Skip to content

Commit

Permalink
Updated FAQ
Browse files Browse the repository at this point in the history
  • Loading branch information
midstar committed Feb 24, 2019
1 parent a8a7c90 commit 61cafe6
Showing 1 changed file with 13 additions and 2 deletions.
15 changes: 13 additions & 2 deletions FAQ.md
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
- [Why use MediaWEB and not any other similar software?](#why-use-mediaweb-and-not-any-other-similar-software)
- [Is MediaWEB secure?](#is-mediaweb-secure)
- [How do I view my media?](#how-do-i-view-my-media)
- [Why are the Video thumbnails not generated?](#why-are-the-video-thumbnails-not-generated)

## Why use MediaWEB and not any other similar software?

Expand All @@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ Yes, MediaWEB only allows read access of media files whithin your media folder.

If you protect your content using a username and password (enable in mediaweb.conf) you should enable TLS/HTTPS, otherwise it would be possible to sniff the network for your username and password.

## How to I view my media?
## How do I view my media?

Unless you have changed the default port in mediaweb.conf (9834) open a web browser and enter following address:

Expand All @@ -27,4 +28,14 @@ For example, if your IP address is 192.168.1.104 enter:

http://192.168.1.104:9834

If you need to access your images over the Internet you need to enable port forwarding in your router.
If you need to access your images over the Internet you need to enable port forwarding in your router.

## Why are the Video thumbnails not generated?

Secure that you have installed [ffmpeg](https://www.ffmpeg.org/), and that you have ffmpeg in your PATH environment variable. You can test that ffmpeg installed and your PATH environment correctly setup by opening a shell (bash on Linux or cmd.exe on Windows) and enter:

ffmpeg

If ffmpeg is found it is correct. Secure that you have restarted the mediaweb service (or your computer) after the ffmpeg installation.

If only some videos don't have any thumbnail it is because the video format is not supported by ffmpeg.

0 comments on commit 61cafe6

Please sign in to comment.