User guide

What Mason ʻseesʼ

When you browse the Library, Mason only displays servers, folders and items it

can play. Folders which contain a VIDEO_TS folder will be shown as DVDs, and

any other playable ﬁles will be shown with a movie icon. No other ﬁles will be

shown in the listing; incompatible ﬁles will just be ignored.

This is a folder which con-

tains a VIDEO_TS folder

This is a playable video ﬁle

This is a standard folder

(which may or may not

contain other items.)

Compatible Files & Extensions

Mason recognizes the following ﬁle types/extensions for playback:

• .avc

• .mpg

• .avi

• .mpv

• .m2v

• .ts

• .m4v

• .vc1

• .mp4

• .vob

• .mpeg

• .wmv

• .mp3

• VIDEO_TS

• .mpa

Special Files

In addition to the above ﬁle formats, the Mason recognizes one special ﬁle type:

•

MasonIP_Image - a special ﬁle containing Mason ﬁrmware updates. If

this ﬁle is found on a mounted server or drive, you will be prompted to

install the update.

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