User guide

ICY BOX Mediaserver User Guide 8
Print
You can connect a USB printer to the ICY BOX Mediaserver, and then share the printer
with all the computers on your home network.
File types
Recommended
Recommended file types are JPEG for images, MP3 for audio, and MPEG-4 (H.264) for
video.
Internal
The ICY BOX Mediaserver Application uses an internal player to provide high
performance for the following file types.
Media Class
Supported Formats
Image
JPEG, GIF, PNG
Audio
MP3
Video
MPEG-4 (H.264), MOV, FLV
External
The ICY BOX Mediaserver Application uses third party browser plugins (Windows
Media Player and Quicktime) to support additional image, audio and video file types.
For a list of supported file types, please consult the browser plugin specifications.
Other
ICY BOX Mediaserver stores other file types as documents. Depending on the browser
settings, they can be downloaded, or opened using third party applications.
Media players
The Mediaserver software, built into the ICY BOX Mediaserver, makes content available
to a wide variety of media players on your home network. The media player must
support the UPnP-AV (Universal Plug and Play - Audio Visual), DLNA (Digital Living
Network Alliance) or Windows Media Connect standard. Media players include gaming
consoles (Xbox 360 and PS3), digital photo frames, iTunes clients, IP televisions,
networked sound systems (Sonos), digital video players and many more.
Mobile devices
A variety of mobile devices (i.e. smart phones) can access ICY BOX Mediaserver.
Mobile devices include Playstation Portable, iPhone, Blackberry, etc.