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Chapter 3 Creating/Editing an Audio Album
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Chapter 6 Playback of Media File using the Browser
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PART 3 – PACKARD BELL MEDI@ TV VIEWER ......35... - Page 2 Installation CD (1.5m) Packard Bell Medi@ TV is a revolutionary product that lets you experience a new era of home entertainment by connecting your PC to a TV. Medi@ TV allows you to enjoy digital media con- tent — such as music, movies, and photos — from your PC on your living room TV by simply operating a remote control.
- Page 3 PC R EQUIREMENTS HAPTER ALLING HAPTER ALLING @ TV @ TV Minimum System Requirements Operating System: Microsoft ® Windows ® XP Professional/Service Pack1, Windows ® XP Home Edition/Service Pack1, Windows ® 2000/Service Pack3. CPU: Intel ® Pentium ® 4 2.0GHz, AMD AthlonTM XP 2200+ or equivalent. 2.1 C Hard disk drive: 300MB free space.
- Page 4 The S/PDIF port outputs either 2-channel or 5.1-channel sound, depending on the media 2.2.2 U SING THE OMPOSITE ABLE WITH played. You can enjoy 5.1-channel sound with your 5.1-channel-capable AV amplifier or AV RCA/SCART ADAPTER receiver when you play DivX files with AC3 audio. For other media files, the S/PDIF port outputs 2-channel stereo sound.
- Page 5 2.3.1 C PC D ONNECTING TO A IRECTLY IRED In order to connect the Medi@ TV set-top box to a PC directly using wire, you must have a LAN card installed in your PC, or your PC must have that function built-in. Connect the Medi@ TV S-Video Cable set-top box to the PC using the included Crossed LAN Cable.
- Page 6 2.3.2 C PC T ONNECTING TO A HROUGH HAPTER ALLING HAPTER ALLING UB OR A OUTER @ TV @ TV Connect the Medi@ TV to a PC through a Hub or a Router. OFTW OFTW ADSL/CATV/FTTH Modem... HUB/Router 3.1 W ERVICE ACK IS NSTALLED...
- Page 7 [Share database for all users] allows all users who can log on to Windows to access all data in the database. [Use separate database for each user] allows each user only to access his/her own data. Install Packard Bell Media Organiser, your multimedia library Install Media Organizer manager.
- Page 8 2. The sample media files are copied to your hard disk drive. Please do not interrupt. 2. The Packard Bell Media Server program files are copied to your hard disk drive. Please do not interrupt. 3. When the ‘installation complete’ window appears, clic on Finish.
- Page 9 ELECTING A LANGUAGE IP Address’. You should then enter the IP address and subnet mask of the set-top box man- By default, your Packard Bell Medi@ TV’s on-screen controls are diplayed in the English lan- ually using the remote control.
- Page 10 If you set the IP address of the set-top box manually, you also should set the IP address of your network card from the TCP/IP setting of your PC. The IP address of the set-top box and server PC should have the same first three numbers but a different last number. For example, if you entered ‘192.168.11.3’...
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Page 11: Chapter 1 Introducing Medi@ Tv
According to the status of Medi@ TV, the Medi@ TV icon on system tray will appear as one of HAPTER UNNING HAPTER UNNING the following: @ TV @ TV Indicates normal performance of Medi@ TV. Medi@ TV Active auto-starts when PC is turned on. Appears during network setup or when the PC cannot be connected to Medi@ TV because network settings are 4.1 S... -
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- Video: MPEG1, MPEG2, DivX, WMV - Photo: JPEG, BMP Packard Bell Media Organizer helps you create, edit, and categorise audio albums, videos, and photo albums systematically, using the multimedia files on your PC. If you add media albums to You have to install the relevant codec. -
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2.2 O CREEN HAPTER HAPTER Once you run Media Organizer after clicking on the icon, you will see the following screen. ETTING ETTING This screen can vary according to different modes (audio, video, photo). 2.1 S TARTING EDIA RGANIZER 2.1.1 F IRST TIME SERS... - Page 14 2.2.1 T 2.2.2 M OOLS EDIA The on-screen Tools are icons that allow you to use common functions easily. If you click on an This is where you select the media type (music, video, or photo) you want to create and/or edit. icon, the applicable function will start.
- Page 15 2.2.3 A 2.2.4 A LBUM LBUM ONTENT The Album List shows the media albums that you have. For example, if you select ‘Music’ from Album Content shows the contents of the album selected from the album list. If you select an the Media Type menu, the Audio Albums you have appear, and if you select ‘Photo’...
- Page 16 Note: If you want to add all albums, click on Add All. Note: If you want to check the file list in the folder, double-click on the folder. If you click on Close after adding media (music, video, photo), the main screen of Packard Bell Media Organizer will appear.
- Page 17 2.4 U 3. Select the folder you want to add (CD-ROM when selecting Audio CD) and click on Finish. SING EDIA MPORT IZARD If you use Media Organizer after the first time, the following screen will pop up when you run the program.
- Page 18 The procedure to create a Playlist from an Audio Album is as follows. 2.4.4 A DDING HOTO 1. From the Media Import Wizard, if you select Photo, a window where you can select a fold- er of photo files appears. 2.4.3 A DDING IDEO...
- Page 19 2. Select File-Import-Audio File. HAPTER HAPTER TING DITING TING DITING AUDIO LBUM AUDIO LBUM 3.1 C REATING AN UDIO LBUM You can create Audio Albums with audio files from hard disks and CDs. Generally, you can man- age albums with Audio Album when you categorize them by album or extract them from CDs. If you want to make your own album of specific music, you can add it to the Playlist.
- Page 20 3.1.2 D Caution: You can not encode to MP3 with software that is incompatible with Medi@ TV. You RAGGING FROM INDOWS XPLORER must first download BladeEnc.dll from ‘www.bladeenc.mp3.no’ to a folder and appoint the loca- You can create an album with folders and files from Windows Explorer. Simply drag the folder with tion of the file.
- Page 21 6. Once the copying is finished, a dialogue box saying that the process is complete will pop What is CDDB? It is an audio information service provided by Gracenote. It automatically up. If you click on Finish, the CD will be added as an album. Files copied from the CD sends information such as title, artist, genre, etc.
- Page 22 3.3 M 3. If you select an audio file, its information will show on the right, and you can click on [ ] OVING AN LBUM to play the selected audio file. In Media Organizer, music is grouped into Audio Albums and Playlists. Generally, albums extract- You can also import audio files from a hard disk.
- Page 23 3.4 M 3.4.2 D ELETING UPLICATING LBUM ONTENT UPLICATE ELETE 1. Select the titles you want to delete from the Album content. Pressing the [Ctrl] key will let you select more than one. 3.4.1 M OVING OPYING LBUM ONTENT 2. If you click on Duplicate on the [Edit] menu, the selected music will be duplicated. If you select Delete on the [Edit] menu or press the Del key after selecting music, the selected You can either move or copy content of an Audio Album to other albums.
- Page 24 3.6 C HANGING LBUM HAPTER HAPTER Follow these directions to change the Album Art (Icon) on the Album List. DDING DITING IDEO DDING DITING IDEO 1. Select an album whose cover image you want to change from the Album List. 2.
- Page 25 2. Select File-Import-Video File. 4.2 V IDEO REVIEW Play a video file. The selected Movie will show on the Album List. If it has Movie Information, it will show title, director, year, cast, grade, genre, etc. If nothing shows on the Album Information, or if you want to edit it, you can enter or edit the information.
- Page 26 4.3 M 4.5 C OVING IDEO HANGING OSTER In Media Organizer, video is categorized as 'Movie' or 'My Video'. Generally, in Movie List, you To change posters, you can use image files from a hard disk, or you can use images captured add movies downloaded from the Internet, and in My Video List, you add personal movies you from movies.
- Page 27 4.5.2 U SING A APTURED MAGE FROM THE OVIE HAPTER HAPTER 1. Select a Movie and play it. Select a Movie you want to watch from the list and then click [ ]. TING DITING TING DITING 2. While playing the Movie, click on Thumb on the controller if you see a scene you want to set as the poster.
- Page 28 2. Select File-Photo Album. A new album will be added to the Album List. It does not have any information, so the upper-right pane is empty. 3. Select File-Import-Photo. A dialogue box pops up. Select the folder with the photos. Title Enter the name of the photo or memorable text Place...
- Page 29 5.1.2 D & D This is an example of the screen that you will see when you click on Preview. ROP FROM INDOWS XPLORER You can create an album with folders and files in Windows Explorer. If you drag the folder with photo files to the Album List in Media Organizer, a new album will be created.
- Page 30 5.3 M 5.3.2 D UPLICATING ELETING A HOTO UPLICATE ELETE LBUM ONTENT 1. Select a photo you want to delete or duplicate from the Album Contents window. If you hold the [Ctrl] key, you can select more than one photo. 2.
- Page 31 Entering/Editing Photo Information Setting/Changing BGM for Slide show If you want to enter information for an individual photo, select the photo from the Album Content You can directly select a music album or a file to use as the background music (BGM) for a slide window.
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5.5 C HANGING LBUM HAPTER HAPTER If you want to change the album art(icon) on the Album List to another image, click on Change ANAGEMENT ANAGEMENT Album Art. A dialogue box where you can select a file pops up so you can select a photo file. You can also set a photo on the list as the Album Art. - Page 33 6.2 R 3. Select the target for recovery on the list. Holding the [Ctrl] key lets you select more than ECOVERING EDIA one target. 4. Click on Recover. When you want to recover every target on the list, click on Recover All. If there is a change with a file linked to an album in Media Organizer, you won’t be able to play Targets you don’t need can be removed by clicking on Delete.
- Page 34 6.3.2 I 6.4.2 B MPORTING EDIA ACKUP ELECTED EDIA ILES We use this method to import media that was exported to another hard disk or CD. You can select media files and data in Media Organizer for backup. Select Media DB Backup from the [Tool] menu.
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Page 35: Chapter 1 Before Starting
In order to view multimedia data with Medi@ TV Viewer on a TV, you need to add multimedia • Network Setup data with Packard Bell Media Organizer. If you want to know how to use Media Organizer, refer - Sets connection settings of PC to ‘Part 2. - Page 36 2.1.2 H HAPTER HAPTER After searching and connecting Medi@ TV Server, you will see Medi@ TV Viewer Home on the ETTING ETTING initial screen. Depending on your PC’s performance and network conditions, this may take 10 to 20 seconds. 2.1 O N SCREEN 2.1.1 C ONNECTING WITH...
- Page 37 2.2 U Video Screen SING YOUR EMOTE ONTROL If you select [VIDEO] from the Home page, the Every function of the Medi@ TV Viewer can be controlled with your remote control. These are Video screen will appear. On the Video Screen, you the names and functions of each button.
- Page 38 Shows currently usable buttons and functions of Help remote control with picture. (If you press this but- ton again, Help screen will disappear.) Bookmark Shows and hides Bookmark in Video mode. - Move to Browser menu - Shows/hides menu in Photo mode White button - Changes view list by month/year - Ends option on option screen...
- Page 39 2.3 O PTION Classification Green Blue Yellow Music View Album View Playlist View by Artist View by Genre If you press the [Option] button using the remote control, a screen where you can set up vari- Video View Movie View My Video View PVR View ETC ous Viewer options will appear.
- Page 40 Music: Sets up items related to Music 2. Using the number buttons of the remote control, enter 4 digits of the old password. If it is the first time setting up the password, enter ‘0000’. Only used on Music Play list. Sets whether warning message of delete Delete Confirm confirm shows or not when deleting Playlists.
- Page 41 2.3.5 E XITING PTION HAPTER HAPTER If you have finished setting up the options, press the white button on the remote control. The ISTENING USIC ISTENING USIC [Exit] menu will pop up. Depending on what you select, you get one of the results defined below. 3.1 V IEWING LBUM...
- Page 42 3.2 S 3.3 L ELECTING AN LBUM TO BE PLAYED ISTENING TO USIC If you select an album you want to play, the screen will display album contents. You can see a 3.2.1 V list of tracks on the album and controller. On the controller, you can view the Play/Pause indi- IEWING USIC cator, Playmode, Position slider, Play time, and length of the music playing.
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Page 43: Chapter 4 Viewing Video
3.5 M USIC EARCH HAPTER HAPTER IEWING IDEO IEWING IDEO 3.5.1 S EARCH BY NDEX You can search the music you want using alphabet characters. Pressing the [ ] button on the remote control will move to the Search by Index screen. 4.1 V IEWING IDEO... - Page 44 4.2 P 4.4 V LAYING IDEO IEWING IDEO NFORMATION NFORMATION Select a video you want to play from the list and press the [OK] button to play the video. Pressing ] while playing toggles between pause and play. 4.4.1 V IEWING IDEO NFORMATION...
- Page 45 4.5 V Adjusting Caption Sync IEWING DJUSTING APTION When there is a big difference between caption and audio, you can apply the correct caption by looking at the caption list. If you press [ ] on the remote control, a caption list like that shown 4.5.1 S APTION below will be shown on the screen.
- Page 46 4.6 E If you want to bookmark the current position while a movie is playing, select ‘Add Bookmark NDING LAYBACK Current Position’ on the list and press the [OK] button. You can add up to six bookmarks. If you want to delete a bookmark, select a video from the list and press the [ ] button on the When you want to end the movie playing, press the [ ] or [ ] button.
- Page 47 5.2 S ELECTING LBUM HAPTER HAPTER Using the direction buttons ([ ], [ ], [ ], [ ]) on the remote control, you can select an album. IEWING HOTO IEWING HOTO If you press the [OK] button after selecting an album, you will see photos of the album. 5.3 V IEWING HOTO...
- Page 48 5.3.3 M 5.3.5 S ULTI STAGE ZOOM FUNCTION LIDESHOW With this function, the current picture that you are looking at can be enlarged and shown on the After selecting an album on the album list, pressing the [ ] button (or [ ] button) will let screen.
- Page 49 3. If you press the <Blue> button, you can change view mode to thumbnail mode or text mode. HAPTER HAPTER Pressing the <Yellow> button will move you to the upper folder. YBACK EDIA YBACK EDIA USING ROWSER USING ROWSER Music 6.1 A PPLICATION OF THE ROWSER...
- Page 50 Video Thumbnail mode Text mode...
- Page 51 1.1.1 V IDEO OLDER HAPTER HAPTER On the [Video Folder] tab, you can select folders for PVR and ETC video files. @ TV S @ TV S ONFIGURA TION ONFIGURA TION Medi@ TV Server’s settings will be set up automatically by the install program. However, you may change some of the settings for your specific needs.
- Page 52 1.1.2 S Setting up Video Buffer ETTING UP IDEO RANSFER METHOD In [Video Buffer], you can set up options related to video buffering, including Initial Buffering, In [Video Transfer] setup, you can set up direct transmission of MPEG2 or modify the video resolution. Buffer size, Target Buffering Size, and Seek Delay.
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1.1.3 O THER SETUP HAPTER HAPTER In [Other], you can set up saving a video log file. A log file is a text file that saves records of pro- gram performance while using Medi@ TV. The log file may be used by technical staff during a suppor intervention. - Page 54 2.1.2 H 2.2.2 W OW CAN CHANGE THE LANGUAGE OF THE ACKARD ADD MEDIA WITH EDIA RGANIZER AN ERROR @ TV? IEWER OW CAN RESET MESSAGE SHOWS UP WITHOUT ADDING THE MEDIA If the language selection is not available in the option/general screen, you will need to reset your If Media Organizer was not shut down properly because of a power failure, or if the PC crashed, Medi@ TV: the database that saves media information could get damaged and cause the program to mal-...
- Page 55 2.3.3 CPU 2.3.7 T REQUIREMENTS FOR VIDEO PLAYBACK OME SCREEN APPEARS ’ EVEN THOUGH DIDN T PRESS ANYTHING The following table shows the minimum CPU requirements by video format and size. This happens when a network cable is disconnected, when the hub, router, or Access Point is MPEG2 (640 x 480) MPEG2 (640 x 480) turned off, or the wireless network connection fails.
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