Buffalo Technology PC-P1LAN User Manual

Network Media Player

PC-P1LAN

User’s Manual

Using Link Theater

Detailed Conguration

Appendix

Contents

Caution

Using LinkTheater

Supported le formats ......................................... 3

Registering playback folders ..............................4

Data playback on a television .............................4

Converting les ....................................................4

Conguring access restrictions.......................... 6

DLNA media server

playback

.............................. 8

Detailed Settings

LinkTheater Advanced Settings ..........................9

Media Server Conguration ............................... 10

BootServer Manager .......................................... 11

Appendix

Manually conguring an IP address ................ 12

Verifying computer’s IP address ......................... 12

Conguring the LinkTheater's IP address .......... 14

Troubleshooting ................................................. 16

Glossary ..............................................................21

Specications .....................................................22

Using this manual

The following notations and symbols are used throughout this manual.

Notations and Symbols

Caution mark ................ Items which follow

when handling Link Theater. Failure to follow this mark may result in personal injury and/or damage to the device.

Next operation mark ..... Page numbers that come after indicate the page you should proceed to

next.

Terminology notation within the manual

• This manual assumes that your computer has the following drive conguration: C: Hard disk E: CD-ROM drive

• Names enclosed in [ ] brackets within the manual represent dialog box names, menus, buttons, check boxes or other such items that you need to select when operating the device.

• Names enclosed in < > brackets represent keys on the keyboard. (Example) <Enter>

are items that you must pay particular attention to

Using LinkTheater

Thank you for choosing LinkTheater! This manual should help you congure and use your new LinkTheater.

Supported le formats

The following le formats can be played back using LinkTheater.

Media Server trans code compatible format (*1)

Compatible formats

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digital compres-

sion format

Compatible video

formats

Compatible audio formats

Compatible image formats • JPEG (*4), BMP, PNG

*1: LinkTheater plays MPEG-2 and MP3 les. Other formats are transformed into MPEG-2 and MP3 for

playback.

For format transformation, your PC should meet the following requirements.

■ Minimum system requirements [CPU] Pentium4 1.4GHz or higher, or equivalent performance CPU [Memory] 256 MB or higher

■ Recommended system requirements [CPU] Pentium4 1.8GHz or higher/ Celeron 1.8GHz or higher/ Pentium M 900MHz or higher Celeron M 1.0GHz or higher, or equivalent performance CPU recommended. [Memory] 512 MB or higher recommended.

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AVI (*2), WMV, WMA, GIF

• Audio les encoded in either MP3 or WAV (uncompressed)

• Image les saved/compressed in JPEG, BMP or PNG formats

• Video les encoded in MPEG-2 format

• MPEG-2 standard resolution (*.MPG le, m2p le)

• Maximum resolution 720 x 480 Maximum 8Mbps (*3)

• Maximum frame rate 30fps

• MPEG-1 Audio Layer 2 2 channel

• MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3 2 channel

Linear PCM 2 channel

(S/P DIF) 16 bit, 48kHz

• Linear PCM (*.WAV)

• MPEG-1 Audio Layer -3 (*.MP3)

* Low bit rates may allow some les to play from PCs that do not meet the above requirements. * Not all les can be played.

*2: The AVI codec must be installed in your computer to convert and play AVI les.

*3: If LinkTheater is connected to an 11Mbps wireless LAN, or if playback is performed from an USB1.1

device, demanding video les (3Mbps or more) may skip or drop frames.

*4: Only baseline JPEGs can be viewed.

Registering a folder for playback

Note

In order to play computer les on LinkTheater, you need to register the folders on the computer. Refer to the separate [Read Me First] document, and register your media folders for playback.

Data playback on a television

Refer to the separate [Read Me First] document for details on the procedure for playing back computer or server data on a television.

LinkTheater can play MPEG-2 and MP3 les. Other formats are automatically transformed for

playback. You can change the image quality by right-clicking on the Transcoder's task tray icon and selecting Quality from the displayed menu, or as shown below.

Converting data

When videos cannot be played smoothly because of dropped frames, or if you want to play back MPEG-2 les that have a bitrate higher than 8Mbps, you need to convert the les on your computer before playback, as shown below.

Click [Start]-[(All) Programs]-

[BUFFALO]-[PC-P1LAN][Transcoder]-[Transcoder].

Drag and drop the le that you

want to convert.

* In order for you to distinguish between

explanations concerning the television

screen and computer screen and explanations about the computer screen

are marked with this icon .

* Screens shown in this manual are

examples. Your display may be slightly different.

Click [Edit Settings].

Select the compression

quality, then click [OK].

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If you wish to congure image quality settings

Note

individually, click [Add] in step 4 on page 4, and set the details as desired. Individual items can be selected under [New Prole].

The following items can be set.

Mode

Mode can be selected from constant bitrate (CBR), variable bitrate (CVBR), and constant quality (CQ). The features of each mode are explained in the [Glossary] on page 21. Items that can be set in [Rate settings] differ depending on the mode selected here.

Bitrate

The larger the set value, the clearer the image will be. However, the size of the recorded le also increases. The possible setting range is 192~8000 (kbps).

If [Variable Bitrate] is selected in adjustment mode, recording is performed within the range of bitrates set for maximum bitrate and minimum bitrate. Set this value so that it falls between the [Maximum Bitrate] and [Minimum Bitrate] which will be set below.

Maximum Bitrate

This setting is the maximum bitrate used when recording. This can only be set when [Variable Bitrate] is selected in adjustment mode. It is possible to set a value in the range of the [Bitrate] value in the item above ~8000 (kbps).

Minimum Bitrate

This setting is the minimum bitrate used when recording. This can only be set when [Variable bitrate] is selected in adjustment mode. It is possible to set a value in the range of the [Bitrate] value in the item above ~192 (kbps).

DeInterlacing

“Bob” interlacing produces the sharpest image but may leave noise artifacts. “Median” interlacing reduces noise but may remove image detail.

CPU processing speed

Image quality improves with a larger value, but the strain placed on the CPU (computer) also increases. Use higher numbers if you have a fast computer. Normally, a value in the range of 0~2 is used.

Audio bitrate

A high bitrate provides higher sound quality, but it also increases the size of the le.

Click [Add].

You can specify the save destination

and name of the le after conversion by clicking [Output le]-[Browse]. By default, the converted le is added and saved to the same location as the conversion source le, and [MPEG2 (PC-P1LAN)]_000 is added to the end of the le name (the 000 number counts up when the same name le is converted a number of times).

[Status] displays [Awaiting conversion] → [Converting] →

[Conversion completed].

To stop the conversion process, click

[Stop]. Click [Start] to restart a stopped

le.

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Conguring access restrictions

You can set access restrictions to shared playback folders, so that the folder can only be played back when specic conditions are met. These settings can be performed as follows.

Click [Start]-[(All) Programs]-

[BUFFALO]-[PC-P1LAN]-

[Congure Media server].

Click the [Permissions] tab.

Click [Only accept access

from the following client

devices].

When you want to prohibit specic conditions, select [Prohibit access from the following client devices].

Click [Turn ON Access

Control].

Click [Add].

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Click [Next].

Select the conditions for

access restriction, then click [Next].

You can select restriction conditions of host name, IP address, network address, and MAC address (get MAC address from the back of your LinkTheater).

Step through the wizard to complete the access

restriction settings.

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