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  • Page 1 DVDFab Movie Server A1 User Guide / 51 Fengtao Software Inc. 2017-09-05...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    6.3 P ...................... 24 UDIOS 6.4 B ....................24 ROWSE MAGE ILES 6.5 P ....................25 LAYBACK ONTROL 6.6 M ....................26 EDIA ANAGEMENT 6.6.1 Poster Wall ......................27 6.6.2 Function Menu ....................28 / 51 Fengtao Software Inc. 2017-09-05...
  • Page 3 User Guide 6.6.3 Folder/File List ....................29 7 Apps ........................34 8 Settings ........................ 36 8.1 G ........................36 ENERAL 8.1.1 Language ......................36 8.1.2 Time Zone ......................36 8.1.3 Wi-Fi ........................36 8.1.4 Ethernet ....................... 37 8.1.5 Bluetooth......................37 8.1.6 Screensaver ......................

  • Page 4: Main Features

    Manually Modify the Inaccurate Metadata Information  Support to Format the HDD into EXT4 File System  Preinstalled Google Play and Google Search Application  Android 5.1 OS Means a Sea of 3rd Party Apps and Games  / 51 Fengtao Software Inc. 2017-09-05...

  • Page 5: Hardware

    User Guide 2 Hardware 2.1 Connection Interface As a top-level 4K Blu-ray media player, DVDFab Movie Server integrates diversified connection interfaces, via which, you can attach or plug in a variety of peripherals to bring the watching experience up to a higher level. 2.1.1 Front 1.
  • Page 6 3. Power Switch 4. Optical Audio Output 5. Coaxial Audio Output 6. Left Channel Audio Output 7. HDMI Output 8. USB3.0 Interface 9. USB2.0 Interface 10. Ethernet Interface 11. Reset Button 12. DC Power Input / 51 Fengtao Software Inc. 2017-09-05...

  • Page 7: Remote

    User Guide 2.2 Remote 1. Power/Standby 2. Panel Light 3. Choose Subtitle 4. Top Menu 5. Menu 6. Select Chapter 7. Fast Rewind 8. Check Info 9. Movies 10. Favorites 11. Mute Audio 12. Choose Audio 13. Popup Menu 14. Confirm/Pause/Resume 15.

  • Page 8: Setup And Installation

    Power on the Movie Server, then the receiver, and finally the TV to  start enjoying. 4 Initial Settings For a better experience, you need to configure DVDFab Movie Server to work with certain home media devices they have, a receiver, smart TV, / 51 Fengtao Software Inc. 2017-09-05...

  • Page 9: First-Time Configuration

    User Guide projector, or the home theatre system, and then set the appropriate audio and video output modes accordingly. Note that in order to find out the best audio and video configuration, you may need to refer to the user manuals of their receiver, TV, projector, or home theatre system as well.

  • Page 10: Confirm Setup Method

    Receiver. Be aware different setup methods might require different cables. Be aware you might need to prepare an additional HDMI cable, because there is only one comes with the Movie Server. For details, please refer to Chapter Utilize the HDMI Cable / 51 Fengtao Software Inc. 2017-09-05...

  • Page 11: Activate Movie Server

    User Guide Configure the Audio Output 4.2 Activate Movie Server DVDFab Movie Server requires your DVDFab account to work. To activate the machine, you can either manually enter the login credentials from DVDFab Member Center (the one that registered with the E-mail address while placing the order), or activate the machine by access the account information of DVDFab 10 on your computer.

  • Page 12: Activate Via Dvdfab 10

    DVDFab 10. To do that, please make sure your DVDFab 10 is already running on your PC, and your PC is connected to the same local area network as your Movie Server, then click the Activate via DVDFab 10 button to activate the machine. / 51 Fengtao Software Inc. 2017-09-05...
  • Page 13 User Guide By either way, if successfully activated, you can see the information, such as your account, the serial number of your machine, warranty information. If everything goes right, then you can click the Enjoy button, and the Movie Server shall start to scan the movie library of the SATA hard drive, and when that completes, you are ready to rock.

  • Page 14: Home Page

    (from left to right), Movies, Favorites, Local Videos, Apps and Settings. Movies: Browse and play back the movies, TV Shows and other videos  stored in the attached 3.5 inch SATA hard drive. You can browse by Recently Updated, or by different Genres. / 51 Fengtao Software Inc. 2017-09-05...
  • Page 15 User Guide If you want to locate a specific movie fast and accurately from a sea of videos, then the smart search feature may help a lot. For that end, go to the Function Menu, and apply the Search or Filter function accordingly. Favorites: This section stores the favorite movies, TV Shows or other ...
  • Page 16 Shows, and all the other files on the 3.5 inch SATA hard drive, the onboard storage and also the networked device. Apps: at this section, you can quickly access and manage the installed  applications. Settings: Enter the Settings panel to reset any parameters when  necessary. / 51 Fengtao Software Inc. 2017-09-05...

  • Page 17: Build Your Movie Library

    User Guide 5 Build Your Movie Library DVDFab Movie Server is intentionally designated to work with DVDFab software in the first place. The seamless connection between the two can provide an ultimate user experience. You can directly output the DVD/Blu-ray ISO and folders created by DVDFab to the attached 3.5 inch SATA hard disk drive inside the Movie Server.

  • Page 18: Import Existing Movie Collections

    Note, literally, you can copy anything directly to this path, including the firmware, application APK files, even the DVDFab 10 copied ISO files, in case, sometimes due to network reason, it fails to directly transfer the resulting files / 51 Fengtao Software Inc. 2017-09-05...

  • Page 19: Import Media From Nas

    User Guide Movie Server. that case, C:\You\User Name\Documents\DVDFab10\Temp\MediaServer, find and make sure you copy both the .meta and .iso files to the Movie Server. 5.3 Import Media from NAS DVDFab Movie Server allows you to add their existing movie library from a network attached storage (NAS).
  • Page 20 Movie Server at the Save to part > Click the MS Manager button. Step 2 — At the MS Manager webpage, click Edit library; Step 3 — At the popup page, click Add New Path; / 51 Fengtao Software Inc. 2017-09-05...
  • Page 21 User Guide Step 4 — Click Add a Network Location; Step 5 — Select the wanted NAS directory and click OK; / 51...

  • Page 22: Media Playback

    DVDFab software package. Bear in mind that this feature only applies to DVD/Blu-ray ISO and movie folders that contain the standard DVD/Blu-ray file structure as found on the original discs. In this way, you can get a native / 51 Fengtao Software Inc. 2017-09-05...
  • Page 23 User Guide DVD/Blu-ray watching experience no second to the one they experience on a home Blu-ray player machine. You can use the Menu, TOP MENU, POP MENU, SUBTITLE and AUDIO keys to interact with the movie server during the playback process, to choose chapters, audio tracks and subtitles they want. Top Menu Popup Menu Top Menu: Opens the top menu, available only under the Navigation Menu...

  • Page 24: Main Movie Playback

    Be noted that DVDFab 10 also allows to save the converted video files directly to the Movie Server in the Ripper module. If you want to save your free space on the SATA hard drive, you can just convert your DVDs and Blu-rays / 51 Fengtao Software Inc. 2017-09-05...

  • Page 25: Play Back Audios

    User Guide into your preferred video formats to watch on the Movie Server. 6.3 Play Back Audios Music playback on the Movie Server probably is not your first choice, because you can easily enjoy them on your portable devices, like iPod, iPhone, or iPad, etc., but DVDFab Movie Server does support to play back the audio files, such as M4A, MP1/2/3, MPA, WAV, OGG, FLAC, APE, CUE etc.

  • Page 26: Layback Ontrol

    The way how you interact with the playback process is part of a better watching experience. DVDFab Movie Server comes with a full-functional remote, which presents you a very smooth playback control experience. For the detailed / 51 Fengtao Software Inc. 2017-09-05...

  • Page 27: Media Management

    User Guide functions of each keys on the Remote, please refer to Chapter 2.2 In the future firmware updates, there is also going to be a Remote app designed to work with the Movie Server, meaning, you will be able to control the Movie Server on your iPhone, Android smart phones, or tablets.

  • Page 28: Poster Wall

    Poster Wall, you can easily and quickly locate a specific title from a myriad of collections, and they can get to know the detailed metadata information of each movie, thanks to the amazing feature of automatically download all the metadata information from online. / 51 Fengtao Software Inc. 2017-09-05...

  • Page 29: Function Menu

    User Guide 6.6.2 Function Menu Via the Function Menu, you can easily search a wanted title from your huge movie collections, set up a filter to narrow down your searching scope, clear your playback history, or refresh the movie library (this is extremely helpful if you add new titles to your Movie Server).

  • Page 30: Folder/File List

    PC. Step 1 — Open the browse on your PC, type “10.10.5.251:32080” in the address bar, and press Enter button on your keyboard; / 51 Fengtao Software Inc. 2017-09-05...
  • Page 31 User Guide Note: Replace 10.10.5.251 with the IP address of your Movie Server. If not sure, find it on your Movie Server at Settings > General > Wi-Fi/Ethernet. Or, you can launch DVDFab 10 > Choose Full Disc/Clone mode > Load a source >...
  • Page 32 Step 3 — At the popup menu, click on the Matching button; Step 4 — Enter the correct media title, select a category, and then click on the Search button; / 51 Fengtao Software Inc. 2017-09-05...
  • Page 33 User Guide Step 5 — Usually, there will be a couple of posters show up at the next window, you can then select the correct one and click the OK button to apply the poster. / 51...
  • Page 34 Step 6 — It shall take a few seconds to download and apply the poster, and when it finishes, you can then go back to your Movie Server, and then metadata information should also be updated there. / 51 Fengtao Software Inc. 2017-09-05...

  • Page 35: Apps

    User Guide Step 7 > Move to the Movies section and checked the updated metadata information of the movie you’ve just modified. 7 Apps Deep inside the DVDFab Movie Server runs the Android 5.0 operating system, which means you can install all kinds of Android apps either from major App Markets, such as the Google Play that is preinstalled;...
  • Page 36 DVDFab Movie Server A1 User Guide Install an App Apps Installed / 51 Fengtao Software Inc. 2017-09-05...

  • Page 37: Settings

    User Guide 8 Settings Settings panel is where you can preset the basic settings of DVDFab Movie Server, so that they can make the most out of this amazing 4K UHD Blu-ray Player. Be aware this Settings panel only compiles the frequently used directly related to the movie server, if you cannot locate the settings here, maybe you should go to the Advanced Settings panel.

  • Page 38: Ethernet

    SATA hard disk drive. You can set the cooling fan to spin faster/slower if the temperature reaches a certain level. 8.1.10 Device Name Select or customize what you would like to call the movie server, according its / 51 Fengtao Software Inc. 2017-09-05...

  • Page 39: Show The Number Of Movies

    User Guide location in the house. 8.1.11 Show the Number of Movies If this option is enabled, you can see how many movies are in the Movies section. 8.1.12 Enter Movies Section upon System Startup Turn this option on if you want to automatically enter to the Movies section whenever you start up the Movie Server.

  • Page 40: Advanced Settings

    This option will only reset the settings of this page to the defaults, it does not wipe out any data on your HDD or Movie Server. 8.2 Display Display settings include settings about screen resolutions, screen size, HDR / 51 Fengtao Software Inc. 2017-09-05...

  • Page 41: Screen Resolution

    User Guide mode, and the video color space and HDMI color depth model. 8.2.1 Screen Resolution Set the screen resolution for the current display to get the best visual effect. 8.2.2. Screen Size Adjust the screen display size according to the onscreen tips. 8.2.3 HDR Mode Select the image enhancement technology supported by the current display device.

  • Page 42: Default Way To Browse Extended Device

    Choose what information to be displayed on the front LED screen, time elapsed, time remaining, clock, or close during playback. 8.3.5 LED Screen Brightness Adjust the brightness of the front LED screen. 8.4 Audio Settings under this page are all audio relevant. / 51 Fengtao Software Inc. 2017-09-05...

  • Page 43: Audio Output Mode

    User Guide 8.4.1 Audio Output Mode Select the output mode of the audio signal, depending on your audio device’s capability, there are Analog, HDMI, and S/PDIF options to choose from. 8.4.2 Passthrough When selecting HDMI or S/PDIF as the audio output mode, you can decide whether or not to use Passthrough method to transmit the audio signals.

  • Page 44: Preferred Subtitle Language

    Determine the position on the screen to display the subtitle, lower, low, medium, high, or higher. 8.6 Member Center This section list the detailed information about your account info, the serial number of your Movie Server, and your warranty expiration date. / 51 Fengtao Software Inc. 2017-09-05...

  • Page 45: About

    User Guide 8.7 About This section shows the detailed information about Movie Server’s firmware version, SDK version, and you can at any time check if there is a new firmware version over the air, or you can also use a USE device to install the firmware APKs you downloaded in advance.

  • Page 46: Faqs & Answers

    A: No, the installed 16GB memory size cannot be expanded. Q: Does it require a license or key file? A: No, but it must be activated using your email and password from the DVDFab Member Center. / 51 Fengtao Software Inc. 2017-09-05...
  • Page 47 User Guide Q: Does it come with a copy of DVDFab or if not, is there a discount if I buy both? A: Sorry, DVDFab is not included and there is currently no "combo" discount. Q: What about the metadata, where does it come from? A: If your files are created by DVDFab, it will supply the metadata.
  • Page 48 A: Sure, it allows you to watch your media contents from networked devices directly. Q: Does this Movie Server stream to other devices, or act as a PLEX server? A: Nope, it does not stream to other devices, not serve as a PLEX either. / 51 Fengtao Software Inc. 2017-09-05...
  • Page 49 User Guide Q: Will I be able to transfer the existing folders to the Movie Server? A: Sure, you can directly copy and paste them to the following path: \\YourServerIPAddress\share\sata\sata1\DVDFab, and then you can access these media in the Movies section. Q: Does the Mac version DVDFab 10 work with this Movie Server? A: Sure, the Movie Server works with the Full Disc, Main Movie and Clone modes of the Copy module in the Mac version of DVDFab 10.
  • Page 50 <tvshow>, and the string below <disc></disc> as </tvshow>; Movie: fill correct information title (e.g. ABSOLUTELY_FABULOUS_THE_MOVIE) and year (e.g. 2016) strings, and make sure the string above <title></title> stay exactly as <movie>, and the string / 51 Fengtao Software Inc. 2017-09-05...
  • Page 51 User Guide below <year></year> as </movie>; When done with the edits, go to Movie Server > Movies > Function Menu > Refresh, to refresh your movie library so that the metadata information can be updated, or you also restart the Movie Server to achieve the same goal. Q: Why the Movie Server in the output drop-down menu is shown as Not Found? A: To make it easier for you to transfer the copied ISO files from DVDFab 10 to the Movie Server, we’ve added the option at the output drop-down menu the...

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