Netgear MyMedia Installation Manual

MyMedia With the Desktop genie App

User Manual

February 2016

202-11630-01

350 East Plumeria Drive

San Jose, CA 95134

USA

MyMedia

Support

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access the latest downloads and user manuals, and join our community. We recommend that you use only official NETGEAR
support resources.

Conformity

For the current EU Declaration of Conformity, visit http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/11621.

Compliance

For regulatory compliance information, visit http://www.netgear.com/about/regulatory.

See the regulatory compliance document before connecting the power supply.

Trademarks

© NETGEAR, Inc. NETGEAR and the NETGEAR Logo are trademarks of NETGEAR, Inc. Any non-NETGEAR trademarks are
used for reference purposes only.

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Contents

Chapter 1 Set Up MyMedia With the genie App

Chapter 2 Change the MyMedia Settings With the genie App

Chapter 3 Set Up the Router as a DLNA Media Server

Install the NETGEAR Desktop genie App on a Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Play Media From Your Home Network on a Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

MyMedia Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Change the MyMedia Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Allow Devices on the Network to Access Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Allow Media Files to Play on Your Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Change the Media File Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Change the Video File Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Change the Audio File Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Change the Image File Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

NETGEAR Routers That Support DLNA Media Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Set Up the Router as a DLNA Media Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Play Media on DLNA-Compliant Media Players . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Set Up the Router to Work With TiVo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Play Media From a USB Device on TiVo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Play Videos on TiVo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Play Music or View Photos on TiVo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

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1. Set Up MyMedia With the genie

App

Use the MyMedia® feature on the genie app to play media stored on computers and WiFi
devices that are connected to your NETGEAR router’s network. MyMedia is available with the
desktop genie app for Windows and Mac computers and with the mobile genie app for iOS and

Android mobile devices.

This manual describes how to use MyMedia with the desktop genie app. For more information

about using MyMedia with the mobile genie app, see the MyMedia for the mobile genie app user
manual, which is available at downloadcenter.netgear.com.

This chapter contains the following sections:

• Install the NETGEAR Desktop genie App on a Computer

• Play Media From Your Home Network on a Computer

For more information about the topics covered in this manual, visit the support website at

support.netgear.com. For more information about the genie app, see the genie app user manual,

which is available at downloadcenter.netgear.com.

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MyMedia

Install the NETGEAR Desktop genie App on a Computer

You must download the latest version of the desktop genie app to use the MyMedia feature.

The desktop genie app runs on Windows XP SP3, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and
Windows 10.

 To download the desktop genie app on your Windows computer:

1. V

isit the NETGEAR genie web page at NETGEAR.com/genie.

2. Click the appropriate Download button.

When you download and install the genie app, it starts automatically. If you want to use
the genie app later
computer, the genie app icon also displays in your Windows taskbar.

, double-click the icon on your desktop. If you are using a Windows

Play Media From Your Home Network on a Computer

Use the genie app to play media files stored on devices that are connected to your router’s
home network.

For you to play media from your home network on a device, the device must support the
DLNA Player profile. Game consoles (like Xbox 360 or PS3) and DVRs do not support the
DLNA Player profile. For this reason, they do not display as players in MyMedia.

MyMedia finds only the media types supported by the player. For example, an iPad does not

Adobe Flash files because this format is not supported.

play

If you want to access media files stored on a USB storage device connected to the router,
you must set up the router as a DLNA media server. For more information, see Chapter 3,

Set Up the Router as a DLNA Media Server.

 To play media from your home network on your computer:

1. Connect your computer to the router

2. Launch the genie app .

The Home page displays.

’s network using a wired Ethernet or WiFi connection.

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3. Select My Media.

4. Click the Player tab.

MyMedia

The Player page displays.

5. Select your computer

.

6. Click the Source tab.

The Source page displays.

7. Double-click a source device that contains the media that you want to play on your

computer

.

The page displays the folders that are on the source device.

8. Double-click the folder and select the media file within the folder that you want to play

The media plays on your computer.

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2. Change the MyMedia Settings

With the genie App

This chapter contains the following sections:

• MyMedia Views

• Change the MyMedia Player

• Allow Devices on the Network to Access Files

• Allow Media Files to Play on Your Computer

• Change the Media File Settings

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