The Upnp Av Media Server - Technicolor TG587n v3 Setup And User Manual

7 SHARING CONTENT ON YOUR TECHNICOLOR GATEWAY

7.2 The UPnP AV Media Server

Introduction
Your Technicolor Gateway has a built-in DLNA-certified UPnP AV media server. This section describes how to use and
configure this media server.
UPnP AV
UPnP AV (AV stands for Audio and Video) is a protocol especially designed to share media files on your local network.
DLNA-certified
The Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) is an organisation that imposes requirements to ensure the interoperatability
of your media devices and standardize the communication between them.
Buying a DLNA-certified device like the Technicolor Gateway guarantees you that it will seamlessly integrate with your
other DLNA-certified devices.
To allow you to access your media in a quick and easy way, the Technicolor Gateway scans your storage device for meta data
information (for example, title, artist, album) and stores it in a database. When you are looking for a file, the Technicolor
Gateway can simply query the database instead of having to go through all the files.
This database will only be created if the following conditions are met:
Your disk or partition must have at least 250MB of free space
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Your disk or partition must not be read-only.
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UPnP AV network components
A UPnP AV network consists of the following components:
The UPnP AV server is directly connected to your media files and makes them available on the network. In your network
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the Technicolor Gateway will fulfil this role.
The UPnP AV client is a software application or hardware device that allows you to play or view the media files provided
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by your UPnP AV media server.
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