HP Mv2120 HP MV2120, MV5020, MV5140, MV5150 Media Vault - User's Guide - Page 102

Store digital home movies and downloaded or digitally recorded movies and TV shows on your Media Vault. The large storage space enables you to store lots of shows before running out of storage space. The media streaming capabilities make it possible for you to store movies in one location and watch them on any DMA-enabled device in your home. Before You Begin Media Streaming There are a couple of things you need to do before you are ready to start media streaming. • Media streaming looks for files of a certain type-photos, music, or videos-within the specified folder. Therefore, music must be placed in the music folder or a sub-folder of the music folder. Photos must be within the Photos folder. Videos must be in the Videos folder. For example, if a .jpg (a photo file format) is placed in the music folder it will not be streamed as a photo. It is ignored since it is not in the photos folder. • Make sure the shared folders are enabled for media streaming. For additional information, see Viewing Shared Folders on page 5-61 or Enabling Media Streaming for a Folder on page 8-95. Streaming Media to your Entertainment Center If you have a Digital Media Adapter (DMA) attached to your television and/ or stereo, you can play the media files stored on your server on these entertainment devices. The DMA accesses your stored media files and coordinates the streaming process between your server and the entertainment device. The Media Vault's media server works with both wired or wireless DMAs. Your network must have wireless functionality to use a wireless DMA. Two conditions are required for media streaming with the server: 1 Your DMA must use Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) A/V streaming. 2 Only media files are available for media streaming. The types of files that are considered "media" are: photographs, music (audio), and video. Non-media files, such as Microsoft Word documents, are not available for streaming. 8-94 Version