1. Click the "..." icon; then, you can manage folders, set access control, and learn about the software version.
2. A general toolbar to execute commands. You can click the Play button to start playing video files listing in the table or click the Refresh button to reload files in the current folder. Enter text in the search box to search the files with keywords. You can click to upload multimedia files to the current folder.
3. Display the current folder path.
4. The supported multimedia files in the current folder.
5. A directory tree for selected folders in this NAS. Based on the authorization of your account, you can view a tree of the current folder and all descending folders and files stored in the NAS device. There are four virtual folders:
• My Favorite: All videos which you mark as your favorite one will be listed in this folder.
• History: The list contains the 20 most recently played files.
• Transcoding List: This table will show all video files which are still in the transcoding process if you ever convert video files into different formats.
• Playlist: The lists you created and added files in the playlist.

1. Select a folder in the left pane. Then, you will see all video files in that folder showing in the table in the right pane. Files will be arranged in alphabetical order by name.
2. Select video files which you want to play. If you only want to play some of those files, you can select a file by clicking any part of a row; then, the selected row will be marked green. To cancel the selection, just click the green row again. The system will open a new window to play video files after you click the Play button.

   MediaSign Player can play MP4 files with codec H.264, AAC or MP3. Files with codecs not mentioned above will be simultaneously converted and played as streaming video (On-the-fly Transcoding). Please note that On-the-fly Transcoding only applies to those formats and codecs MediaSign Player supports. arm32 platform does not support On-the-fly Transcoding. In addition, the hardware performance and network bandwidth will affect the smoothness of streaming video.

3. Decide the playback sequence. Initially, the media player plays video files in alphabetical order. You can still change the playback sequence by moving the file name up and down. Just click and drag it to the new position.

MediaSign Player can play the following file formats and audio/video codecs:

1. Select a folder in the left pane. Then, you will see all video files in that folder showing in the table in the right pane.
2. There's a Action column in the table. Locate the file you want to convert format and click the transcoding icon in the same row. Then, the system will open a transcoding page.
3. Complete the format, resolution and rotation settings. The transcoded new file will be stored in the @Transcode folder with a noneditable filename shown below. Then, click the Transcode button.
4. Every video file in the transcoding process will be added in the virtual folder, Transcoding List. Click the folder in the left pane to check the complete list, showing the progress percentage of each file conversion.
5. Please note that the transcoding process might take a few minutes or even hours depending on your file size and NAS hardware performance. If you want to terminate the process, just click the red rectangle icon at the end of the percentage bar.

MediaSign Player supports the following file formats and audio/video codecs:

Note: The following options are only available in MediaSign Player Plus version.

1. Video/Audio options: You can adjust several Video/Audio parameters while transcoding, including bitrate, frame/sample rate, and audio codec.
2. Screenshot: Capture and download the current frame as a JPEG file.
3. Add subtitle: Add subtitle to a video. You must save the SRT file in the same folder as your video file. The filename of the SRT file and your video file must be identical. For example, your video filename is ˇ§my_video.mp4ˇ¨; then your SRT file name must be ˇ§my_video.srtˇ¨. The subtitle in SRT file will be added to the video after transcoding. The icon can be in 3 colors:
   Green: the function is enabled.
   Black: the function is disabled.
   Grey: the function is not available in your version.
4. Add watermark: Add a watermark on top of your video. You can either enter a text sentence or choose an image file (JPG, PNG, BMP, or GIF format). Please note only PNG and GIF formats support transparent background.

Click the ... icon on the right top of the program. Choose Access Settings to configure access right to users. You can grant or remove each user from permissions to access Upload, Download, and Delete functions.

You can see several actions on the right hand side of each multimedia file.

1. Transcoding: Convert/transcode video/audio files. Please refer to Convert video formats for details.
2. Add/remove my favorite: Toggle the file as your favorite video.
3. Information: View detailed information of the file.
4. Add/remove from playlist: Add/remove files in the playlist.
5. Delete file: Remove the file from your NAS.

To ensure the streaming video quality and smoothness, you should use the following transcoding parameters and a fast, high bandwidth network.

Suggested bit rate and resolution for streaming video: