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Media Collector
HP Media Collector Features
HP Media Collector takes media files from the computers on your network and copies
them to your HP MediaSmart Server. This allows you to maintain a comprehensive
library of music, photos, and videos in one location in your home. You can stream media
to your television and stereo. You can share music with iTunes applications on other
computers in your network. You can even stream media to the Internet where any
computer with a Web browser can play it.
Note
Media Collector copies only media files. It does not collect other file types, such
as Microsoft Office documents.
Media Collection
HP Media Collector scans your computers for music, image, and video files and it copies
them to the Server. You can choose how, where, and when Media Collector gathers your
media. For example:
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You can tell Media Collector to look for videos in all folders or only in your My
Videos folders.
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You can tell Media Collector to look for music and not to look for photos and
video.
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You can tell Media Collector to gather photos from your computer and not from
your children’s computers.
Schedule
Media Collector scans the computers in your network on an automatic schedule that you
choose. After you enable media collection and set the schedule, Media Collector collects
new media files when you add them to your computers.
Note
If you go to the Windows Server Console and reduce the interval between scans,
this won’t take effect until the next scheduled scan, unless you log off your
computer and log back on again.
Media Collection Order
When all media types are enabled for collection, Media Collector collects photo files
first; then music files, and it takes video files last.
Before you Configure Media Collector
HP Media Collector Default Settings
Media Collector is disabled by default. Before Media Collector can begin to copy media
to your HP MediaSmart Server, you must enable each media type.