Samsung BD-EM53C/ZA Install Guide

AllShare PC S/W HELP

What is AllShare?

- Installation environment/List of supported media content

Start AllShare

- Install AllShare

- Screen layout

- Connect device

- Add shared content

- View shared content

- Create playlist

Use my computer’s content

- Play My Computer’s content on another player

- Transfer My Computer’s content to another device

Use connected server’s content

- Play connected server’s content on My Computer

- Play connected server’s content on another device

- Save connected server’s content to My Computer

Use My Computer’s shared content and player on another device

- Set use privileges for My Computer

- Play My Computer’s content on another device

- Play another device’s content on My Computer

Keyboard shortcuts

Beginner’s guide

- Play video on TV

- View photos on camera

- Save ﬁle from mobile phone

Frequently Asked Questions

What is AllShare?

AllShare is Samsung’s content-sharing technology, powered by *DLNA. The AllShare application makes it possible to share and play media content on *DLNA-ready devices (computers, TVs, mobile phones, camcorders, digital cameras, etc.) via a local network.

With AllShare, you can:

Play shared media content on your computer or another player

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Save or transfer shared media content to your computer or other devices

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Browse or search for shared media content stored on connected devices

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Browse or play media content stored on your computer using another device

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Let’s ﬁnd out more about the AllShare support ﬁle and installation.

Installation environment/List of supported media content >>

This manual provides an overview of AllShare computer software.

To learn how to use or conﬁgure AllShare for your device, please consult the manual provided with the device.

DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance)

A device-to-device sharing method for sharing media content among home appliances and/or mobile devices over commonly used standard networks (HTTP, UPnP, Wi-Fi, etc).

Computer will not go into sleep mode while AllShare PC S/W in use(playback of content,

transfer, etc).

What is AllShare? > Installation environment/List of supported media content

Installation environment

Component

CPU

RAM 2.0 GByte 3.0 GByte

Resolution 900 x 500 1920 x 1080

Wi-Fi network 802.11g/n 802.11n

Minimum installation

space

Supported OS Windows XP SP3 / Vista / Win7

Minimum speciﬁcation

(for 480p video playback)

Desktop

: Intel Pentium4 2.33GHz processor

or higher

Netbook

: Intel Atom 1.6GHz processor or higher

200MByte

Recommended speciﬁcation

(for 720p and 1080p video playback)

Desktop

: Intel Core Duo 1.8GHz processor

or higher

Essential software .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 or higher

List of supported media content

Photo JPEG/GIF/PNG/BMP

Music MP3/WMA/AC3/AAC/OGG/WAV/FLAC/APE

Video AVI/WMV/MP4/ASF/MKV/MPG/3GP/F4V/DIVX/MOV/QT

Start AllShare

Let’s examine AllShare’s screen layout and the essential settings required for getting started.

Install >>

Screen layout >>

Connect device >>

Add shared content >>

View shared content >>

Create playlist >>

Start AllShare > Install AllShare

Double-click the installation ﬁle to launch the installer, and follow the instructions to install AllShare.

1. Select the language you want to use and click ‘OK’.

2. Review the installation location for the software and the licence agreement, select ‘I accept the terms of the licence agreement’, and click ‘Next’.

Start AllShare > Install AllShare

3. The ﬁles required for running the software will be installed.

4. When the installation is complete and the shortcuts have been created, select whether or not to launch the software, and click ‘Finish’ to ﬁnish installation.

Start AllShare > Screen layout

1. File management screen

To go to the File management screen, either select View > File management screen mode in top menu or click File management screen mode button.

A. Browsing area

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Device list: Shows shared content on servers that are connected to My Computer.

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Content list: Shows content by video/photo/music category.

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Transfer/Back up list: Shows the progress/completion status for transfer and backup.

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Playlist: Create and play a customised playlist of songs, photos, or videos that you want.

B. Content list area

Shows the content of the list selected in the browsing area.

C. Play on another device/Transfer to another device/Save to My Computer buttons

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Play on another device: Brings up the selection screen for the device the selected content

will play on.

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Transfer to another device: Brings up the selection screen for the device the selected

content will be transferred to.

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Save to My Computer: Brings up the selection screen for the folder the selected content

will be saved to.

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D. Additional features

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Refresh: Refreshes the entire list.

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List view/Thumbnail view: Click to change list view method.

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Search: Searches the content within the Content list area.

E. Player control screen mode

Switches to Player control screen mode.

2. Player control screen

To go to Player control screen, either select View > Player control screen mode in top menu or

click Player control screen mode button.

A. Players area

Shows the devices that can play content, which you can click to go to their respective Control screens.

B. Refresh player

Refreshes the list of players.

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C. Information display and Player area

Shows the information for the selected player and content; you can use the player to control playback.

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Resume watching on another device (

another device.

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Player button

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Play (

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Stop (

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Previous (

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Next (

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Navigation bar (

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Volume control bar (

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Repeat

- No repeat (

- Repeat one (

) : Plays the selected content.

) : Stops playing content.

) : Plays the previous ﬁle.

) : Plays the next ﬁle.

): Lets you explore the playback position for video/music content.

) : Plays the selected content list from start to ﬁnish without repeating.

) : Plays one selected ﬁle repeatedly.

): Resumes playback of selected content on

): Controls playback volume for video/music content.

- Repeat all (

- Sequential play ( switches between sequential play and shufﬂe.

D. Playlist area

Shows the shared content list to which the playlist has been added.

E. Manage playlist button

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Add to playlist (

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Delete (

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Move up (

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Move down (

Brings up the Add content screen.

F. File management screen mode

): Deletes selected content from playlist.

) : Repeatedly plays the selected content list from start to ﬁnish.

)/shufﬂe( ) : Only available only when Repeat all is selected;

): Brings up the Add content screen.

): Moves the selected content up.

): Moves the selected content down.

Switches to File management screen mode.

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3. Player screen

To view the Player screen, either select View > View player window in top menu or double-click on a content in content list.

Use the basic buttons the same way you use Player control screen.

A. View original size (

Changes window size to the original size for the video/photo.

B. Fit to screen (

Changes the size of a video/photo so that it ﬁts the window sized by the user.

C. Full screen (

Shows a video/photo in full screen.

D. View subtitles

Turns subtitles on/off.

Set photo display time

Sets photo display time.

(Set time and actual display time would be different depending on network conditions.)

E. Resume watching on another device (

Resumes playback of content on another device.

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Use right-click menu on playback screen to access ﬁne controls.

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Play/Pause: Starts/pauses playback of content.

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Stop: Stops playing content.

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Previous: Moves to previous content.

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Next: Moves to next content.

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Volume Controls

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Volume Controls

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Increase volume: Increases volume.

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Decrease volume: Decreases volume.

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50%: Changes window size to 50% of the content’s original size.

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100%: Changes window size to the content’s original size.

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Fit to screen: Plays content by ﬁtting it to the current screen size.

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Aspect ratio

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Default - Plays in the video’s default ratio.

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4:3 - Plays video in 4:3 aspect ratio.

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16:9 - Plays video in 16:9 aspect ratio.

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Full screen: Plays content in full screen.

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Subtitles

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View subtitles: Turns subtitles on or off.

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Bold font: Turns bold font on or off for subtitles.

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Larger font: Increases font size of subtitles.

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Smaller font: Decreases font size of subtitles.

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0.5sec faster: Displays subtitles 0.5 seconds faster than current sync.

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0.5sec slower: Displays subtitles 0.5 seconds slower than current sync.

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Sync default: Displays subtitles in the original sync.

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Always on top when playing

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Close player window

Start AllShare > Connect device

Check network environment for My Computer

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Check your local and/or wireless network connection in Tools > Network information.

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If there is no connection, check your computer’s network connection.

Connect another device using AllShare

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TV: Connect to your local network via wireless/wired LAN.

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Mobile phone: Connect to your local network via Wi-Fi and run the AllShare application.

If you need further explanation or if you want to connect a different device, please consultthe manual for the device

Allowing a connected device access

1. Go to Tools > Settings > Privilege settings tab.

Start AllShare > Connect device

2. Proceed to Sharing privilege settings for My Computer.

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If Always allow is selected, the shared content on My Computer can be used without a

pop-up notiﬁcation when another device requests access for the ﬁrst time.

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Allow all/Block all: Allows/forbids access privileges for all currently connected devices.

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You can set access privileges for each device by selecting allow/block, located next to

the connected device list.

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To remove a device from the list, click X on the connected device list.

3. Proceed to Allow remote playback on My Computer.

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‘Always show pop-up when playback is requested’: When selected, this shows playback

requests to My Computer from other devices in a pop-up.

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Always allow: When another device sends a playback request to My Computer, playback

is granted without a pop-up notiﬁcation.

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Never allow: Devices cannot play on My Computer.

Check connected devices

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Samsung BD-EM53C/ZA Install Guide

Contents

What is AllShare?

Start AllShare