Audio/Video/Pictures. If you just had one share registered such as \\mynas\media, then all 3 processes would be crawling the entirety of your network; ie... the process which searches for audio would also have to crawl around your video collection and also you picture collection. This is highly inefficient. 2. Next you go into each of the 3 content type-specific screens and configure the unit to monitor this location. In this screen, it should just be a matter of selecting an empty row, and picking from a list of available machines and shares the unit has discovered on the network. NOTE: There is one explicit exception to this step. Some NAS/file servers require a user-name and password to access the share. You can see this for yourself from a networked PC. Open a file browser, and try to access a networked share. If you are prompted for a user-name and password (and you cannot remove this need for user-authentication, such as on LaCie devices), you are going to have to pre-configure your Media Server with authentication information before you can perform the previous step. See „Configure Prerun Commands‟ for more information. Once you have configured all required network-located media repositories, you will need to return to „System Settings‟ and select „Reboot and Save Changes‟. You should also note that you will have to configure any Links to monitor the same networked locations, not just the Base. www.dfsolutions.co.uk © Digital Future Solutions Ltd 2010 5-12 5.8 Configure Prerun Commands This Menu is for highly advanced, system-level tailoring of your Media Server. What it actually is, is a method of specifying DOS-commands that are executed every time the system software starts up. In this way, there is a mechanism for adding advanced, customised functionality to the Base (for example, if additional server software was added by the installer, which required a means of launching said-software every time the system starts up. However, we don‟t market this ability, so as not to actively encourage the use (abuse?) of this facility. It merely exists for those rare occasions when it could be quite useful. The one chief purpose that dealers are made aware of this screen is for authenticating the Media Server with network shares that require userauthentication. For more information, please refer to the BLink Settings Guide. 5.9 Configuration Files All settings, configured through BLink, are automatically saved to the local file system or the machine‟s registry. Settings files that are saved to the local file system are saved in the e:\Config folder. This is then accessible from the network by accessing (ie. On a Base) \\Base\config The \Config folder will contain the following configuration files: N.B. it is recommended that only the Output_Settings.xml file is edited manually; all the other files are saved automatically by BLink. File Name AlbumReviews.xml AllArtistMData.xml AllAlbumMData.xml AllAudioShares.cfg AllVideoShares.cfg AppVPNs.xml DFSolutions.BLink.Fil eBased.Settings FlickrInfo.xml Purpose Contains album reviews for albums in the music library. Contains artists bios for artists in the music library Contains extra information about the albums in your music collection e.g. the file location of the cover art and if an attempt has been made to download the cover art from the internet. This is a Base only file which lists the audio network shares. This file is then used any Link machines to determine which audio network shares the Link should have access to. This is a Base only file which lists the video network shares. This file is then used by any Link machines to determine which video network shares the Link should have access to. Lists which VPN profiles should be used when launching different 3 rd party applications from within BLink. Contains many of the settings that are saved through the settings screens in BLink. Contains flickr api key and saved Flickr www.dfsolutions.co.uk © Digital Future Solutions Ltd 2010 Base a Link a Sonix a a a a a a a a - - a - - a a - a a - a a a 5-13
