Archos 501889 User Manual - Page 15

ARCHOS 101 User Guide Page 15 of 25 The four menu items when playing a video. If not already present, the Video player widget can be placed on one of the five home screens to give you quick access to your recently added and recently played videos. 8. PLAY YOUR PC'S SHARED MEDIA VIA WIFI You don't have to limit yourself to playing only the video, music, and photo files that are stored on your device. When connected to your home WiFi network, your ARCHOS gives you the possibility to watch, directly on your device, the shared media files (videos, music or photos) stored on your computer. There are two main ways to "stream" media to your ARCHOS via WiFi. 8.1. Playing media from your PC's shared folders (SMB) If there are computers on your WiFi network that are sharing folders, then you will be able to browse those folders and play whatever content is in them. As shown to the left, a folder on your PC that is being shared has the hand‐holding‐a‐folder icon. To share a folder on your PC, right‐click on it and select Sharing. You can browse all the shared folders by using the Files application on your ARCHOS. In the file browser, find the group External and select Shared folders (SMB). You'll see the computer's name here, and then the shared folders and files inside it. If you have shared video or music files, you can access these folders directly from the Video application (select Shared Folders (SMB) from the list when you first open the video player) or the Music application (select the icon Storage on the right side). For photos, you will have to use the Files application to locate and display your photos. If the computer with the shared folders normally has a Windows® username and password, you will be asked to enter these before you can access the folder contents. 8.2. Playing your PC's shared media files (UPnP) The UPnP standard is a simplified and universal method for a computer to share its media contents. For this to work, you will need a WiFi connection and Windows Media® Player 11* or higher installed on your PC. This is especially useful when you have a large library of music and video and you cannot fit it all onto the internal memory of the ARCHOS. The ARCHOS uses the UPnP (Universal Plug‐and‐play) standard to stream shared media files from your PC's Windows Media® Library. * There are other products (software) on the market that also can share media files using the UPnP standard. SETTING WINDOWS MEDIA® PLAYER'S SHARING OPTIONS 1. Connect the ARCHOS to your WiFi network (see Making a WiFi Connection). http://www.archos.com/manuals/A101_EN_v1.1.htm 17.11.2010