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Matt:


Description
Media Center 27.0.66 adds the ability to share a file to a friend from your library, over your network or the Internet, by sending a link via text or email..

Files will be shared using a secret encryption key so there is no way to guess what a URL will be. 

Instructions
To share a file, right-click the file and pick Library Tools > Share.  You can also add a Share toolbar button to the top or bottom toolbar by right clicking on it.

You will be given an option of whether to place the local or internet URL on the clipboard. 

Media Network must be checked in MC's settings and your outside address at the port Media Center is running Media Network on will need to be reachable.  Set up port forwarding for port 52199 on your router.  Forward inbound access to your computer's IP address.

A field "Shared" will be checked for the shared files.  If you uncheck the field, it will no longer be accessible.

If you want to invalidate all your shares, you can choose Options > Media Network > Advanced > Reset sharing key (makes all shares invalid)...


Thanks to jmone for the idea:  https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,127986.0.html

JimH:
I'm so tempted to call this feature "Cher".

Playback depends on the browser.   

At this time, the only video that works is MP4.

jmone:
This is a great feature!  It lets you know directly share an item in MC to others without have it "upload it somewhere".  Here is a couple of ways I'll be using it:
- Home Video:  I want to share a home video of a family get together.  Now I can just import it into MC as usual, but instead of making a copy and putting it on some other site as well (Youtube, Nextcloud, DropBox etc), you can now just hit "share" and send the link to those that you want to see the video.  When they click on the link it will be directly streamed from MC Server to their browder where they can watch it (or even download it).  Nice and easy + your content stays safe and under your control

- Log Files:  Ever had the JR crew ask for a MC log file to be uploaded somewhere?  Now you can just import it into MC and hit the "Share" button to get a URL that you can send them.  Once they have it you can simply delete the entry in MC.

From what I've seen in my testing so far
- General:  If your Browser or end end device can play the file being streamed you will get playback in the device.  If it can not be played, it will be automatically downloaded
- General:  You may want to keep in mind that for buffering free MP4 playback, it will be dependant on your Upload Bandwidth from MC to the Internet, and the end user's Download Speed.
- Audio:  All my various file types seemed to play just fine
- Pictures:  same as above (but I really on have JPG / PNG etc).
- Video:  MP4's seem to play well, but other file types that can not be played directly in a Browser and will be Automatically Downloaded at the client end.

lightsout:
Wow this is a fantastic feature. I have often wanted to do this very thing, like the poster above without the fuss of an extra service.

The only thing I don't love is my ip address is exposed. Would be nice if it was somehow obfuscated. But I will only be dealing with trusted people
so that shouldn't be a big deal.

TheShoe:
would be great if it created a URL similar to what Panel uses when accessing particles referencing MPLS files

Those will play in a browser without downloading.

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