Mezzmo Server User Guide - jbinkley60/MezzmoKodiPlugin GitHub Wiki

Last Updated February 24, 2025

This page is a copy of some common user functions and operations from the original Mezzmo User and Reference Guides. This page is being updated often so please check back regularly for updates.

Adding folders gives you a 1:1 representation of your folders on disk. This is a great way to organize your files in your Mezzmo library and gives you total freedom how you want to organize your Mezzmo library.

Folders have the following benefits:

• 1:1 representation of your files and folders on your computer and NAS drives.
• Dynamically updated whenever you browse into the folder on your devices, web browsers and in Mezzmo Windows app.
• Automatically refreshed at your preferred interval. For example, you may want Mezzmo to check for new files in the folder every 6 hours so that the files are automatically added to your Mezzmo library and are ready for streaming.
• Merge folders from various locations/drives into one folder.

Adding a folder

To add a folder into your Mezzmo library, click Add To Library → Add Folder toolbar item.

Editing a folder

To edit a folder into your Mezzmo library, right-click on the folder and click Properties.

Keeping your folders up-to-date

The best way to keep your folders up-to-date is to use the Refresh Interval for folders. This automatically keeps your files and folders up-to-date.

1. Right-click on a folder and click Properties.
2. On the Folder Properties dialog, select the Check for new files every checkbox and enter the refresh interval you prefer. For example, you may want to check for new files every 30 minutes, or every 6 hours, or every 5 days.
3. Click OK to save your changes.
4. Mezzmo Windows app or Mezzmo server will scan the folder on disk at the interval you have specified and add any new files that it finds into your Mezzmo library. Newly added files be ready for streaming, complete with text metadata and artwork.

Ignoring sub-folders

If you have sub-folders that you do not want Mezzmo to include, then simply place a _ignore.mezzmo file into the sub-folder. Mezzmo will not list this folder and will not add files from this folder into your Mezzmo library.

Example: You may want to add your NAS top level folder into your Mezzmo library, but you do not want the Documents and Programs folders added into your Mezzmo library.

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Mezzmo contains plugin system that lets Conceiva and third-party developers extend the capabilities of Mezzmo by creating plugins. Plugins are creating using Python scripting language. One type of plugin are channels.

Channels are sources of videos, music or photos. Typically, channels are used to retrieve interesting content from popular web sites.

Mezzmo includes a growing list of channels which can be found here.

More channels are being developed by Conceiva and third-pay developers. They will be included in each new Mezzmo version.

To add an online channel to your Mezzmo library:

1. Click Add To Library → Add Channel to display the Channels dialog.

2. Select a channel from the list and click OK. 3. The Channel Properties dialog will be displayed.

4. Click the Settings button to enter specific settings for the channel. For example, for the SoundCloud channel, you need to enter your SoundCloud username.

5. Click OK to save your channel.
6. Mezzmo will contact the channel and retrieve the list of video, music and photos from the channel.
7. You can now browse and stream your new channel to devices and web browsers inside your home or outside your home.

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This dialog lets you add a video URL, music URL, image URL or a playlist URL into your Mezzmo library. After adding the URL and clicking OK, Mezzmo analyzes the URL to try to find a valid video, audio or image in the URL contents.

URL

Enter the URL that you wish to add into your Mezzmo library. The typical way to do this is to copy & paste the URL from your web browser. For example, copy & paste a YouTube URL.

Tip: If Mezzmo determines the URL to be a playlist URL, then Mezzmo will automatically close this dialog and display the Linked Playlist Properties dialog. Examples of playlist URLs are YouTube channel URLs, YouTube user URLs and YouTube playlist URLs.

Live stream

If the URL is live online video (such as a sports event or a webcam) or live online audio (such as online radio), then you can select this checkbox to tell Mezzmo that this URL is a live stream.

Mezzmo treats live streams differently to normal URLs and files - specifically when it comes to transcoding. Normally, Mezzmo will cache a transcoded file and use it when the URL or file is played again. However, for live streams, Mezzmo does not cache the transcoded file or URL so that it is always the most recent content from the web.

Add files to playlist

Click this checkbox if you want to add this URL to an existing playlist in your Mezzmo library. Click the Browse button to browse and select a playlist in your Mezzmo library.

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Mezzmo has a built-in Backup and Restore function. To backup or restore your Mezzmo database, go to the Options dialog (General page).

To backup your Mezzmo database, click the Backup Mezzmo Database button.

To restore your Mezzmo database, click the Restore Mezzmo Database button.

Warning!

Restoring your Mezzmo database from a previous backup will delete your current Mezzmo database files and this deleted information cannot be recovered.

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Here are the most common reasons that can prevent your device or app from listing Mezzmo server or listing files delivered from Mezzmo server:

Mezzmo settings

• Mezzmo server running. Make sure your Mezzmo media server is running. Click the Start Media Server toolbar button in Mezzmo Windows app.
• New devices blocked. Make sure you are allowing new devices to access your Mezzmo server. Go to the Media Devices dialog in Mezzmo Windows app and make sure the Allow all new devices to connect to Mezzmo checkbox is checked.
• Device profile. Make sure your device is using the correct device profile. Go to the Media Devices dialog to check/change this. If you are unsure, contact us via http://www.conceiva.com/support.
• Windows firewall. Go to the Media Server Settings dialog and click the Configure Windows Firewall button if it is enabled.

Your device's settings

• Device running. Make sure your device is turned on.
• Connected to home network. Make sure your device is connected to your home network via Ethernet cable or wireless. Check you can access the internet or other servers / computers on your home network from your device to confirm it is connected to your home network. If that does not work, go to the Network settings for your device to setup network connection settings.
• Refresh server list. For Sony devices, use your remote control to go to Settings → Network → Server Display Settings. Press Options to delete all servers and then press Options again to update the server list.

Your computer's settings

• Connected to home network. Make sure your computer is connected to your home network via Ethernet cable or wireless. Check you can access the internet or computers on your home network from your device to confirm it is connected to your home network. If that does not work, check your network settings in Windows Control Panel.
• Server conflict. If you have installed other media servers (Plex, Emby, Serviio, UMS, etc.) then uninstall them. You may need to uninstall and re-install Mezzmo after this to make sure there are no conflicts.
• Hamachi. If you have Hamachi installed on your computer, it will block Mezzmo and any other DLNA servers. You need to set the “Disable UPnP” option to “Yes” in Hamachi's settings, or uninstall Hamachi.
• Network type. If your network type in Windows is set to Public then the firewall may block Mezzmo. Try changing the type to Private or Home or Work.

Your firewall's settings

• Mezzmo.exe application must be allowed access through your firewall.
• MezzmoMediaServer.exe application must be allowed access through your firewall.
• The Media server port listed in the Media Server Settings dialog in Mezzmo must be allowed access through your firewall.
• The two standard UPnP ports 1900 and 2869 must be allowed access through your firewall.

Note: If you are using Windows firewall as the firewall on your computer, then clicking the Configure Windows Firewall button the Media Server Settings dialog will automatically configure the above firewall settings for Windows firewall.

Your router's settings

• IGMP. Make sure IGMP snooping or IGMP Proxy is turned off in your router's settings.
• DLNA/UPnP. Make sure built-in DLNA or UPnP is turned off in your router's settings.
• Jumbo Frames. Make sure Use Jumbo Frames is turned off in your router's settings.
• Multicast. Make sure Enable IPv4 Multicast Streams is turned on in your router's settings.

Important: After making any changes to your router's settings, turn off your router for 1 minute and turn it on again.

Your home network settings

• Subnet. Make sure your device and the computer running Mezzmo server are on the same subnet (e.g. the first three numbers of the IP address must be same - e.g. 192.168.1.x).

Your NAS settings

• Access Permissions. If your folders or playlists are empty when browsing your Mezzmo library on your device, then it may be an access permissions issue. See this FAQ - Files not listed on device

If none of the above help, please contact our Customer Support team via our Support page at http://www.conceiva.com/support and we will help you to get up and running quickly.

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If you wish to move your Mezzmo database to another drive or folder on your computer, then go to the Options dialog (General page).

Click the Browse icon in the Mezzmo database location edit box and select the drive and folder location on your computer.

Click OK to save your changes.

Note: If you wish to move the transcoded files to another location, then use the Transcoding Settings dialog in Mezzmo.

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The Device Settings dialog lets you configure how your Mezzmo media server communicates with and delivers media files to particular devices.

General Tab

Use the General Tab to set the name and device profile for your device.

Device name

Choose a name that will be displayed in the Media Devices dialog. For example, 'Kids Sony Playstation 4' or 'Bedroom TV'.

If the device is already known to Mezzmo (based on a pre-defined device profile), then the device will be given an appropriate device name. Otherwise it will have a name of 'Unknown Device' and, in this case, you should change the name so it is easy to recognize.

IP address

The IP address that the device has connected to Mezzmo server.

MAC address

The MAC address (or Media Access Control address) is a unique identifier assigned to your hardware device and is used by Mezzmo to identify it on your home network. You can typically find the MAC address of a hardware device in the firmware settings of your device or printed on a label on the back (or underneath) your device.

Network adaptor

Your computer may use multiple network adaptors - for example, a wired network card and a wireless network card. Multiple network adaptors can result in multiple Mezzmo servers listed on your devices. To remove the multiple Mezzmo servers, choose the network adaptor that your media device is connected to your computer. If you are unsure, then select Automatic.

Device profile

Device profiles contain all the configuration settings that Mezzmo needs to know in order to stream music, videos, photos and subtitles to your device. They have been created by Conceiva software engineers after testing the device with Mezzmo. Each device profile contains the audio, video, and image formats that the device supports. Mezzmo uses these settings to transcode incompatible files to a suitable format so that you can stream practically any type of media file to the device.

Important: For best results, always make sure that the device profile matches the device. If a device profile is not listed that matches your device, then choose one of the Generic Device profiles. These are baseline DLNA profiles and should work with most DLNA-compatible media devices. If no Generic Profile works well with your device, then contact Conceiva Customer Support and we will assist you to get up and running with streaming to your device.

Allow the device to connect to Mezzmo media server

Click this checkbox to allow this device to connect to Mezzmo. Mezzmo will deliver media files to this device if this setting is enabled.

Subtitles Tab

Use the Subtitles tab to set how subtitles are supported by your device.

Stream external subtitles

By clicking this checkbox, Mezzmo will attempt to stream video files with external subtitle files to your device. External subtitle files are files located in the same folder as your video files. Mezzmo supports all popular external subtitle file formats, including SRT, SMI, TXT, XML, etc.

Tip: Go to the Options - Subtitles to set the external subtitle setting for all your devices.

Stream embedded subtitles

By clicking this checkbox, Mezzmo will attempt to stream video files with embedded subtitle channels to your device. Embedded subtitle channels are contained inside your video files. Mezzmo will stream embedded subtitles to a device when streaming external subtitles is not possible for your device. Mezzmo supports all popular embedded subtitle formats, including SRT, SMI, DVD, Blu-ray, etc.

Tip: Go to the Options - Subtitles to set the embedded subtitle setting for all your devices.

Burn subtitles into video files

By clicking this checkbox, Mezzmo will burn subtitles into video files and stream them to your device. Burning will occur when streaming embedded or external subtitles is not possible for your device.

Tip: Go to the Options - Subtitles to set the burning setting for all your devices.

Preferred subtitle languages

The list of languages that you want to stream to this device. This is useful if you only want certain subtitle languages delivered to this device.

For example, for a particular device in your home, you may want to have German subtitles streamed. In this case, you would set the preferred language for that device to German.

Click the Edit button to change the preferred language list.

Tip: Go to the Options - Subtitles to set the preferred subtitle language for all your devices.

Burn subtitles for these languages

The list of languages that you want forced to be burnt into your videos for this device. This is useful if your device is not capable of displaying characters from certain languages. For example, your device may not be able to display Chinese or Korean fonts/characters when streaming embedded or external subtitles, so forcing them to be burnt fixes the problem.

Click the Edit button to change the language list.

Supported video containers

The list of video containers that support streaming embedded subtitles and the list of video containers that do not support streaming external subtitles for this device. The default list is as specified by the selected device profile for the device.

Click the Edit button to change the video container list.

Supported subtitle formats

The list of embedded subtitle formats, external subtitle formats and encodings that are supported by this device. The default list is as specified by the selected device profile for the device.

Click the Edit button to change the subtitle formats list.

Content Ratings Tab

Use the Content Ratings tab to specify what files, folders and playlists are streamed to your device based on their content rating.

Do not stream files that are not rated

Click this checkbox to not stream files to this device that have not yet been rated. This lets you ensure that files that you have added to Mezzmo are not streamed to your devices until they have a content rating. This is useful when you add movie or TV show and Mezzmo could not find a content rating for it. In this case, the file has a content rating of Not rated.

Do not stream files with the following content rating or higher

Click this checkbox to set a content rating that you wish to restrict streaming files to this device.

Content rating

Click the browse button to select a content rating that you want this device to be restricted to. The minimum permitted age of the selected content rating will be used to determine what files are streamed to devices or not.

Limit streaming during this time period

Select this checkbox to restrict streaming based on content rating to a particular time period - for example, when your children are watching TV or listening to music. Outside this time period, there will be no content rating restrictions applied so you will be free to browse and play any file.

Example: Do not list or stream media files to this device with a content rating of 'R' or higher during 6:00AM to 9:00PM. Outside this time period all files will be listed and can be played on the device.

From

Enter a time when you want the content rating restriction to start.

To

Enter a time when you want to the content rating restriction to finish.

Transcoding Tab

Use the Transcoding tab to turn on/off transcoding for your device.

Transcode incompatible media files so they can be played on the device

Click this setting to instruct Mezzmo media server to transcode media files that are incompatible so that they can be played on your device. For example, if your device only supports MP3 audio, then Mezzmo will transcode all OGG, M4A, etc. music files to MP3 so that they can be played.

Delete Transcoded Files

Click this button to delete all the transcoded files that have been created by Mezzmo or Mezzmo media server specifically for this device.

Reset Preferred Transcoded Files

Click this button to reset all the preferred transcoded files for this device. When you pre-transcode a file for a device (or when Mezzmo media server auto-transcodes a file for a device), the transcoded file is automatically set to the preferred status. When a transcoded file has a preferred status, it tells Mezzmo media server that only the particular transcoded file is to be presented and streamed to the device - and no other variation of the original file.

Example: if you have a video file called 'cars.avi' which is an AVI (MPEG-4, MP3) video file and you have pre-transcoded it for your Sony Bravia TV to the MPEG-TS (H264, AC3) format. When the transcoded file is set to preferred status, then Mezzmo will present only the MPEG-TS (H264, AC3) to your TV via DLNA. When not set to preferred status, then your selected device profile and Device Settings (Advanced) will determine what format is presented to your TV.

Tip: You can reset the preferred status for an individual files using the Properties dialog (Transcoding tab).

Performance Tab

Use the Performance tab to fine-tune how your device works.

Maximum bitrate

If you are finding that your videos are stuttering or not playing smoothly on your devices, then you can use the Maximum bitrate setting to reduce the video bitrate when files are transcoded. This reduces the video data transmitted on your home network and also the CPU and memory requirements for transcoding video files.

Use the Presets button to choose common network bandwidth values. Choose the value that matches your home network (or external network if you are streaming externally).

Tip: It is recommended to set the maximum bitrate to about 20-30% lower than the maximum bandwidth of your home network. This will help ensure that transcoded videos can be delivered stutter-free on your home network.

Important:

• The maximum bitrate value should not exceed the bandwidth of your home network (or your external network if streaming externally). If it does, then Mezzmo may produce transcoded videos that stutter on your devices or web browser since your network is not able to deliver the video data quick enough.
• Mezzmo uses the maximum bitrate value when transcoding videos. This applies to both transcoding on-the-fly and pre-transcoding.

Maximum video size

If your device is connected to a TV, then you can set the resolution of your TV using this setting. Or, if your DLNA media device has a maximum video resolution, then you should set it using this setting. The maximum video size setting assists performance and compatibility. For example, if you have a standard definition TV, then Mezzmo will not deliver high-definition video to this device. Instead, it will transcode high-definition to standard definition. This reduces the CPU and memory requirements when transcoding and reduces the data transmitted on your home network.

Use the Presets button to choose popular video resolutions.

Adjust video aspect ratio with square pixels

If your videos are playing on your device with the wrong aspect ratio but you know that the video has the correct aspect ratio, then you can click this checkbox to get Mezzmo to correct the aspect ratio before streaming to your device. When checked, Mezzmo will analyze the SAR (Storage Aspect Ratio) for the video file and change non-square pixels to square pixels (1:1). This setting has three modes:

• Unchecked: No aspect ratio correction will occur.
• Fully checked: Aspect ratio correction will occur for all video files delivered to your device. This means all videos will require transcoding.
• Part checked: Aspect ratio correction will only occur for incompatible video files that require transcoding. Compatible videos will not be changed.

Deliver folder artwork

Click this checkbox if you want folder and playlist artwork delivered to your device. Your device may display this artwork instead of the default folder icons it displays. Artwork for folders and playlists can be set in Mezzmo using the Properties dialog for a folder or playlist.

Shared Playlists/Folders Tab

Use the Shared Playlists/Folders tab to specify the top-level folders and playlist that this device can access. This is a useful feature for controlling what playlists, folders and files are listed and played on your device.

Example: Typically AV receivers can only stream music, so you may want to set up a shared playilist or folder just for your music files so that your videos and photos are not listed.

Example: For your children's game console (Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS4, PS3), you may want to set the top-level folder to be your collection of kids movies, TV shows and animations.

Tip: To display your full Mezzmo library, then remove all shared playlists and folders.

Shared playlists/folders

This is the list of top-level playlists and folders that your device will be able to access and list in its user interface.

Tip: To display your full Mezzmo library, then remove all shared playlists and folders.

Add

Click to add a shared playlist or folder for your device.

Edit

Click to edit an existing shared playlist or folder.

Delete

Click to remove a shared playlist or folder.

Move Up

Click to move a shared playlist or folder up in the list.

Move Down

Click to move a shared playlist or folder down in the list.

Advanced Tab

Use the Advanced tab to specify what files are delivered to your device.

Important: These settings are for advanced use only. It is strongly recommended to use the default settings as they provide the best operation and performance.

When a DLNA media player connects to your Mezzmo media server and browses your library of files and playlists, Mezzmo media server delivers the contents of playlists and folders to the device. At this time, Mezzmo media server describes the type of each media file that is being browsed so that the device can decide to play it or not. Information sent to the DLNA media device includes the audio format, video format and image format of your files.

These advanced settings let you fine tune what information is sent to devices about the formats for your media files.

Deliver media files supported by the device

These file formats are fully supported by the device, as defined in the selected device profile for the media device. For example, a video file contains a video stream and audio stream that are fully supported by the device.

• Always Deliver - always deliver a description for fully supported files.
• Never Deliver - never deliver a description for fully supported files.

Deliver media files partly supported by the device

These file formats are partly supported by the device. For example, a video file may have a video stream that is fully supported by the device, but has an audio stream that is not supported. In this case, the file's audio stream will be transcoded by Mezzmo to a supported format (as defined by the device profile).

• Always Deliver - always deliver descriptions for these transcoded files.
• Never Deliver - never deliver descriptions for these transcoded files.
• Automatic Delivery - only deliver descriptions for these transcoded files if no fully supported description (above) for the same file has been delivered.

Deliver media files that are preferred by the device

These file formats are preferred by the device. For example, it may be known that a particular device plays transcoded MKV video files better than any other format that it supports, so it makes sense to transcode incompatible video formats to the MKV format where possible.

• Always Deliver - always deliver descriptions for these transcoded files.
• Never Deliver - never deliver descriptions for these transcoded files.
• Automatic Delivery - only deliver descriptions for these transcoded files if no partly supported format (above) or no fully supported description (above) for the same file has been delivered.

Deliver all possible formats for media files to the device

Devices often support many video, audio or image formats. This setting controls whether you want to deliver all possible formats, as defined in the device profile. For example, for a particular video file, this setting will deliver all possible video formats (e.g. MKV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4) so the device can choose itself what format it wants to play.

• Always Deliver - always deliver all possible formats for a file.
• Never Deliver - never deliver all possible formats for a file.
• Automatic Delivery - only deliver all possible formats for a file if no preferred format (above), or partly supported format (above) or fully supported description (above) for the same file has been delivered.

Deliver DLNA baseline format to the device

The DLNA standard specifies certain baseline formats that a DLNA certified device must support. This setting controls whether you want to deliver the DLNA baseline formats to the device.

• Always Deliver - always deliver the DLNA baseline formats for a file.
• Never Deliver - never deliver the DLNA baseline formats for a file.
• Automatic Delivery - only deliver the DLNA baseline formats for a file if no all possible formats (above) or preferred format (above) or partly supported format (above) or fully supported description (above) for the same file has been delivered.

Deliver media files not supported by the device

The selected device profile specifies the audio, video and image formats that the device supports. If a file is not supported, then this setting controls whether you want to deliver incompatible formats. For example, the device profile may state that your device does not support DivX video, but after a firmware update for your device, it may support it now. In this case, you may want to deliver non-supported formats until you get a new updated device profile from Conceiva.

• Always Deliver - always deliver descriptions for non-supported formats for a file.
• Never Deliver - never deliver descriptions for non-supported formats for a file.
• Automatic Delivery - only deliver the non-supported formats for a file if no DLNA baseline formats (above) or all possible formats (above) or preferred format (above) or partly supported format (above) or fully supported description (above) for the same file has been delivered.

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If you have a problem where Mezzmo server does not list or cannot stream files from network computers or NAS drives, then this can be fixed by managing the way that Mezzmo server runs.

Important: This solution only applies to when you run Mezzmo server as a Windows service. Go to the Media Server Settings dialog to check how you are running Mezzmo server.

Background

By default, when Mezzmo server runs as a Windows service on your computer, it is running user the Windows Local System account and not your Windows user account.

If you have media files on an external NAS drive or another computer, and the NAS drive or other computer has password access, then (Local System) Windows services may not have access these external network resources.

Fix

To fix this, you should change your Mezzmo server Windows service to run under your Windows user account instead of the Windows Local System account.

1. Stop your Mezzmo server (if running).
2. Go to Windows Control Panel and search for “services”. Click on View Local Services under Administrative Tools. This will display the Services window.

3. Locate Mezzmo server in the list of services. Right-click on it and click Properties.
4. On the Mezzmo Properties window, go to the Log On tab.

5. Select This account radio button and enter your Windows user account name and password that you use to log into Windows on your computer.

6. Click OK to save your changes.
7. Start your Mezzmo server and try browsing folders, playlists and files from your Mezzmo server on your devices, web browsers and apps.

Tip: Some users report that the following Windows setting also helps fix accessing files on NAS drives. In Windows, go to Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Administrative Tools and run 'Local Security Policy'. Under 'Local Policies', you will find 'Security Options' and under this, you should see a setting called 'Accounts: Limit local account use of blank passwords to console logon only'. Turn this setting off.

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Folders are dynamic playlists of folders contained on your computer. By adding a folder into Mezzmo, Mezzmo will dynamically list all the media files in that folder.

Folders are very useful when you already have a well-defined folder structure for all your media files on your computer and you wish to keep it. Rather than re-creating the folder structure in Mezzmo with playlists, you can quickly add a folder and Mezzmo will dynamically list all the files and sub-folders for you in one step.

Another reason for using folders in Mezzmo is when you are regularly updating your media files on your computer. For example, if you are often recording TV shows onto your hard disk, many new files are created over time. Rather than having to remember to import each new video that is saved on your hard disk, a folder in Mezzmo can be used to automatically read the files for you and list them in Mezzmo.

One major benefit of using folders is that there is no maintenance required. Mezzmo dynamically reads the contents of the folders on your computer and makes sure that the files are kept-up-date.

Example: Imagine you have your collection of photos in the following folder structure on your computer:

If you add a folder into Mezzmo and enter 'C:\Photos' as the folder path, then Mezzmo will list all sub-folders and files under this folder path. You do not need to spend time to re-create all the sub-folders in Mezzmo. Also, any new folders or files that are added to your hard disk at a later date would be dynamically listed for you in Mezzmo.

Location

Choose a location in your library where you want the folder located. Click the Browse button to choose a new location.

Folder name

Enter a name for the folder playlist that best describes the folder and types of media files contained in the folder. For example, 'Digital camera photos' may be a good name for the folder that contains all the photos you have transferred from your digital camera.

Description

Enter a description of the folder that may be helpful for you to understand the contents of the folder.

Content Rating

Click the browse button to select a content rating that best describes the files that will be listed in the folder. This content rating will be used by Mezzmo to either list or not list the folder on devices depending on the content rating settings for the device.

Display Titles

Click this button to edit the display titles for this folder. Display titles let you set the format for the titles of your files when they are displayed in Mezzmo and on your devices. You can set the display titles for all playlists and folders in the Options - General tab.

Change Artwork

Lets you change the artwork thumbnail for the folder. Mezzmo will display this artwork in its user interface. Mezzmo also streams this folder artwork to DLNA devices. Some DLNA devices will display this artwork - however, it depends on each device's implementation of DLNA.

• Add Picture - Click to use an image from your hard disk.
• Get Internet Artwork - Click to search for artwork from web sites.
• Delete Picture - Click to remove the current artwork thumbnail.

For sub-folders, Mezzmo will dynamically search for associated artwork files or metadata files to use as artwork for each sub-folder. Associated artwork files and metadata files used are (in order):

• mymovies.xml
• movie.nfo
• tvshow.nfo
• series.xml
• metadata<episode>.xml
• .xml
• .nfo
• folder.png
• folder.jpg
• movie.tbn
• albumart*large.jpg
• albumart*small.jpg
• .tbn
• .tgmd

Folder

Enter the full path of the folder you wish to add. Use the Browse icon to locate your folder on your computer.

'+' Button

Click this button to add another folder. This lets you merge multiple folders into one. For example, you may have multiple NAS drives with your videos or music organized across them. Adding them together as a merged folder lets you browse them in Mezzmo and on your devices in a unified way.

'-' Button

Click this button to remove one of the folders from your merged folder.

Include sub-folders

By clicking this checkbox, your folder will also list all sub-folders underneath the folder.

File filter

You can choose what types of files you wish to display in the folder by entering the file extensions into the file filter edit box. For example, to view just MP3 and OGG files, simple enter '*.mp3; *.ogg;' into the file filter edit box. Remember to separate file extensions using a semi-colon.

By clicking the Presets button, you have a fast way to filter for all types of media files, or just music files, or just video files or just photo files.

Check folder for new files every

Click this checkbox to get Mezzmo to check the folder for any new changes. You can select the refresh interval using the Refresh interval edit box and combo box. Mezzmo will check the folder at the specified interval and detect any new or deleted files and sub-folders from the folder. Newly detected files will be automatically added into your Mezzmo library with full metadata and artwork.

Sort by

Choose the file attribute that you want your files sorted by.

Tip: Choose Random Shuffle to have the files sorted and listed randomly on your devices.

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Mezzmo has several ways to keep your files automatically up-to-date.

Refreshing your folders automatically

When you add one of your folders into your Mezzmo library using Add To Library → Add Folder, Mezzmo makes a 1:1 representation of the folder, its sub-folders and files. You can customize how the folder works in your Mezzmo library via the Folder Properties dialog.

One of the settings in the Folder Properties dialog is the Check for new files every checkbox and value. This setting lets you tell Mezzmo to scan the folder (and its sub-folders) at regular intervals to find any new files and sub-folders.

In the above screenshot, Mezzmo will scan though the specified folder(s) on the NAS drives every 7 days. If you wish, you can change this refresh interval to minutes, hours or days.

Mezzmo Windows (or Mezzmo server) will scan your folder on disk and check for new files at your preferred refresh interval. When it finds new files, they will be added into your Mezzmo library with full text metadata and artwork. Your active playlists and smart playlists are also updated at the same time. So, your Mezzmo library is ready for streaming all your files when you want it to.

Tip: After defining a refresh interval for your folders, you can exit Mezzmo Windows application if do not wish to have it running all the time and simply let Mezzmo server look after the scanning of folders at your refresh intervals.

Maintaining your Mezzmo library

The Maintain Library dialog is used for scanning your Mezzmo library and updating various aspects of it. You can select the types of files and what attributes to update. It can also be used to scan your folders for new files.

Tip: For adding new files into your Mezzmo library, we recommend using the Refresh Interval in the Folder Properties dialog.

In the above screenshot, maintenance will be run at 2:00AM every night and maintenance will only be done on new files or files with missing (empty) attributes.

Note: Maintain Library with a schedule set requires that Mezzmo Windows application is running for maintenance to kick off at the prescribed time each day.

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All devices that have connected to your Mezzmo media server are listed in the Media Devices dialog. This dialog lets you control what devices you want to be able to connect to your Mezzmo media server and how Mezzmo delivers media files to these devices.

Device list

The device list contains all the devices that have attempted to connect to your Mezzmo media server. Each device listed has a status that you can change with the Allow / Deny button. Each device has settings that Mezzmo uses to determine how to deliver media files to it. You can use the Edit button to adjust these settings.

Refresh

Click this button to refresh the device list.

Edit

Click this button to edit the settings for the selected device. The Device Settings dialog will be displayed.

Delete

Click this button to remove the selected device from the device list.

The next time the device tries to connect to your media server, it will be allowed or blocked based on your setting for the Allow all new devices to connect to Mezzmo checkbox.

Allow / Deny

Click this button to change the security status of the selected device. When set to Allow, the device will be allowed to communicate with Mezzmo and Mezzmo will deliver media files to it. When set to Deny, the device will not be able to communicate with Mezzmo and Mezzmo will not deliver media files to it. This lets you set the security of your Mezzmo media server at the device level.

Allow all new devices to connect to Mezzmo

By clicking this option, new devices that connect to your Mezzmo media server will be accepted until you manually block them using the Allow / Deny button.

If this option is not checked, devices will be denied access by default until you change their permissions in the Device list using the Allow / Deny button.

Notify me when new devices connect to Mezzmo

By clicking this checkbox, each time a new device connects to your Mezzmo media server, you will be notified with a popup window in the bottom right hand side of your computer screen. The popup window lets you click on it and configure the permissions for the new device.

Note: This popup window only appears if the Mezzmo (Windows) application is running.

Use only IP addresses to identify devices. When turned on, this requires use of static IPs on your network

By default, Mezzmo uses MAC addresses of your devices to uniquely identify them on your home network. This allows for accurate device recognition since a device's MAC address is unique and fixed, unlike IP addresses which may change from time to time.

Some Mezzmo users have network bridges on their home network. Typically, network bridges hide MAC addresses of devices connected to it and only present the MAC address of the bridge itself. So Mezzmo is unable to correctly identify each device using MAC addresses in this circumstance. One solution is to turn on 'MAC forwarding' or 'MAC pass through' in your network bridge settings so that MAC addresses are passed through the bridge. This fixes the problem of accurate identification of device by MAC address. Unfortunately, not all network bridges have 'MAC forwarding' or 'MAC pass through' in their network bridge settings.

If you have a network bridge that does not have 'MAC forwarding' or 'MAC pass through' settings, you can check the Use only IP addresses to identify devices checkbox. When set, Mezzmo will use only IP addresses to identify devices on your home network.

Important: For this setting to work, you must set a static IP address for each device on your home network. Go to each of your device's network settings and enter a unique IP address. After setting static IP addresses for your devices, stop your Mezzmo media server and delete all devices listed in the Media Devices dialog. Switch off/on your devices and then restart your Mezzmo media server. You should now see your devices listed in the Media Devices dialog.

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Media Server Settings

Mezzmo is a fully-featured media server that can stream movies, TV shows, home movies, music and photos to web browsers and devices inside your home and outside your home.

Mezzmo supports the Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) and the Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) standards for streaming to all popular UPnP and DLNA devices - such as TVs, games consoles, Blu-ray players, AV receivers, set top boxes and media players.

Mezzmo supports streaming to all popular web browsers such as Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Internet Explorer and Safari.

Mezzmo can stream to web browsers and devices inside your home using your home network.

Mezzmo can stream outside your home to web browsers and devices using your home internet connection.

Run Mezzmo server as

Mezzmo server is a separate application that is installed on your computer. You use Mezzmo (Windows) application to control Mezzmo server.

There are two ways to run Mezzmo server on your computer:

• Console application
• Windows service

When Mezzmo server runs as a Console application, Mezzmo server runs as an invisible application under the same Windows user account as you are logged into on your Windows computer.

When Mezzmo server runs as a Windows service, Mezzmo server runs as a Windows service under (by default) the Windows Local System account.

Tip: The easiest way to run your Mezzmo server is as a console application. Running as a console application will eliminate a common issue for users where (when Mezzmo server is running as a Windows service) files from NAS drives are not accessible from Mezzmo server and cannot be streamed. However, running Mezzmo server as a Windows service does have important benefits - namely being able to run Mezzmo server on a dedicated server box without having to log into Windows, and being able to secure the Windows service when using Mezzmo to stream outside your home.

Tip: When running Mezzmo server as a Windows service, if you are having the issue where Mezzmo server is not listing your files on your devices or not being able to access your files on a NAS or external computer, then the reason will most likely be due to the Windows Local System account not having access rights to your files. To fix this, you should change the Windows account that the Mezzmo server Windows service is running under. Go to Windows Services window in Control Panel. Right-click on the Mezzmo service and click Properties. On the Properties dialog, adjust the Log On settings to use the same Windows user account that Mezzmo (Windows) app is running under.

Tip: You may need to add the Logon as a service permission to your account. To add “Log on as a service” permissions:

1. Run Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Local Security Policy
2. Select Local Policies > User Rights Assignment > Log on as a service
3. Click Add User or Group, and then add the appropriate account to the list of accounts that possess the Log on as a service right.

Start / Stop Media Server

By clicking this button, you can start or stop your Mezzmo media server. The status of the Mezzmo media server is always displayed in the status bar of Mezzmo.

When started, the Mezzmo media server will be visible to all devices on your home network, and devices on your home network will be able to access media files in your Mezzmo library. When stopped, no devices on your home network will be able to connect to the Mezzmo media server or access media files on your Mezzmo library.

Startup settings

• Start the media server at Windows startup - By clicking this option, the Mezzmo media server will be automatically started when you start your computer. This will let other devices connect to and view your Mezzmo library without the need to run Mezzmo itself. This is the recommended startup setting.
• Run the media server only when Mezzmo runs - By clicking this option, the Mezzmo media server will be automatically started when you start Mezzmo and will terminate when you exit Mezzmo.
• Don't start the media server automatically - By clicking this option, the Mezzmo media server will not be automatically started. You will have to manually click the Start / Stop Media Server button on this dialog or toolbar.

Media server name

Enter a name for your Mezzmo media server. This name will be displayed on devices when they search for media servers on your home network.

Tip: If you want your computer's name to be included in the name of the service, the special identifier <COMPUTER_NAME> can be used. For example if your computer is named 'Upstairs Computer' and the Media server name is Mezzmo (<COMPUTER_NAME>), then other devices will see 'Mezzmo (Upstairs Computer)'. This can help identify your Mezzmo media server if you have several computers on you home network and several copies of Mezzmo installed.

Tip: If you want your user name to be included in the name of the service, the special identifier <USER_NAME> can be used. For example if your user name on your computer is 'John' and the Media server name is Mezzmo (<USER_NAME>), then other devices will see 'Mezzmo (John)'. This can help identify your Mezzmo media server if you have several computers on you home network and several copies of Mezzmo installed.

Media server port

The Mezzmo media server requires an open port on your computer in order to communicate with devices on your home network.

You should not change the default value for the port that Mezzmo uses unless there is a conflict with another software application or media server.

The default port value is 53168.

Important: If you change the port value, you will need to ensure that any firewall application you are running on your computer has the new port value unblocked for communication.

Server advertisement interval (seconds)

The Mezzmo media server re-advertises itself on your home network from time-to-time so your devices know that Mezzmo server is running. This is standard DLNA and UPnP practice.

By default, Mezzmo server re-advertises itself every 30 minutes, which is 1800 seconds. The minimum allowed value is 60 seconds.

Example: To re-advertise every 24 hours, set the value to 86400.

Remote access port

If you wish to stream outside your home, then you will need to enter the port value that you have forwarded in your router. This value will be used to build URLs that you can share with friends and family so that they can access your media server via the Web Access. It will also be used to allow the Mezzmo Android app to connect remotely to the server from outside your home network. See Streaming Outside Your Home for more information.

Broadcast on these network adaptors

If your computer has multiple network adaptors, then you can select which network adaptors that you want Mezzmo server to broadcast and communicate on. By default, Mezzmo server will broadcast and communicate on all network adaptors.

Example: You may have a network adaptor for your home LAN and a network adaptor for your internet access. In this case, you would deselect the network adaptor for your internet access.

Configure Windows Firewall

By clicking the this button, the Windows firewall will be configured so that the Mezzmo media server will have access through it.

This button will be enabled when the Windows Firewall is running and there are no rules for the Mezzmo server application or the ports that are used to access Mezzmo server.

For other firewall software, you will need to consult its documentation in order to permit the required applications and ports in the firewall. See this topic for a list of applications and ports that must be set in your firewall's rules.

Windows Firewall Troubleshooting

After clicking the Configure Windows Firewall button, the button should become disabled. This tells you that all firewall rules have been successfully added into your Windows firewall. If the Configure Windows Firewall button is not disabled after clicking it, then you may have existing rules in your Windows firewall that are conflicting with the rules that Mezzmo needs to add. Follow these steps to fix this problem:

1. Go to your Windows Firewall window via Windows Control Panel.
2. In the Windows Firewall window, click on Inbound Rules to view the list of rules for your firewall.
3. Click on the Name header column to sort the inbound rules by name.
4. Scroll down the list to view the Mezzmo and Mezzmo Server inbound rules.
5. Delete all rules for Mezzmo and Mezzmo Server.
6. Display the Media Server Settings dialog in Mezzmo (Windows) application.
7. Click the Configure Windows Firewall button. It should become disabled now.

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Mezzmo allows Merging folders from different drives (NAS, USB or internal)

Mezzmo supports streaming files from all popular NAS, USB and internal drives - from manufacturers such as WD, Seagate, QNAP, Synology, Netgear, Buffalo, Samsung and many more.

A great feature of Mezzmo is Merged Folders. If you have your media files organized across multiple drives (NAS, USB or internal), then you can use Mezzmo to merge them together in your Mezzmo library so that you see one folder structure in Mezzmo and on your devices.

Example: You have 3 NAS drives on your home network and you organize your media files on them as follows:

Rather than having 3 separate folders in your Mezzmo library, you would like to have all 3 folders merged into 1 folder for easier browsing on your devices.

To do this, you simply can create a merged folder in Mezzmo:

1. Click Add To Library → Add Folder.
2. Choose your first NAS drive folder to add (e.g. \QNAP-NAS\Videos) and click OK.
3. The Folder Properties dialog will be displayed.

4. Choose a name for your merged folder and artwork if you wish.
5. Click the + button next to the first folder edit box you added. This will allow you to add another NAS drive folder. Click the Browse icon next to the folder edit box to choose your NAS drive folder.
6. Continue to click the + button to add more folders until you have selected all the NAS drive folders you wish to merge as one.

7. Choose the type of files you wish to display in the folder (all types of files, video files, music files or photos) by choosing the File filter setting and the Presets button.
8. Choose if you want Mezzmo to automatically refresh your merged folder and select the interval (e.g. every 6 hours) when you want your folders scanned for new files.
9. Choose the way you would like your files to be sorted using the Sort by setting.
10. Click OK and you're done! Your merged folder will be created for you. Mezzmo will scan the folders for files and add them into your Mezzmo library if they are not already there.

Tip: Your merged folder is fully dynamic - Mezzmo will pick up any new sub-folders or files that have been added into the merged folder whenever you browse into the folder in Mezzmo or using your devices or web browsers. You do not need to maintain your library for new files to be picked up.

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This dialog lets you choose where you want Mezzmo to get metadata from for your video files, music files, photos, folders and playlists. Metadata includes title, artist, album, genre, year, track and artwork. The metadata settings are used when adding files into Mezzmo and when you use the Maintain Library dialog.

Video tab

Get text metadata from file path

Select this checkbox if you wish to collect text metadata from the video's file path. Metadata that can be parsed includes title, year, series name, season and episode. See Supported file names for a list of supported file naming styles.

Get text metadata embedded in file

Select this checkbox if you wish to collect text metadata that may be contained in video files. Metadata includes title, artist, year, genre and comment.

Get artwork embedded in file

Select this checkbox if you wish to collect the embedded artwork contained in video files.

Get artwork from external files

Select this checkbox if you wish to collect artwork from associated artwork files that are found in the same folder as the video file. Associated artwork files include:

• .jpg
• .png
• folder.jpg
• folder.png
• albumart*large.jpg
• albumart*small.jpg

Get text metadata and artwork from ThumbGen (.tgmd) files

Select this checkbox if you wish to collect text metadata and artwork from ThumbGen (.tgmd) metadata files.

Get text metadata and artwork from XBMC (.nfo/.tbn) files

Select this checkbox if you wish to collect text metadata and artwork from Kodi/XBMC metadata files, including:

• .nfo
• .tbn
• -poster.jpg
• -poster.png
• -banner.jpg
• -banner.png
• -fanart.jpg
• -fanart.png
• poster.jpg
• poster.png
• banner.jpg
• banner.png
• fanart.jpg
• fanart.png

Get text metadata and artwork from series.xml and .xml files

Select this checkbox if you wish to collect text metadata and artwork from series.xml and .xml metadata files.

The typical folder structure for TV series is:

C:\ExampleTVSeries\series.xml
C:\ExampleTVSeries\folder.jpg
C:\ExampleTVSeries\season1\episode1.avi
C:\ExampleTVSeries\season1\episode2.avi
C:\ExampleTVSeries\season1\episode3.avi
C:\ExampleTVSeries\season1\metadata\episode1.xml
C:\ExampleTVSeries\season1\metadata\episode2.xml
C:\ExampleTVSeries\season1\metadata\episode3.xml
C:\ExampleTVSeries\season2\episode1.avi
C:\ExampleTVSeries\season2\episode2.avi
C:\ExampleTVSeries\season2\episode3.avi
C:\ExampleTVSeries\season2\metadata\episode1.xml
C:\ExampleTVSeries\season2\metadata\episode2.xml
C:\ExampleTVSeries\season2\metadata\episode3.xml

Get text and artwork metadata from movie.xml and mymovies.xml files

Select this checkbox if you wish to collect text metadata and artwork from movie.xml files and (non-encrypted) mymovies.xml metadata files.

Get text metadata from Sony (.modd) files

Select this checkbox if you wish to collect text metadata from Sony .modd metadata files.

Get text and artwork metadata from internet web sites

Select this checkbox if you wish to collect text metadata and artwork from the themoviedb.org movie web site and TheTVDB.com web sites. Metadata includes title, description, genre, content rating, release date, actors, directors, producers, poster, backdrop and more.

Enter the preferred language code that you want the text metadata from these web sites.

Note: If metadata for your preferred language is not available from these web sites, then English metadata will be used.

• en = English
• fr = French
• de = German
• it = Italian
• pl = Polish
• nl = Dutch
• sv = Swedish
• es = Spanish
• ru = Russian
• ja = Japanese
• pt = Portuguese
• zh = Chinese
• el = Greek
• fi = Finnish
• da = Danish
• no = Norwegian
• ko = Korean
• cs = Czech
• tr = Turkish

Include adult titles

By clicking this button, Mezzmo will also search for adult (porn) video titles.

Default Settings

By clicking this button, the default values will be applied to the metadata retrieval settings.

Music tab

Get text metadata embedded in file

Select this checkbox if you wish to collect text metadata that may be contained in music files. Metadata includes title, artist, album, year, genre, track and comment.

Get artwork embedded in file

Select this checkbox if you wish to collect the embedded album artwork contained in music files or the associated metadata files (e.g. folder.jpg). If there is no embedded artwork, then Mezzmo will create a thumbnail from the associated full-sized image.

Get artwork from external files

Select this checkbox if you wish to collect album artwork from associated artwork files that are found in the same folder as the music file. Associated artwork files include:

• .jpg
• .png
• folder.jpg
• folder.png
• cover.jpg
• cover.png
• front.jpg
• front.png
• albumart*large.jpg
• albumart*small.jpg

Get artwork from internet web sites

Select this checkbox if you wish to collect album artwork from web sites. Mezzmo uses the artist and album metadata to search popular web sites for matching album artwork.

Default Settings

By clicking this button, the default values will be applied to the metadata retrieval settings.

Photo tab

Get text metadata embedded in file

Select this checkbox if you wish to collect text metadata that may be contained in photo files. Metadata includes created date, year, artist and comment.

Get thumbnail embedded in file

Select this checkbox if you wish to collect the embedded thumbnail contained in photos. If there is no embedded thumbnail, then Mezzmo will create a thumbnail from the full-sized image.

Tip: Embedded thumbnails can be small and low quality, so turning this checkbox off will let Mezzmo create higher quality thumbnails based on the full-sized image.

Default Settings

By clicking this button, the default values will be applied to the metadata retrieval settings.

Playlists/Folders tab

Get artwork from external files

Select this checkbox if you wish to collect artwork from associated artwork files that are found in the folder. Associated artwork files include:

• folder.jpg
• folder.png

Get artwork from ThumbGen (.tgmd) files

Select this checkbox if you wish to collect artwork from ThumbGen (.tgmd) metadata files.

Get artwork from XBMC (.nfo/.tbn) files

Select this checkbox if you wish to collect artwork from Kodi/XBMC metadata files, including:

• .nfo
• .tbn
• -poster.jpg
• -poster.png
• -banner.jpg
• -banner.png
• -fanart.jpg
• -fanart.png
• poster.jpg
• poster.png
• banner.jpg
• banner.png
• fanart.jpg
• fanart.png

Get artwork from series.xml and .xml files

Select this checkbox if you wish to collect artwork from series.xml and .xml metadata files.

The typical folder structure for TV series is:

C:\ExampleTVSeries\series.xml
C:\ExampleTVSeries\folder.jpg
C:\ExampleTVSeries\season1\episode1.avi
C:\ExampleTVSeries\season1\episode2.avi
C:\ExampleTVSeries\season1\episode3.avi
C:\ExampleTVSeries\season1\metadata\episode1.xml
C:\ExampleTVSeries\season1\metadata\episode2.xml
C:\ExampleTVSeries\season1\metadata\episode3.xml
C:\ExampleTVSeries\season2\episode1.avi
C:\ExampleTVSeries\season2\episode2.avi
C:\ExampleTVSeries\season2\episode3.avi
C:\ExampleTVSeries\season2\metadata\episode1.xml
C:\ExampleTVSeries\season2\metadata\episode2.xml
C:\ExampleTVSeries\season2\metadata\episode3.xml

Get artwork metadata from movie.xml and mymovies.xml files

Select this checkbox if you wish to collect artwork from movie.xml files and (non-encrypted) mymovies.xml metadata files.

Create artwork based on contents of folder/playlist

Select this checkbox if you want Mezzmo to use artwork from the files in the folder or playlist as the artwork for the folder/playlist.

Other tab

Sort title keywords

Enter the words (separated by commas) that you want Mezzmo to find and remove from the start of the Title to create the Sort Title. Mezzmo searches Titles for these sort title keywords and removes them from the start of the title and adds them to the end to create the Sort Title. This enables you to sort your folders and playlists by Sort Title - so that it is more convenient to locate your files.

Examples:

Title: A Beautiful Mind Sort title keywords: The, A, An Sort Title: Beautiful Mind, A

Title: The Avengers Sort title keywords: The, A, An Sort Title: Avengers, The

Get Backdrop artwork

Select this checkbox if you want Mezzmo to collect backdrop artwork for your media files. Backdrop artwork is used when browsing your Mezzmo library in a web browser and in the Mezzmo (Android) app and Kodi Addon.

Delete All Backdrop Artwork

Click this button if you wish to remove all existing backdrop artwork that has been previously collected for your media files.

Default Settings

By clicking this button, the default values will be applied to the metadata retrieval settings

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Mezzmo reads metadata from the following external files that are placed in the same folder as your music, video or photo files. This lets you set the (i) artwork thumbnail, (ii) the associated text such as title, artist, album and genre for a file, (iii) the chapter points for video files, and (iv) the associated movie trailer video file.

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Run on Windows startup

If you want to start the Mezzmo application when you start your computer, then select this checkbox.

Tip: This does not run your Mezzmo server at Windows startup. Go to the Media Server Settings dialog to do this.

Tip: The Mezzmo (Windows) application does not need to be running to stream files to your devices. It is only used to manage your Mezzmo library of files and start / stop your Mezzmo server. Mezzmo server is a separate application that streams your files to your web browsers and devices.

System tray icon

If you wish to have a System tray icon displayed when Mezzmo is running, select this checkbox. When the System tray icon is displayed, you can right click on it to access common operations.

Minimize on startup

This checkbox will automatically minimize the Mezzmo (Windows) application whenever it is started.

Check for updates

This checkbox will check for any updates to make sure you are running the latest version of Mezzmo.

Mezzmo database location

Click the browse button to select another folder to store your Mezzmo database files. This can be used when your hard disk is becoming full and you need to re-locate your Mezzmo database to another drive.

Tip: To move your transcoded files, use the Transcoding Settings dialog.

Backup Mezzmo Database

Click this button to make a backup of your current Mezzmo library. Mezzmo will copy all the Mezzmo database files and artwork files to the new backup location. This can be useful for keeping copies of your Mezzmo library for safe-keeping, or before upgrading your version of Mezzmo.

Note: Mezzmo backs up your Mezzmo database files and artwork files. Your transcoded files are not backed up.

Restore Mezzmo Database

Click this button to restore a previous backup of your current Mezzmo library.

Important: Your current Mezzmo library will be overwritten and cannot be recovered!

Reset Mezzmo Database

Click this button to reset back to an empty Mezzmo library with the default set of playlists. All files, folders, playlist, artwork and metadata will be removed from your current Mezzmo library. This can be useful if you wish to start your Mezzmo library again after re-organizing your media files.

Important: Your current Mezzmo library will be overwritten and cannot be recovered!

Display Titles

Click this button to edit the display titles for your files. Display titles let you set the title format for the various types of files (such as video, music, photos, movies, TV shows and home movies) when they are displayed in Mezzmo and on your devices. Setting display titles here will set the titles for all files, playlists and folders in your Mezzmo library. To set the display titles for a specific playlist or folder, right-click on the playlist or folder in the tree in Mezzmo and click Properties to access the Properties dialog.

Restore Window Layout

By clicking this button, the window layout for Mezzmo will be returned to the default layout as it was the first time you ran Mezzmo.

Only list files at the lowest level for active playlists

When this option is turned on, Mezzmo will only display files that match the keywords at the lowest level of an active playlist. When this option is turned off, Mezzmo collects all the media files for a particular level in the active playlist and displays those files that match that keyword for that active playlist level.

Default Settings

By clicking this button, the default values will be applied to this set of options.

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Poster Image Width and Height

The poster image width and height edit boxes allow you to customize the size of the thumbnails generated and stored by Mezzmo for video, music, photos, folders and playlists that you add into your Mezzmo library.

The default size is 320 x 320 pixels. It is recommended to keep this size.

The DLNA default size for thumbnail artwork is 160 x 160 pixels, although newer DLNA devices now accept and display artwork thumbnails that are larger (for example, Panasonic Viera TVs and Samsung TVs).

Enter a custom width and height in pixels for the poster images that are generated and stored by Mezzmo when you add files into Mezzmo or when your maintain your Mezzmo library.

Note: Existing files in your Mezzmo library will not have the new poster image size until your perform a library maintenance.

Larger-sized artwork thumbnails will only be delivered to a DLNA device by Mezzmo media server if the associated device profile for the device has been modified to increase the width and height of the JPEG_TN image definition. If you are unsure how to do this, please contact Conceiva customer support.

Backdrop Image Width and Height

The backdrop image width and height edit boxes allow you to customize the size of the backdrop images generated and stored by Mezzmo for video, music and photos that you add into your Mezzmo library. Backdrops are used by web browsers and Mezzmo (Android) app.

The default size is 1920 x 1080 pixels. It is recommended to keep this size.

Enter a custom width and height in pixels for the backdrop images that are generated and stored by Mezzmo when you add files into Mezzmo or when your maintain your Mezzmo library.

Note: Existing files in your Mezzmo library will not have the new backdrop image size until your perform a library maintenance.

Increment play count after streaming percentage of file

When Mezzmo streams a file to a device, the play count of the file in Mezzmo is incremented after a certain portion of the files is streamed. The play count lets you determine the most played files, the least played files and the files that you have never played as yet.

Enter the minimum portion of the file that needs to be streamed by Mezzmo to a device to automatically increment the play count for a file.

Tip: You can display or reset the play count for a file using the Properties dialog.

Preferred audio language for videos

You can use this list of languages to tell Mezzmo the audio languages that you wish to hear when you stream a video. Mezzmo will automatically select the audio language when transcoding or streaming a video to your web browsers or devices.

Example: You only speak English so you want English language audio played whenever possible. When a video has multiple audio channels, then Mezzmo will make sure the English audio channel is used for transcoding and streaming.

Add

Click this button to add a preferred audio language to the list.

Delete

Click this button to remove a preferred audio language from the list.

Move Up

Click to move a language up in the preferred audio language list. Higher listed languages are more preferred.

Move Down

Click to move a language down in the preferred audio language list. Lower listed languages are less preferred.

Update All Files

Click to update all your video files with your preferred audio language settings. This is useful when you make a preferred audio language change, Mezzmo will scan through all your video files and check for those audio languages in the video files and set them to preferred audio language. Only stream the preferred channels to devices

When selected, Mezzmo will make sure that the video only contains the preferred audio languages and does not contain any other audio languages. This is useful if your device does not let you select the audio channel via it's remote control when the video is playing on the device.

Default Settings

By clicking this button, the default values will be applied to this set of options.

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Use these settings to set the global settings for the way you want subtitles to be handled by Mezzmo.

In addition to these global settings, you can:

• Set subtitle settings for each device in the Device Settings dialog (Subtitles tab) for your devices. Go to the Media Devices dialog and edit your device to display this dialog.
• Set the subtitle settings for each file in your Mezzmo library in the Properties dialog (Subtitles tab). Right-click on a video file and click Properties to display this dialog.
• Burn subtitles for an individual file using the Pre-transcode Files dialog. Right-click on a video file and click Pre-transcode Files to display this dialog.

Stream external subtitles

By clicking this checkbox, Mezzmo will attempt to stream video files with external subtitle files to your devices that can display external subtitle files. External subtitle files are files located in the same folder as your video files. Mezzmo supports all popular external subtitle file formats such as SRT, TXT, SMI, XML, etc.

Stream embedded subtitles

By clicking this checkbox, Mezzmo will attempt to stream video files with embedded subtitle channels to your devices that can display embedded subtitles. Embedded subtitle channels are contained inside your video files. Mezzmo supports all popular embedded subtitle formats such as SRT, SUB, SMI, DVD, Blu-ray, etc.

Burn subtitles into video files

By clicking this checkbox, Mezzmo will burn subtitles into video files and stream them to your devices that are not able to display embedded or external subtitles.

Global Settings

Click this button to set your preferences for how you wish to read external subtitle files from disk and how you want your subtitles to be burnt into your videos.

Preferred subtitle languages

This list displays the languages that you would like to see delivered to your devices. For example, if you only understand German, then you would set German as your preferred language and Mezzmo would always attempt to find German subtitles and deliver those to your devices. You can add multiple languages if you are multi-lingual. The order of the languages listed is the order that Mezzmo will try to find and deliver them to your devices.

If Mezzmo cannot find your preferred language, then English is delivered (if an English subtitle exists).

Add

Click this button to add a language to the preferred subtitle language list.

Delete

Click this button to remove a language from the preferred subtitle language list. Settings

Click this button to adjust the settings for the selected language. For example, you can set the codepage used when reading external subtitle files of this language and the font used when burning subtitles with this language.

Move Up

Click this button to move the selected language up in the preferred subtitle language list. The order of the languages listed is the order that Mezzmo will try to find and deliver them to your devices.

Move Down

Click this button to move the selected language down in the preferred subtitle language list. The order of the languages listed is the order that Mezzmo will try to find and deliver them to your devices.

Default Settings

By clicking this button, the default values will be applied to this set of options.

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Mezzmo lets you manage what videos, music and photos are streamed to your devices and web browsers in your home and outside your home. This lets you control what your children can watch or listen to and at what times of day.

Go to the Options dialog (Content Rating page) to set the content rating restrictions.

First step is to select the country that you wish to see content ratings. This makes it easy for you to understand the content rating for your collection of files. Mezzmo will automatically convert content ratings from other countries to your preferred country's content ratings. This is done when you add files into Mezzmo or when you maintain your Mezzmo library. If you have changed the country but already have files in your Mezzmo library, then you should run Maintain Library if you wish to see the content ratings change to the selected country for your existing files in your Mezzmo library.

Next step is to set the Content rating restriction you wish to have in your home. Click the Browse button next to the Content rating value. For example, you may want to stop R-rated files being listed or streamed on devices in your home.

If you only want the content restriction to apply during certain times of the day, then you can set the time period. This is useful if you want unrestricted access to your files when you children have gone to bed.

If you also use the Mezzmo Android app to browse your Mezzmo library and select files to play in your home, then you can gain full access to your Mezzmo library at any time by entering a PIN code in both the Options dialog (Content Ratings page) and in the Settings window on the Mezzmo Android app. This PIN code tells Mezzmo to bypass the content restrictions for the Mezzmo Android app and list all folders, playlists and files on your Mezzmo Android app.

Parental Control For Specific Devices

If you want different content restrictions for different devices in your home, then go to the Media Devices dialog and edit your device.

On the Device Settings dialog, go to the Content Ratings tab.

Set the Content rating restriction you wish to have for this device. Click the Browse button next to the Content rating value. For example, you may want to stop PG-13 rated files (or higher) being listed or streamed on this device.

If you only want the content restriction to apply during certain times of the day, then you can set the time period. This is useful if you want unrestricted access to your files when you children have gone to bed.

Parental Control For Specific Users

If you want different content restrictions for different users that access your Mezzmo library via a web browser (either inside your home or outside your home), then go to the Web Access dialog and edit the user account.

On the User Settings dialog, go to the Content Ratings tab.

Set the Content rating restriction you wish to have for this user account. Click the Browse button next to the Content rating value. For example, you may want to stop PG-13 rated files (or higher) being listed or streamed on this user account.

If you only want the content restriction to apply during certain times of the day, then you can set the time period. This is useful if you want unrestricted access to your files when you children have gone to bed.

Manually setting the Content Rating for Files

To manually set or change the content rating for a file, right-click on the file and click Properties.

On the Properties dialog, click the Browse button next to the Content rating value.

The content rating of the file will determine if it is listed and streamed on your devices or web browsers.

Tip: To set the content rating for a group of files, select all the files using the CTRL or SHIFT keys on your keyboard and right-click one of the selected files and click Properties. On the Properties dialog, change the content rating and click OK. This changed content rating value will be saved for all selected files.

Manually setting the Content Rating for Folders and Playlists

To manually set or change the content rating for a folder or playlist, right-click on the folder or playlist and click Properties.

On the Folder / Playlist Properties dialog, click the Browse button next to the Content rating value.

The content rating of the folder or playlist will determine if it is listed on your devices or web browsers.

Media Server Security

If you do not want to share media files from your Mezzmo library with any DLNA device or web browser in your home or outside your home, then simply stop running your Mezzmo media server. This will turn off the Mezzmo media server and no DLNA devices or web browsers will be able to see Mezzmo or access your files via Mezzmo on your home network.

To stop running your Mezzmo media server, click the Stop Media Server toolbar button in Mezzmo.

By default, your Mezzmo server is configured to run at Windows startup. You can change this using the Media Server Settings dialog.

Device Security

When a device connects to your Mezzmo server for the first time, the Mezzmo Notify window will pop up on your computer and inform you that the device is attempting to connect to your Mezzmo server. The IP address and MAC address of the device will be added to the Media Devices dialog.

You can allow or deny access for a device using the Media Devices dialog. If you deny access, then this device will no longer be able to access any playlists or media files in your Mezzmo library.

To change the security for the DLNA device, select the DLNA device in the Media Devices dialog, and click the Allow/Deny button.

Tip: If you just want your favorite devices listed in the Media Devices dialog and no other unwanted devices, then try the following:

1. Stop your Mezzmo server.
2. In the Media Devices dialog, delete any unwanted devices.
3. Uncheck the [B]Allow all new devices to connect to Mezzmo[/B] checkbox.
4. Start your Mezzmo server. Now, any new device will denied access to your Mezzmo server and no new devices will be listed in the Media Devices dialog.

User Security

You can allow or deny access for a user using the Web Access dialog. If you deny access, then the user will no longer be able to access any playlists or media files in your Mezzmo library.

To change the security for the user, select the user in the Media Devices dialog, and click the Allow/Deny button.

Folder / Playlist Security

Folder / Playlist security lets you configure your folders and playlists in your Mezzmo library so that specific DLNA devices or users will only be able to view only those folders and playlists that you permit them to.

Example: You may want to configure your Mezzmo library so that only those suitable (non-adult) folders and playlists are available to your children's Xbox One or PS4 in their bedroom. This will mean that your children will never be able to browse and play media files from your Mezzmo library that you deem unsuitable to them.

To set folder or playlist sharing permissions, right-click on a folder or playlist in Mezzmo and click Playlist Sharing Permissions to display the Playlist Sharing Permissions dialog. This dialog will let you choose the devices or users that you wish to allow or deny access.

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With the Mezzmo announcement of no longer providing support for the Mezzmo sever software, it is vitally important that you save a copy of your Mezzmo Pro license file. This will be needed if you need to reinstall or move your Mezzmo server. If you are running the free version of Mezzmo you can ignore this.

Your license file name is nrasxp.cva and is typically found in the C:\ProgramData\Conceiva\Mezzmo folder. You should save this file off to somewhere safe.

Note that the C:\ProgramData\Conceiva\Mezzmo folder is normally a hidden folder in Windows so you need to enable viewing hidden folders in the Windows File Explorer if it isn't already (this is off by default in Windows).

The steps to reinstall or move your Windows server are:

1. Download the Mezzmo server software and install it on your Windows computer.
   
2. Apply the latest patch software and follow the installation instructions
   
3. Copy your license file back to the C:\ProgramData\Conceiva\Mezzmo folder (Pro version only)
   
4. Start the Mezzmo GUI and verify the license info at Help->About Mezzmo
   
5. Rebuild your Mezzmo library
   

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Before you can start streaming outside your home, you have to configure your router and Mezzmo. Follow these steps to get up and running.

Step 1. Determining your computer's IP address

You need to know your computer's IP address on your home network. You can do this with the following steps:

1. From your Windows Start menu, type cmd.exe and press Enter key.
2. This will display a Command window.
3. Type ipconfig and press Enter key.

4. Look at the output from ipconfig and you will see your computer's IP address next to IPv4 Address. In the above example, it is 192.168.1.2.

Step 2. Setting up port forwarding in your modem/router

You need to access the Setting page of your router/modem. This is done by accessing your router's IP address in a web browser. For example, for D-LINK routers, the common IP address to access the router's Settings page is http://192.168.1.1. Consult your router's documentation to determine the IP address of your router's Settings page. You will also need to know the password to access your router's Settings page.

Tip: Click here to see a list of common IP addresses for popular router models.

Once you have entered your router's Settings page, then you need to find the section that lets you set up Port Forwarding or Virtual Server. In this section, you need to create a rule for your Mezzmo server as follows:

• Application Name: Mezzmo server (Tip: any name here is OK)
• Public Port: a port number that is not being used by your computer or other software apps on your computer (example, 2477). Important: Make a note of this public port value. You will need to use it in Step 3.
• IP Address: the IP Address of your computer (as collected in Step 1)
• Private Port: the Media server port defined in the Media Server Settings dialog in Mezzmo Windows (by default, 53168)

Example: D-LINK router Settings page

After creating this port forwarding rule, save your changes in your router. It is recommended to reboot your router to make sure your router's firmware is using this new port forwarding rule.

Step 3. Entering the Remote Port in Mezzmo Windows

1. In Mezzmo Windows, go to the Media Server Settings dialog.
2. Enter the Public Port value from your port forwarding rule that you just created in your router's Settings page into the Remote Port edit box.
3. Click OK to save your changes.

Step 4. Creating user accounts in Mezzmo

1. Go to the Web Access dialog in Mezzmo Windows.

2. Edit an existing user account (or create a new user account).
3. On the User Settings dialog, click the Allow user to access checkbox so that it is listed as Allow the user to access (Allow)
4. Set the password for the user account. The stronger the password the better.
5. Click OK to save your changes.
6. Edit the user account again. You should see it displayed like below:

7. Click on the link under Web browser link to access your Mezzmo server outside your home
8. Your web browser will be displayed and your Mezzmo server's web interface should be displayed.
9. If that works, then you have successfully completed setting up your Mezzmo server for streaming outside your home! You can use this link on any web browser outside your home to access your Mezzmo library.

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Movies

If your movie video files are named in these styles, then Mezzmo will regard them as movies. The Category value for the file will be set to 'Movie'.

TV shows

If your TV show episode video files are named in these styles, then Mezzmo will regard them as TV show episodes. The Category value for the file will be set to 'TV show'.

Home movies

If your home movie video files are named in these styles, then Mezzmo will regard them as home movies. The Category value for the file will be set to 'Home movie'.

Blu-rays

Mezzmo obtains the Blu-ray title from your Blu-ray folder structures as follows:

DVDs

Mezzmo obtains the DVD title from your DVD folder structures as follows:

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It is quite common that you move your media files from time-to-time. For example, you may have added a new NAS drive to your home network and want to re-locate your files onto this new NAS drive.

If you have moved your media files from one location to another location, then you change the paths for these media files in your Mezzmo library. This lets you keep all the metadata for those files without having to remove the files from Mezzmo and re-add them back into Mezzmo.

1. After you have moved your media files to their new location, run Mezzmo.
2. Go to the** Maintain Library dialog** and click the Tools tab.
   

3. Enter the original location of the media files into Original path.
4. Enter the new location of the media files into New path.
5. Click Change Paths button and wait until Mezzmo has completed changing all related files in your Mezzmo library.
6. After it has completed, right-click on a media file in Mezzmo and click Properties to display the Properties dialog. Check that the location of the file is correct. If not, then go back to the Maintain Library dialog and run Change Paths again with the corrected location.

Note: Mezzmo changes the path in your Mezzmo library for all related media files, subtitle files, linked playlists and folders.

Note: If you wish to move your Mezzmo database files to another drive/folder, then see this FAQ - How to change the location of your Mezzmo database on your computer

Note: If you wish to move your transcoded files to another drive/folder, then use the Transcoding Settings dialog in Mezzmo to set the new transcoded folder location.

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Active playlists create a hierarchy of playlists based on the keywords that you choose. Files that match the keywords are listed under each sub-playlist.

They are fully dynamic so the list of sub-playlists and files in the active playlist will change as your Mezzmo library changes.

To create an active playlist, click Create Playlist → Active Playlist.

You can use active playlists to quickly get your files nicely organized. For example:

• A list of your movies organized by year
• A list of your TV shows organized by TV show name, season and episode
• A list of photos organized by year and month
• A list of music organized by artist and album
• A list of music organized by composer
• A list of movies organized by content rating

Give your active playlist a meaningful name and description. Optionally, select some poster artwork and backdrop artwork for it - or leave it blank and Mezzmo will automatically assign artwork to it based on the files contained in the playlist.

Set the content rating for the active playlist so that certain devices or users will be restricted from seeing it or playing the files within the smart playlist. For example, set the content rating to 'R' if it contains videos that are not suitable for children.

Set the way you want your titles displayed for the files in the active playlist using the Display Titles button. For example, you may want your music tracks listed with full information to make them easy to identify such as “Coldplay - X&Y - Speed of Sound”.

Select the keywords that you wish to use for organizing your files. The above example uses “Artist” and “Album / Series” so that music files will be organized where the top level playlists will be the artist name and the sub-playlists will be the albums from each artist and the corresponding files will be music tracks each album sub-playlist. For example:

To filter your active playlist so that it only certain types of files are included, then click the Smart Filter button and add the rules that you want to use to drill into your collection of files in your Mezzmo library.

Choose the types of files that you want to find - all types of files, just video files, just music files or just photos.

Set the Sort by setting to match they way you want your files listed. Select Random Shuffle to have them randomly ordered each time you access the playlist.

Right-click on the playlist and click Properties to edit it at any time.

Processing active playlists

When you add files, delete files, change the attributes of a file or maintain your Mezzmo library, Mezzmo will display a Processing active playlists task in the Status pane. This tells you that Mezzmo is working through all your active playlists to make sure they are in-sync with your collection of files.

Tip: Whilst this task is processing, you can browse and stream your files on your devices or web browsers. You do not need to wait until it has completed.

Tip: If you think your active playlist is out-of-sync with your collection of files, then you can instruct Mezzmo to update it. Right-click on the active playlist and click Properties. On the Active Playlist Properties dialog, click OK to close the dialog. Mezzmo will begin updating the active playlist in the background. It may take several minutes depending on number of files in your Mezzmo library.

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Mezzmo lets you customize the titles for your media files using Display Titles.

You can set display titles for the files your Mezzmo library using the Display Titles dialog.

Go to the Options dialog (General page) and click the Display Titles button to display the Display Titles dialog.

Each type of media file is listed so you can customize each type of file as you like.

Click the Add Keyword button to add a keyword.

Click the Presets button for some recommended title styles.

Display Title Keywords

Mezzmo uses Display Title Keywords to let you define what parts of a file's metadata you want to use in the title. Example display title keywords are %TITLE%, %ALBUM%, %ARTIST%, %TRACK%, %SERIES%, %SEASON% and %EPISODE%. Click the Add Keyword button to see the full list of keywords available to you.

Example: You may have a music file “Coldplay_Yellow.mp3”, where the associated metadata is Title = Yellow, Artist = Coldplay, Album = Parachutes, Track = 5. Using display title keywords, you can create titles like this:

• %TITLE% will create a title “Yellow”
• Track %TRACK%: %TITLE% will create a title “Track 05: Yellow”
• %ALBUM% - %TRACK% will create a title “Parachutes - 05”
• %ARTIST% -%ALBUM% - %TRACK% will create a title “Coldplay - Parachutes - 05”

If you want to display the file name as the title, then you simply need to use the %FILENAME% keyword. For example:

Displaying File Names as Titles

If you want to display the file name as the title, then you simply need to use the %FILENAME% keyword. For example:

Adding an Index / Counter to your Titles

Some of the devices in your home that you stream to may sort the list of files in a playlist or folder alphabetically and ignore the order of the files that Mezzmo server has delivered to the device.

This can be very annoying since you may want to see your files listed in track order, or episode order, or recently added order, or most played order, etc. Kodi/XBMC media player and certain models of Samsung TVs and BDP Blu-ray players have this sorting problem.

To work around this problem, Mezzmo lets you add the %FILECOUNTER% keyword to your display titles. This lets you add an index counter prefix to your titles to 'trick' the device's firmware sorting.

For example, using %FILECOUNTER% a list of movies may look like:

001 Inception
002 Hunger Games
003 Star Trek
004 A Beautiful Mind
...
999 Catch Me If You Can

See this example how to add %FILECOUNTER%:

Setting Different Display Titles For Files In Playlists / Folders

You can set different display titles for files in particular playlists and folders. This allows you to override your display titles settings in the Options dialog (General page).

Right-click on a playlist or folder and click Properties to display the playlist or folder's Properties dialog.

On the Properties dialog, click the Display Titles button to set display titles for files contained in the playlist or folder.

Tip: Click the Default Settings button on the Display Titles dialog to revert back to the global display titles that you have set in the Options dialog (General page).

Changing the titles of your TV shows

If you want to change the way the titles for your TV shows are displayed, then you can use the %SERIES%, %SEASON%, %EPISODE% and %TITLE% keywords in the TV Series edit box.

For example, you may have a video file “Game Of Thrones S01E05.MKV”, where the associated metadata is Title = The Wolf and the Lion, Series = Game Of Thrones, Season = 1, Episode = 5. Using display title keywords, you can create titles like this:

• %TITLE% will create a title “The Wolf and the Lion”
• E%EPISODE%: %TITLE% will create a title “E005: The Wolf and the Lion”
• S%SEASON% E%EPISODE%: %TITLE% will create a title “S001 E005: The Wolf and the Lion”
• %SERIES%: S%SEASON% E%EPISODE%: %TITLE% will create a title “The Game Of Thrones: S001 E005: The Wolf and the Lion”

Click the Presets button next to TV series edit box to see popular title styles.

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Linked playlists let you reference external playlist files on disk that you have created with other media player tools such as Windows Media Player, WinAmp, etc. or internet-based playlists such as YouTube playlists and channels.

They are fully dynamic so the list of files or URLs in the linked playlist will change as your external playlist changes.

All popular playlist file formats are supported - .M3U, .PLS, .WPL, .ZPL.

To create a linked playlist, click Create Playlist → Linked Playlist.

Typically you would use a linked playlist when:

• You have a collection of playlists on disk that you use with your favorite media player. This lets you automatically keep in-sync your media player playlists and Mezzmo playlists.
• You have favorite users, channels or playlists on web sites that you like to follow. For example, you follow a YouTube user or the Youtube user's channel or playlist.

Right-click on the playlist and click Properties to edit it at any time.

Give your playlist a meaningful name and description. Optionally, select some poster artwork for it - or leave it blank and Mezzmo will automatically assign artwork to it based on the files contained in the playlist.

Set the content rating for the linked playlist so that certain devices or users will be restricted from seeing it or playing the files within the smart playlist. For example, set the content rating to 'R' if it contains files that are not suitable for children.

Set the way you want your titles displayed for the files in the active playlist using the Display Titles button. For example, you may want your music tracks listed with full information to make them easy to identify such as “Coldplay - X&Y - Speed of Sound”.

Click the Check playlist for new files every checkbox to keep your linked playlist up-to-date. You can select the refresh interval using the Refresh interval edit box and combo box. Mezzmo will check the playlist at the specified interval and detect any new or deleted files from the playlist. Newly detected files will be automatically added into your Mezzmo library with full metadata and artwork.

Set the Sort by setting to match they way you want your files listed. Select No sorting to have the files listed as they are listed in the external playlist file.

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This is the simplest type of playlist and is just a list of files that you have manually added into the playlist.

To create a playlist, click Create Playlist → Playlist.

Typically you would use a playlist to collect several files that you may like - for example, to create a music mixtape, or a photo album, or a collection of home movies.

Give your playlist a meaningful name and description. Optionally, select some poster and backdrop artwork for it - or leave it blank and Mezzmo will automatically assign artwork to it based on the files contained in the playlist.

Once you have created your playlist, then you can drag and drop files from your Mezzmo library into it.

Editing a Playlist

Right-click on the playlist and click Properties to edit it at any time.

Restricting Access to your Playlist

Set the content rating for your playlist on the Playlist Properties dialog and then Mezzmo will not list it on devices or web browsers that have content rating restrictions set.

Sorting a Playlist

Set the Sort by setting to match they way you want your files listed. For example, select Random Shuffle to have them randomly ordered each time you access the playlist.

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Smart playlists let you drill into the metadata of your collection of files and create a list of files with certain attributes.

They are fully dynamic so the list of files in the smart playlist will change as your Mezzmo library changes.

To create a smart playlist, click Create Playlist → Smart Playlist.

You can use smart playlists for many purposes. For example:

• A list of unwatched movies
• A list of music from the band Coldplay
• A list of photos from your vacation in Spain
• A list of highest rated Electronic music
• A list of TV shows from the 1980s
• A list of most played music
• A list of Action movies starring Robert De Niro
• A list of classical music from composer Beethoven
• A list of videos rated G from the folder \NAS-001\Videos

Give your smart playlist a meaningful name and description. Optionally, select some poster artwork and backdrop artwork for it - or leave it blank and Mezzmo will automatically assign artwork to it based on the files contained in the playlist.

Set the content rating for the smart playlist so that certain devices or users will be restricted from seeing it or playing the files within the smart playlist. For example, set the content rating to 'R' if it contains videos that are not suitable for children.

Set the way you want your titles displayed for the files in the smart playlist using the Display Titles button. For example, you may want your TV shows listed with full information to make them easy to identify such as “Breaking Bad: S003 E009: Kafkaesque”.

Add the rules that you want to use to drill into your collection of files in your Mezzmo library. The above example uses [Play Count] [is] [0] to find all files that have not yet been played (streamed) and [Category] [contains] [TV show] to find all the files that are TV show episodes. There are many metadata attributes that you can use to match on.

Choose the types of files that you want to find - all types of files, just video files, just music files or just photos.

Set the Sort by setting to match they way you want your files listed. Select Random Shuffle to have them randomly ordered each time you access the playlist.

If there are many files that match your rules, then you may want to limit the list of files using the Limit playlist setting. For example, you may only want to list the 200 unwatched TV shows.

Right-click on the smart playlist and click Properties to edit the playlist at any time.

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