Conversion Settings
When you upload photos or videos for use with Media Server or Photo Station, thumbnails will be created for better browsing experience. You can set the thumbnail quality and monitor the conversion progress.
Meanwhile, if you would like to view videos in the "photo" shared folder of Photo Station on your mobile devices, you can enable video conversion and view the conversion progress as well.
To set thumbnail quality:
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Choose a quality from the drop-down menu.
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Click Apply.
Note: Creating high-quality thumbnails will take more time.
To enable video conversion for mobile devices:
- Tick Enable video conversion for mobile devices.
- Click Apply, and you will be able to see videos on your mobile devices on-the-go.
Note:
- Only the videos uploaded to the "photo" shared folder of Photo Station can be converted into the format supported by mobile devices.
- MP4 files will not be converted.
To view photo/video conversion progress:
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Click View progress when photos or videos are being uploaded to RackStation.
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In the window that appears, do any of the following:
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In the Conversion Progress section, monitor the progress and status of thumbnail creation performed in the background.
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Do the following to pause the conversion progress:
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Choose Delay for [number] hour(s) from the drop-down menu and click Pause to pause the progress. (By default, Delay for 1 hour(s) is chosen.)
- Conversion progress will resume after the specified delay time, or you can click Continue to resume the process immediately.
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Note: Since conversion progress demands higher CPU resources, pausing the process can save system resources for any other ongoing tasks.
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When you are finished, click the red button at the top-right corner to close the window.
Note: As Photo Station Uploader provides better performance for thumbnail creation, we recommend using Photo Station Uploader if you want to upload a large number of photos/videos to your Photo Station library.