Technical Reference; Sharing Media Files On Your Network - ZyXEL Communications NSA310 User Manual

Chapter 10 Applications
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10.11 Technical Reference

This section provides technical background information on the topics discussed in this chapter.

10.11.1 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
• Hardware-based media clients like the DMA-2501 can also play the files. See
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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.
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DESCRIPTION
If your USB device has multiple partitions, select which partition to use with the
synchronization function.
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.
Select this option to save the files that will be replaced by the source files.
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.
Click this to save your changes.
The configuration file is saved on the USB device.
Click this to restore your previously saved settings.
Section 10.8 on page
for the supported multimedia file formats.
207).
Section 21.2 on
Media Server User's Guide