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Chapter 10 – Edimax Technology NS-2502 User Manual

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Chapter 10

Media Server

The media server of this storage server allows you to share your media files to DLNA
compliant media adapters and players through network.

Parameters

Description

Media Server

You can enable or disable media server function here. Click “Save” to
keep changes or “Cancel” to discard the change you made.

Server Name

Please specify the name of media server here. Media players need
this name to locate this media server.

Rescan Interval

Please specify the time interval in second between two media server
scans. The media server periodically scan media folder for newly
added files. The valid rescan interval is 0 or from 30 to 65535
seconds. 0 rescan interval means NO AUTO RESCAN. You can also
click “Rescan” button to start a scan immediately. The required scan
time varies depend on the number of media files. It may take several
minutes to finish.

It’s recommended to use the value larger than 300 to prevent media
server from rescanning too frequently. A short rescan interval will
make media server respond slower.

Save

Click this button to save general settings of media server.

Add

Click this button to add a new folder to store shared media files. You’ll
be prompted to select a folder on the attached storage device.