The Upnp Av Media Server - THOMSON TG797n Setup And User Manual

Sharing Content on your Thomson Gateway
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The UPnP AV Media Server

Introduction
Your Thomson 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
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 Thomson 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 Thomson 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 Thomson 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.
UPnP AV network components
A UPnP AV network consists of the following components:
 The UPnP AV server
In your network the Thomson Gateway will fulfil this role.
The UPnP AV client
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media files provided by your UPnP AV media server.
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is directly connected to your media files and makes them available on the network.
is a software application or hardware device that allows you to play or view the
media files on your local
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