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Please help me understand setting up Media Server
macdonjh:
--- Quote from: zybex on June 11, 2022, 11:59:30 am ---On the MC server, make sure the Network profile is "Private", not "Public". Windows asks you this when you connect to a new network/wifi for the first time, but you can check and change it if needed.
If it's already Private then check the Windows firewall (or other Antivirus+Firewall product). You need to tell it not to block MC.
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When I looked in Settings, I saw both "private" and "public" "tags" for various programs and networks. Is public/private determined by Windows settings, or is it determined by the router?
Question for MC developers: what are the drawbacks to having a shared Library located on a server/ NAS instead of on a computer? My server/ NAS is always on and available to all the computers in our house, but apparently the computer I currently use as a Media Server for MC sleeps from time to time, which is a frustrating hassle for me.
I will also look into allowing my Server computer to sleep when I'm not home or when I'm asleep and to stay awake otherwise.
zybex:
That's
--- Quote from: macdonjh on June 26, 2022, 06:50:00 pm ---When I looked in Settings, I saw both "private" and "public" "tags" for various programs and networks. Is public/private determined by Windows settings, or is it determined by the router?
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Those are individual firewall rules - that is just to say if the rule applies to a public or a private network.
To check/change your network, check this guide:
https://www.opentechguides.com/how-to/article/windows-10/77/win10-change-network-type.html
macdonjh:
--- Quote from: zybex on June 27, 2022, 03:35:35 am ---That's
Those are individual firewall rules - that is just to say if the rule applies to a public or a private network.
To check/change your network, check this guide:
https://www.opentechguides.com/how-to/article/windows-10/77/win10-change-network-type.html
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Rules for different networks also occurred to me. Thank you for the link.
BTW, I never really gave any back story or resolution to this problem:
It turns out, the original cause was a failed ethernet/ USB-C adapter I use between my media server computer and NAS. Once I switched my Server computer from ethernet to wi-fi things mostly worked, except when router traffic was high :). Once I took the existing adapter out and put a new one in, everything started working fine again.
I still think it would be great if the developers could make it so Media Server Libraries could be effectively hosted on the network rather than a computer connected to a network.
zybex:
--- Quote from: macdonjh on July 01, 2022, 02:14:49 pm ---I still think it would be great if the developers could make it so Media Server Libraries could be effectively hosted on the network rather than a computer connected to a network.
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What, stored in the cabling? ;D
A NAS is also a computer running a Linux variant.
JimH:
It's a common belief that a NAS isn't a computer, but it is. Worse, it's a non-standard OS.
Five years ago, I said "please don't" use one.
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=110729.0
Let the slings and arrows begin.
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