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Guide to Sharing Multimedia Files Over LAN with TVersity Media Hub
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- The software supports Windows XP and above and requires either Firefox or Google Chrome browsers to be installed.
Step 1: Download and install TVersity Media Server on your computer. If you don't have it yet, you can download the latest version of TVersity Media Server from here
Step 2: Log in to your online account.
After installation, you need to log in to one of the online accounts such as Youtube, Google, Flickr, and Picasa to fill in some sharing information. To manage files on your hard drive, the simplest way is to click the plus sign icon on the menu bar above, in the Type section, choose either Folder or File. In the two boxes below Folder and Title, enter the path of the folder or file and click Submit to complete.
The TMS interface consists of four main tabs: Guide, Library, Status, and Settings. To manage online files in the Guide tab, select items such as: BBC, Hulu, HD, G4, or YouTube
After installing the data sharing feature for other machines, devices within the same network access will be automatically activated, or you can restart by clicking the square icon and selecting Start Sharing Services.
To access the management page on the browser, enter the link http://localhost:41952/admin. Other machines within the same LAN network wanting to access shared files will enter the link http://localhost:41952 in the browser to retrieve files.
The opened page will display sections like Audio, Photos, Video which are folders containing multimedia files stored on the computer's hard drive, and the Internet folder will contain online files from your YouTube, Picasa, or Flickr accounts.
You can also install and share in case of sharing issues.
With this TVersity Media Server tool, you can efficiently share data and multimedia files over LAN networks. This is one of the networking methods I want to share and implement with you all.
Nowadays, users have access to concepts that were previously vague, such as Virtual LANs. For those in computer networking, the concept of Virtual LANs is familiar, but for those who are unfamiliar, you can refer to the article What is Virtual LANs to learn more about distinguishing and configuring Virtual LANs for internet networks.
