Sony VGX-XL3 - Manual (Page 51)

48 VGX-XL3 Digital Living System
Preparing Your Multimedia Content
You can use pre installed Sony ® software programs to prepare your
multimedia content for sharing across the network using VAIO Media™
software.
To prepare your multimedia content
VAIO Media Console™ software can manage different media server features
to deliver various file formats.
• VAIO Media Music Server™ software delivers music files — Use
SonicStage
® or SonicStage Mastering Studio™ software to create playlists
of music files. The VAIO Media Music Server software automatically
makes these playlists and other music files stored in registered folders,
available to Microsoft
® Media Center for Windows Vista™ and the client
computers on your network.
• VAIO Media Photo Server™ software delivers image files — Use the
Photo Server to deliver pictures for Media Center and the client computers
on your network. VAIO Media Photo Server software recognizes .JPG,
.JPEG, .BMP, .GIF, and .TIFF file formats.
• VAIO Media Video Server™ software delivers video files — Video files
using DV-AVI, MPEG1, MPEG2, DIVX, and WMV file formats can be
stored in registered folders and accessed by the client computers on your
network.
• VAIO Media™ TV Server software delivers an analog stream — You can
connect analog devices, such as a VCR, to a computer equipped with
Media Center and stream video to other VAIO computers in your network.
Starting VAIO Media Console™
VAIO Media Console™ software manages all of the Media Servers, enabling
you to register and grant access to the client computers on your network. You
can also register folders containing video, music, and still image contents.
When a folder is registered with VAIO Media Console, the contents can be
accessed by the network’s client computers and devices.