[ZenUI] How to use "Digital Media Server" on Zenfone?

How to use "Digital Media Server" on Zenfone?

The Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) is a nonprofit collaborative trade organization and responsible for defining interoperability guidelines to enable sharing of digital media between multimedia devices.

Digital Media Server (DMS) is one of the specifiion/class of DLNA. DMS stores content and make it available to networked digital media players (DMP) and digital media renderers (DMR). Examples include PCs and network-attached storage (NAS) devices. Now we are going to show you how to perform DMS function on phone.


Note: Before implementing this function, plse make sure all devices are at the same LAN (Local Ar Network).

For instance, all devices connect to a AP router by WiFi.


1. Tap "Digital Media Server" in "Settings" -> {Wireless & Networks} "More".

Zenfone Digital Media Server
2. Enable this function and select the media types for sharing (here we take Music for example).
(Displayed name of this device, _T00F, is shown on the bottom of the picture)
Zenfone Digital Media Server
3. Launch "Music" app on another device, and tap upper-right icon to enter Settings.
Zenfone Digital Media Server
4. Enable "Srch media server".
Zenfone Digital Media Server


5. Go back to the main page of Music app. Tap upper-left icon and tap "Srch media server".
Zenfone Digital Media Server
6. _T00F can be accessed now. Tap "_T00F".
Zenfone Digital Media Server
7. Now you can play music shared by _T00F in another device.Zenfone Digital Media Server