Setting up “Home Media Server (UPnP)” to work with Dreambox

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Setting up "Home Media Server (UPnP)" to work with Dreambox

Installation

To get started, you must download a program for "Home Media Server (UPnP) and install it on a Windows PC. The software in Russian language can be found here: , in English here: . For the english translation of this guide version 0.72 of Wild Media Server is used.

photo Nr.1 (About)

NOTICE At the moment of writing this guide there is already version 1.10 of this software available. This version also works with Dreambox and the settings are almost the same.

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First steps, setting up Media Resources

After you installed and launched the program you see the main windows (photo Nr.2), on the toolbar click the button [Settings]. In the new window you must specify the location of your media resources on your PC for music, movies and photos (photos Nr. 3-7).

Photo Nr. 2 (Main Window)

NOTICE All the options mentioned in this manual assume the use of "Wild Media Server" in combination with the Dreambox. Sharing media content with other devices require additional settings which are specific to the profile settings for each devices macand ip address. For more information contact the developers of the software.

NOTICE The settings for Internet radio-and television services are not part of this guide. If you want more information about this, please contact the developers of the software.

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Photo Nr. 3 (Setting up the directories)

Photo Nr. 4 (Setting up the directories / scanning)

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Manual Photo Nr.5 (Setting up the directories / Internet Resources)

Photo Nr.6 (Setting up the directories / Photo Resources)

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Manual Tab [ Media Resources ] > [ Service ]. You can configure additional servers here. These items appear in the Dreambox interface when viewing the Media Server (photo Nr. 7).

Photo Nr. 7 (Setting up the directories / Service)

NOTICE The current version of the Dreambox browser does not support DLNA with password protection.

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Setting the playback device for media resources

When you setup the device you have to configure which files are supported by your Dreambox. All types of files extensions which are not on this tab (photo Nr. 8) will automatically be transcoded to a supported format, configures on the appropiate tab.

Photo Nr. 8 ( Embedded file support)

NOTICE This tab shows the setup for DM800 PVR. For DM8000 you need to add, to [Movies]: [avi,divx]. To ensure compatibilty with Dreambox it is not recommended to change the [Chunked Transfer Mode].

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Photo Nr. 9 (Thumbnails of film, photos)

Photo Nr. 10 (Web-navigation)

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Configuring

In the settings for the server (photo Nr. 11) you have to specify the name of your media server. The name you can find in the DLNA menu of your Dreambox (photo Nr. 21).

Photo Nr. 11 (Server)

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