Summary of Contents for TwonkyVision TwonkyMEDIA
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Page 1: Installation Guide
Installation Guide PC Platforms (Windows XP, Mac OS, Linux) Version 3.0 Revision 1 January 2006 ©TwonkyVision GmbH Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 86 D-10589 Berlin http://www.twonkyvision.com... -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
TwonkyMedia Installation Guide 3.0rev1 © TwonkyVision GmbH Table of Contents 1 Introduction ..........................4 1.1 Installation ........................4 1.2 About this Manual ......................4 1.3 Feedback and Technical Support ..................4 2 Windows XP Setup ........................ 5 3 Linux ........................... 10 3.1 Installing a Shell Script Package ................... -
Page 4: Introduction
downloaded from the TwonkyVision website. In the first case TwonkyMedia is already installed on the device and ready to use. In the two other cases mentioned above you first have to install TwonkyMedia. This installation guide describes how to install it on PC platforms, namely Windows XP, Linux and Mac OS. If you want to install TwonkyMedia on other devices like NAS or STBs, please refer to the installation guide provided with the distribution packages. -
Page 5: Windows Xp Setup
TwonkyMedia Installation Guide 3.0rev1 © TwonkyVision GmbH 2 Windows XP Setup If you have installed an earlier Version of TwonkyMedia, you should first un-install it through the start menu: Start Control panel Add/remove programs TwonkyMedia To start the setup, you have to doubleclick MediaserverSetup.exe or MusicserverSetup.exe which has been provided to you either on the installation CD or via download. - Page 6 In addition to TwonkyMedia, you can also choose to install shortcuts to the documentation and various related web links. On the next screen you will need to select the root directory for your media. TwonkyMedia will automatically scan this directory including all subdirectories for content like pictures, music and videos.
- Page 7 TwonkyMedia Installation Guide 3.0rev1 © TwonkyVision GmbH The following two screens will provide you with the default path for the installation and a default start menu folder. In both cases you may specify alternative folders. Page 7 of 18...
- Page 8 TwonkyMedia Installation Guide 3.0rev1 © TwonkyVision GmbH Installation will now take place automatically. After the installation is completed TwonkyMedia can be started from the Windows start menu. Page 8 of 18...
- Page 9 Windows start menu or by selecting the corresponding entry from the context menu when right clicking on the TwonkyMedia icon in the task bar. Please note, that TwonkyMedia can only be configured through its internal web pages when the server is running.
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Page 10: Linux
<platform> is most likely i386, e.g. twonkymedia-i386.sh for a Linux x86 PC. If you want to install two different versions, then you ought to change the install configuration to modify the install path. The installer will overwrite any previous installation without warning... -
Page 11: Installation And Start Of The Server
Once you have started the server, you can configure it by double-clicking on twonkyvision- config.html, which will open a browser window with the configuration page. 3.1.2.2 KDE Please note that by default KDE requires only single clicks instead of double clicks to open directories or to start programs. -
Page 12: Installing A Zipped Package
To start the server manually, either invoke it manually in the installation directory, or invoke it with the start script twonkymedia.sh. The script will first look for an installation in /usr/local/TwonkyVision and then in the directory where the script itself is installed. - Page 13 To enable autostart of the server, you need to be a Linux expert, because all Linux flavours differ and no general procedure can be suggested. In many cases "twonkymedia.sh" could be adapted to your needs and linked into an appropriate location to enable autostart. The script is intended to work on SUSE, OpenSUSE, Fedora Core and other Linux Standard Base (LSB) compliant systems when installed into /etc/init.d and linked to rc3.d and rc5.d as...
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Page 14: Mac Os Configuration Tool
TwonkyMedia Installation Guide 3.0rev1 © TwonkyVision GmbH 4 Mac OS Configuration Tool The TwonkyMedia installer package for Mac OS will guide you through the installation process and configure the main parameters. Page 14 of 18... - Page 15 TwonkyMedia Installation Guide 3.0rev1 © TwonkyVision GmbH Page 15 of 18...
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- Page 17 TwonkyMedia Installation Guide 3.0rev1 © TwonkyVision GmbH After you pressed ‘Restart’ TwonkyMedia is started and you can configure it by means of Safari. For that purpose you need to specify the HTTP address of the TwonkyMedia web configuration page. Page 17 of 18...
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Page 18: Further Configuration
© TwonkyVision GmbH 5 Further Configuration After installing TwonkyMedia, the default configuration will in most cases allow to start using TwonkyMedia right away. In addition, there are different ways to customize TwonkyMedia: All options may be configured by means of the server's web-based configuration ...
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