Imerge MediaServer MS5000, User Manual

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MS5000 M
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USER GUIDE
© Copyright Imerge Ltd 2007
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Exporting Files from your Mediaserver
Double click on the folder entitled MusicShare . A
folder window will be displayed containing a folder
for each artist present in the
Audio Library of your
MediaServer.
Double click on the folder for an artist. A folder
window will be displayed containing a folder for
each album by the chosen artist present in the
Audio Library .
Double click on the folder for an album. A folder
window will be displayed containing all the tracks
within the album and a JPEG file containing the
cover art for the album.
You now have read only access to these files and can
drag and drop them to a location on your PC. You are
now also able to copy music from your MediaServer
directly to your portable player.
Transferring Music to your Portable Player
using iTunes
The iTunes Media Player application is specifically
designed to simplify the process of synchronizing your
music collection with an iPod portable player. Support
for other devices is limited; you should check that
your portable player is compatible before using this
application.
Note : These instructions refer to Apple iTunes version
7.1. Whilst most versions are supported, the user
interfaces may vary and therefore these instructions may
not always be accurate.
The Library source in iTunes shows all media files stored
on the local hard disk as well as media which has been
added from other network drives. You can add the
music collection from your MediaServer to the
Library as
follows:
Select the Preferences option. This can be found
under the Edit menu on the Windows edition of
iTunes and under the iTunes menu on the Macintosh
version.
Select the
Advanced tab.
Ensure that the option labelled Copy files to iTunes
Music folder when adding to library is unchecked.
Click the OK button to confirm any changes.
Making sure you have Library displayed in iTunes,
navigate to your MediaServer on the network.
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Select the music you wish to transfer; you can
transfer entire albums, or all the music by a
particular artist, by dragging the relevant folder
into the iTunes
Library and releasing the mouse
button. To transfer the entire contents of your
Audio Library , drag the folder entitled Albums By
Artist into the iTunes Library.
Note : the import process may take some time depending
on the number of albums and the speed of your
computer.
Once the iTunes Library source has been updated with
the music from your MediaServer you can you can
update your iPod as follows:
Connect your iPod in the normal way.
Click the
Browse button in the top right-hand
corner of the iTunes window.
Drag any item from the
Genre , Artist , Album lists
onto the iPod icon in the Source area.
The transfer process will begin shortly afterwards.
Updating the iTunes Library
If you have removed music from your MediaServer
or edited the names of any items in the library you
will need to update the iTunes
Library to remove any
broken links. To do this, you should first delete all the
MediaServer albums from the iTunes Library as follows:
Select the View Options item from the View menu.
Check the Grouping option, then click the OK
button to confirm your changes.
In the iTunes Library click the new Grouping column
heading. The tracks located on your MediaServer
hard disk will be grouped together using the label
<-
MediaServer_NAME (e.g. <- ImergeMS5000-1234 ).
Click on the first track in the list with this grouping
label then, holding down the Shift key, click the last
track.
Press the
Delete key to remove these tracks from
the iTunes Library .
Click Yes to confirm your choice.
Repeat the import process described above to add back
the MediaServer information.
Note : iTunes does not support WMA files.
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