Camranger S Hare A Pp - CamRanger Share User Manual

CamRanger S hare A pp
In o rder f or t he C amRanger S hare f eature t o w ork, t he C amRanger fi rmware m ust b e
updated t o v ersion 6 a nd u p a nd t he C amRanger s ofware m ust b e u pdated t o t he m ost
recent v ersion. W hen t he p hotographer i s i n a C amRanger s ession, o thers c an v iew
images a nd l ive v iew o n t heir p ersonal i OS d evices, A ndroid d evices, a nd/or M ac o r
Windows c omputer. T he C amRanger S hare a pplicaMon i s f ree a nd c an b e d ownloaded
from w ww.CamRanger.com/downloads. I ndividuals u sing t he C amRanger S hare a pp c an o nly
view i mages a nd l ive v iew w hen t he C amRanger i s c onnected a nd t he m ain C amRanger u ser h as
enables s haring f rom w ithin t he s ehngs.
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The M ac S hare s ehngs, a s s een b elow, c an b e a ccessed b y s elecMng " CamRanger" f rom t he
Mac m enu b ar f ollowed b y " Preferences."
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• Enable S haring: W hen v iewing a n i mage i n t he m ain i mage v iew, i ndividual i mages c an b e
shared b y e nabling s haring i n t he C amRanger S ehngs a nd t hen s elecMng " Share" f rom t he
File d rop d own. O ne m ust E nable S haring i n o rder f or t he A uto S haring, A uto S hare
Thumbnails, a nd S hare L ive V iew s ehngs t o w ork.
• Auto S hare T humbnails: A ll i mages c aptured w ill d isplay a s t humbnails o n t he C amRanger
Share d evices w hen A uto S hare T humbnails i s e nabled. T he C amRanger S hare u ser c an s croll
through t he p ictures a t h is o r h er o wn p ace.
• Auto S hare L ive V iew: T he C amRanger s hare u ser w ill b e a ble t o s ee t he c amera's l ive v iew o n
their p ersonal d evice w hen S hare L ive V iew i s e nabled. I f a n i mage t humbnail i s n ot v iewed
by t he C amRanger u ser i n t he m ain i mage v iew, i t w ill n ot b e s hared t o t he C amRanger S hare
app u sers.
• Show C lients: T he C amRanger u ser c an s ee w hat d evices a re u sing t he C amRanger S hare
applicaMon d uring t he C amRanger s ession.
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Note t hat t he w atermark s ehngs o n t he m ain C amRanger a pp w ill b e s et o n a ll s haring d evices.
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Assuming t hat a ll d evices h ave a g ood c onnecMon w ith t he C amRanger, a s t he n umber o f u sers
increase, t he p erformance d ecreases s lightly; a dding 1 s econd p er s hared d evice f or e ach s mall
JPG t hat i s d istributed i s a g ood r ule o f t humb. S imilarly, s haring l ive v iew w ith a n a ddiMonal 1
or 2 d evices w ill n ot s ignificantly d egrade p erformance, b ut a s m ore d evices a re a dded t he
frame r ate w ill r educe. A ddiMonally, a d evice w ith a v ery p oor/slow c onnecMon c an d egrade t he
performance f or e veryone. T he p hotographer u sing t he C amRanger a pp c an a lways t emporarily
turn o ff s haring t o k ick o ff a ll s hared d evices. A s t he n umber o f u sers i ncreases t he t here a re
pracMcal p erformance l imits. D epending o n t he s cenario, p racMcal m aximums o f 5 -­‐15 c lients a re
typical. T he a mount o f d ata b eing s hared a s w ell a s t he n etwork s trength t o a ll o f t he c lients
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