Netgear NTV550 NTV550 User Manual (PDF) - Page 16

NTV550 Ultimate HD Media Player User Manual Live Folder Browsing Live Folder Browsing is like using Windows File Manager to browse your network to find a file. When you browse by folder, you see new media on your network immediately. However, you cannot use categories. Instead of using categories, you locate the media by navigating the folders where it resides. Only the media locations that are also in your NTV550 media library are listed. The main reason to use Live Folder Browsing is if you added a new media files to shared folders and don't want to take the time to do a scan before playing it (to add it to the media library). You can use Live Folder Browsing to go directly to the file and play it. To use Live Folder Browsing: 1. Select Browse Folders from the main menu, or from the Video, Music, and Photos menus. 2. To see all network folders, press the Popup Menu button, or edit your media locations to view more network folders. 3. To edit media locations, go to Settings > Media locations > Select media locations. 4. Press Play on a folder to play all the media in the folder. For example, pressing Play on a folder containing .jpg files starts a slideshow from the photos in the folder. If the folder contains one or more DVD files, then Play shows a menu listing the available files. From the folder, press OK to choose which DVD to play. Tips for Browsing and Searching You can browse by the type of media that you want (such as videos), or you can browse by folder. Here are some tips to help you quickly locate media files. • You can combine categories to narrow your search. For example, you can browse by genre and then by rating to get to R-rated action movies. • Some audio or video files might be stored without information in some fields, such as album or genre. If this is the case, these tracks are listed in a category called Unknown. You can use the Tag Tool to fix these. See Using the Tag Tool Application on page 35. • You can enter letters contained in a title to quickly find a media file by name when browsing. For example, enter EYE to find both Goldeneye and For your Eyes Only. • When browsing on an iPod, note that iTunes uses an unusual file-naming convention to store music files on the iPod. The Ultimate HD Media Player can display only the folder names as they are saved on the iPod. To find the files, use other criteria such as artist or genre. • To enter letters, tap the number button to get the letters that you want. For example, tap 6 twice to change from M to N. 16 | Chapter 2. Browsing and Organizing Media