server.
Internet Radio
It's easy to add internet radio "stations" to your Themes. Your installer has added a
small program called "Internet Radio Handler" on your Windows-based PC to seamlessly
import your internet radio selections into the media server. Simply proceed to the desired
internet radio station through the PC. When you select the internet stream to play, the pro-
gram automatically activates and asks if you want to forward the station to the media
server, or play it locally on the PC.
Adding Digital Music Files
Caution:
We do not advocate, support
or otherwise encourage
copyright infringement of
pre-recorded material
including any illegal
download or copying of
music files for use with the
SMS3.
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