Streaming Media from your PC to your HP
Smart Wi-Fi Display
Your HP Smart Wi-Fi Display can play the media files (photos, music, and video)
stored on your PC or network attached storage device. The HP Smart Wi-Fi Display
uses the Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) A/V streaming protocol to automatically find
your PCs and servers, and will coordinate the streaming process between your PC/
server and the HP Smart Wi-Fi Display.
Media streaming on your home network requires four conditions:
Your must have a PC or network attached storage device that provides a
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Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) A/V media server. For example, a Windows PC
running Windows Media Player 1 1, or an HP MediaSmart Server will provide
this media server functionality.
Only media files are available for media streaming. The types of files that are
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considered "media" are: photographs, music (audio), and video. Non-media
files, such as Microsoft Word documents, are not available for streaming.
The media files stored on the PC or server must be of a type supported by the HP
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Smart Wi-Fi Display.
Note: For the types of media files that are supported by the HP Smart Wi-Fi
Display, see "Specifications" on page 42
The UPnP A/V streaming method supports streaming of unprotected media files.
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Some files may be protected by a Digital Rights Management system, which may
prevent the streaming of those files. Media files purchased and downloaded from
an online Internet store are most likely protected.
Enabling Windows Media Player 1 1 UPnP
Note: The following section applies to Windows Media Player version 1 1.
Windows Media Player 1 1 is bundled with Microsoft Windows Vista and is also
available as a Microsoft Windows XP update.
The HP Smart Wi-Fi Display supports media streaming from a PC on the same home
network with Windows Media Player 1 1 installed. Once you have installed
Windows Media Player 1 1 on the PC, you need to have media (photos, music,
video) in the library. You then need to configure Windows Media Player 1 1 to share
media from the Tools/Options menu as described in the following screens.
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