Vista home audio and video server formation program

Lin Xin: I recently installed the Vista operating system on my desktop and laptop. The hard drive capacity of the notebook is not large, so I put the media files on the desktop. Because I sometimes want to watch movies and listen to music, I want to convert my desktop computer into a video server. However, I tried it a few times and did not succeed. I would like to ask the experts of "Computer Newspaper", what is the coup to set up Vista video server?

Office expert Chen Dengxin: From the reader's description, we know that a large number of media files are stored in the desktop computer with Vista installed. Therefore, you can use the "media sharing" function of Vista operating system to turn the desktop into an audio and video server.

This server can provide a large number of files such as video and music, and can realize remote playback.

Using the Windows Media Player 11 (hereafter referred to as WMP11) media player to open the "Media Sharing" service, you can easily share music, pictures and videos on the LAN without any other server or client tools. The implementation method is also quite simple.

Solution

First, create video server

1. Open media sharing

Open the media player WMP11 of Vista operating system, click the toolbar On the "Media Library → Media Sharing" command. If a warning message box is displayed, the current media sharing is disabled. You must manually enable it. Click the OK button to prompt the current network environment to be the public network (Figure 1).

"Network" button on the dialog box, enter "Network and Sharing Center" window "Custom" Click the button next to "Public Network", then select "private", click " The "Next" button will complete the network status change.

2.Setting Shared Files

At this point, you will find that the options in "Sharing Settings" on the "Media Sharing" dialog box are already optional. Check "Find media shared by other users". And "Share Media" options, click the "OK" button.

Then click the "Settings" button in the pop-up dialog box, select the shared media file type and file level in the default settings window, here you can check all the media types and all the ratings (Figure 2) Finally, click the "OK" button to have the function of the video playback server. Media

set default sharing media files Vista system can only be shared in a public folder. Therefore, in order to allow media files on other partitions to also provide sharing, you can open the "Media Library → Add to Media Library" option on the WMP11 toolbar.

You can add other partitions by checking the "My Personal Folders" option in the pop-up window and clicking the "Advanced Options" button and selecting the "Add" button on the expanded panel. The media files in the middle make them a part of the shared "tribe".

Second, share audio and video server

Open the WMP11 media player in your notebook, and then click the "Media Library → Media Sharing" command on the toolbar. In the "Sharing Settings" area, select "Find media shared by other users" and click the "OK" button.

At this time, on the system tray area of ​​the Vista desktop that provides shared services, a notification to find another computer that has WMP11 turned on is displayed. After clicking the notification, click the "Allow" button in the pop-up dialog box to confirm that the shared service can be provided to the notebook, or click "Share Settings" to set the custom media playback type (Figure 3).

Click WMP11 media player in the notebook "Media Library" button, will be able to see the name of the computer services and media options with shared library name in the list on the left. Finally, just select the type of media you are playing, such as "Music", and then select the appropriate content to play.

Viewpoints

The biggest advantage of using Vista's WMP11 to build a video server is that it is easy to set up and easy to use. No matter whether the computer sharing the media library opens WMP11, it will not affect the visitor's access. Any newbie can set up the video playback server without the help of others.

However, when creating a media server, be careful to set the network status to "private network" so that you can share movies and music. After testing, when playing movie files in the LAN, the playback effect is extremely smooth, without any feeling of stagnation or stagnation, which is very suitable for home and small LAN users.