User manual DOTTUNES DOT.TUNES VERSION 4

[. . . ] DOT. TUNES is different from other P2P style apps in that you are not connected to a central network. You create usernames and passwords within DOT. TUNES so that only authenticated users can login to your DOT. TUNES server to browse, play or download music. At no time do you need to upload your tracks to a central server or pay a monthly fee. The following pages will guide you through the process of getting DOT. TUNES up and running for the first time. [. . . ] All files are installed into a folder called DOT-TUNES located in your user Preferences directory on Mac and the Application Data directory on Windows. Get Your Free Activation Key The first time you launch DOT. TUNES you will need to request a FREE Activation Key. Be sure to enter a correct email address otherwise you will not receive your Activation Key. Once you receive your Activation Key, copy and paste it into the FREE Activation Key field and click Validate Key. The email you receive will also include your first free DOT. TUNES Plug-in called DOT. ARTWORK. Keep this code handy and you'll find out how to use this in a moment. Importing iTunes Data DOT. TUNES contains a powerful SQL database containing all your music data. To build this database DOT. TUNES needs to access your iTunes XML file which contains the details for every track in your iTunes Library. You will see the following window which asks you to confirm the location of your iTunes XML file. In most cases DOT. TUNES is able to locate the file and you can simply click Use This File to begin importing data. If you wish to choose an alternate file just click Browse and locate the file. Once your iTunes XML file has been selected DOT. TUNES will begin importing this data into a new SQL database. This process may take some time depending on the size of your iTunes Library. Each time your iTunes Library changes, DOT. TUNES needs to re-import your data. To avoid this loading process at startup you may like to consider purchasing the DOT. SYNC Plug-in which includes a Plug-in and a separate Application which works in the background to keep your iTunes Library in sync with DOT. TUNES. Publish Your Files DOT. TUNES does not automatically make all of your music and videos available to the DOT. TUNES Web Server but allows you to select which Artists, Albums or Playlists you do want to make available. By "Publishing" the files you want, you are telling DOT. TUNES which files to add to the Web Server. You can publish any number or combination of Artists, Albums and Playlists by ticking the checkboxes as can be seen in the image below. The DOT. TUNES Web Server Congratulations, your DOT. TUNES Web Server is now running!You can see how many Artists, Albums, Playlists and Tracks have been published, the total number of hits on your server, the number of active connections and the last file served. The Local Address is the address you use from within your local home network. The External Address you would use from outside your Local Network. If you plan to connect to your DOT. TUNES Server from outside your network using your External Address then you may need to configure your Router to allow connections through to your computer. DOT. TUNES uses ports 9990 to 9999 and you may need to configure Port Forwarding to open these ports. [. . . ] With most plugins there is no need to restart DOT. TUNES and the new features will be available right away. Now that you have installed DOT. ARTWORK, all of your iTunes Album Artwork will be visible within the web interface. Also a new tool is available in the preferences window which can scan every audio file in your collection and extract the Album Art from each file. Connect to Your DOT. TUNES Server From the main DOT. TUNES window click the Local Address and your web browser will open and load the web interface. You can browse by Artist, Album or Playlist or select Album Art view to see all your album covers - click one to view the tracks from that album. Remember that you need to use your External Address if you want to connect to your server from outside your local network. You may also need to configure Port Forwarding for ports 9990 to 9998 in your Router. [. . . ]