Upon completion of this course you should be able to:
Course Prerequisites:
NAS 138: Introduction to LooksGood
Students are expected to have a working knowledge of:
N/A
1. Installing AiVideos and connecting to ASUSTOR NAS
1.1 Installing AiVideos
1.2 Connect to your NAS using AiVideos
1.3 Share login info and manage server list
1.4 Waking your NAS with AiVideos
2. Smart Video Management
2.1 Movies
2.2 TV Shows
2.3 Media Explorer
3. Media Player Introduction
4. Managing downloaded videos
5. Monitoring video conversions
6. Additional notes
AiVideos brings you the smoothest mobile video viewing experience from NAS. Browse through the video collection on your NAS without needing to wait for long downloads from the Internet. Enjoy high-definition video streaming with just one click. AiVideos also supports multilingual subtitles and different audio channels to make enjoying films in different languages easy. Use AiVideos to bring the theater to your phone, tablet and set top box.
Please be sure that LooksGood has been installed and enabled on your NAS. Please click here to learn how to install LooksGood and set up libraries.
AiVideos is available for both iOS and Android. In this course we will be using the Android version of AiVideos as an example.
AiVideos also supports Apple TV and Google TV. Please click here for how to use AiVideos on Apple TV or Google TV.
After installing AiVideos, there are a variety of ways to sign in to the ASUSTOR NAS from AiVideos.
If using AiVideos for the first time:
Please ensure Wi-Fi on your device is turned on. Your NAS will not appear if it is not on the same network.
If you have installed other ASUSTOR mobile apps and signed in to your NAS:
Note: It is recommended to enable the EZ-Connect service and use Cloud ID to sign in.
The new ASUSTOR mobile apps share mobile login data with other ASUSTOR mobile apps by default to make using ASUSTOR mobile apps easy. This can be turned off.
After logging in to your NAS with AiVideos, you'll be able to wake up your NAS both within and outside your local network, provided settings are set correctly. Click here to read more about Wake on LAN (WOL) and Wake on LAN (WOW) support.
The all-new AiVideos brings a newly redesigned user interface. AiVideos now prominently displays posters for select movies and TV shows, while Media Explorer makes finding and selecting videos easier, making AiVideos easier than ever.
After using AiVideos to connect to your NAS, click Movies to browse all movies added to LooksGood on your ASUSTOR NAS.
Click on the poster to play a video directly.
Click on a poster or thumbnail to display detailed video information.
The functions of the video information page are as follows:
After using AiVideos to connect to your NAS, click TV Shows to browse all TV Shows added to LooksGood on your ASUSTOR NAS.
Menu options:
After using AiVideos to connect to your NAS, click Media Explorer to browse videos in all shared folders on your NAS.
AiVideos can directly stream videos on a phone or tablet with a built-in video player.
Note:
The functions for the player are described below.
Use your wireless network to download videos on your NAS to your phone or tablet with AiVideos. AiVideos supports offline video playback for enjoyment of movies when away from the house without using mobile data that may have bandwidth limits or poor reception.
AiVideos can browse downloaded videos to your phone or tablet even when not connected to an ASUSTOR NAS. Click Downloaded to browse downloaded files on your phone or tablet offline.
After using AiVideos to connect to your NAS, click [More] [Media Converter]. Monitor the video conversion status of LooksGood on the NAS.
The functions of the page are as follows:
After using AiVideos to connect to your NAS, click [More] and choose to browse Home Videos or other newly added Custom Media Libraries.
Click the user icon to set up more options.