Windows 7 media library management audio and video files for LAN sharing

Task Analysis Multi-computer connected home network has become more and more common. Every member of the family wants to enjoy multimedia fun. Multimedia management and sharing with “home” has become a central issue to be solved.

Preset scheme Use Windows 7 media library to manage audio and video files for LAN sharing.

◎ The resources on each computer can be quickly shared and can be viewed at any time on any device.

◎ After establishing the media library, whether it is sharing on the network or searching for resources , will become very efficient.

Collection The unified order of the full listening media library

The traditional folder classification is not suitable for large-capacity storage of multimedia files. At this time, WMP media library can be used for organization.

Before using the media library, import the media file information into the media library. First select the music folder on the hard disk that needs to be added to the media library, right click, select "Include to Library" in the pop-up menu, and select "Music" to add the folder to Windows 7. In the music library. At the same time, WMP will automatically add the new content in the music library to the media library. If you want to add photos and videos to the media library, you can also add the corresponding folder to the included "picture" and "video" libraries according to this method. It should be noted that once the media library is imported, if the media name and file name are changed, the index record of the media library will be automatically invalidated, and the media library information needs to be updated to maintain the latest media information. Now, run WMP in the Start menu and select "Go to Media Library" to see the list of audio media files you just imported. However, some details need to be set: press the Alt key to open the menu bar, click "Tools /Options /Media Library", and then select "Add new file volume adjustment information value" (Figure 1), WMP will automatically All songs are set to a uniform volume so you don't have to worry about the volume going up and down. Once you're done, you can use the media library to manage all your media files.

After creating the media library, if you want to find the song you need, open WMP and enter the keyword in the search box. The keyword can be the name of the artist or the album name, you can directly need it. The song index is displayed, click to play.

Sharing Also starting from the media library

Members of the family want to share movies and music from other computers on the LAN, just share the media libraries on all computers.

Click the "Search Programs and Files" box in the Start menu, enter "Media Stream Options", enable it, you can find this option under the "Control Panel" category, click to open the media stream sharing interface. Here you need to set a name for the media library of this computer, so that others can find it through the network. In this example, the name is “ALAI-PC”. Here you will see all the devices in the entire LAN, as well as the status of the connection. By default, the access status is blocked. Click "Allowed" to allow other computers' WMPs to access the shared media library.

Subsequently, in WMP on other computers that are allowed to access, you can see a node named "Other Media Library" from the left side of the window, and "alaipc" will be listed under the node (such as image 3). By analogy, the local media library can also be shared on other Windows 7-equipped computers, and then allowed to be accessed by other computers.

It should be noted that all Windows 7 computers must first be added to the home group and shared. It is possible to enter the home group password. This is one of the computers that is set up when the home network is established. When another computer joins, it will prompt to enter the password to join. After the streaming option is enabled and the access is allowed, the contents of different media libraries can be displayed on any host. According to the previous method, the required content can be found directly. Play on this unit.

Convenience Management with Media Library

With the synchronization of media libraries, you can directly create a synchronization list and then synchronize the required media files to MP3 and MP4.

The operation is very simple. After running WMP, click the “Sync” button on the right to see the MP3 device connected to the computer (in this case, the Meizu MP3 device), and then click on the media library/music. Find the song you want by the search method mentioned above, and drag and drop the song name directly to the "Sync List" on the right to create a sync list. Then click the “Start Synchronization” button to sync the desired songs to the MUSIC directory of the MP3 player. Finally, when the "Sync Completed" prompt appears, click "Click here" to see the link button in the sync result, which shows you what songs have been added in sync.

It should be noted that sometimes the quality of media files on the computer is high, and MP3 devices do not support such files with high bitrate or space is limited. In this case, you need to click "Tools/Options/Media" Library/Device", select the synchronization device letter, click on the attribute, and set the quality level on the "Quality" tab to achieve the purpose of compatibility with MP3 device media requirements. The files in the list are automatically compressed to meet the device requirements when synchronizing.

Non-Windows 7 users

If the home computer system is not all Windows 7 system, how to manage multimedia files in the network?

At this time, it is best to share the multimedia folder to the local area network and set it to the working group. First, find the Windows XP system computer that needs to share resources, right click on the desktop "My Computer", select "Properties" in the pop-up menu, then click the "Computer Name" tab, click "Rename this computer below" Or join the domain, click the "Change" button after the change, and then enter the computer name, such as chengyu-PC, the work group is set to the same rule "WORKGROUP", after confirmation, you can let the computer join the "WORKGROUP" workgroup.

Second, share the folder. Double-click "My Computer", locate the folder you want to share, right click, select "Properties" in the pop-up menu, click "Share", observe the "Network Sharing and Security" item, if it is not enabled, you need to click to open the network. Sharing wizard. Follow the steps in the wizard to open folder sharing.

Finally, specify sharing. Select the folder you want to share, right click, select "Properties" in the pop-up menu, click "Share and Security" under "Share", check "Share this folder on the network", and then click "OK" , you can complete folder sharing.

By analogy, after sharing on other home computers, access these shared folders to play the desired media files. However, there is no Windows 7 media library so convenient for non-system hardware device compatibility and retrieval convenience.

TIPS: Manage multimedia files with third-party software

Under Windows XP, the WMP version is not high and the management function is weak. Audio files can be specifically managed with MP3 special software such as Cool Music Box, Cool Dog Music and Foobar2000. For example, the cool music box can automatically search the music files in the computer; use the ID3 identification method to index the media files; it can also exclude some small file audio that comes with the system; it can also set the synchronization of the portable devices. Video files can use PPStream's local management to index local video.