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Mezzmo Android - Settings
Touch or click the Menu button or swipe from left to right to display the Dashboard. Touch or click SETTINGS to configure Mezzmo Android.
PIN to unlock all content
Enter your PIN code that matches the PIN code entered in Mezzmo Windows Options dialog (Content Rating page). Entering the matching PIN code lets you bypass any content rating restrictions that you may have running on your Mezzmo server.
Photo slideshow duration
Enter the number of seconds to display a photo when running a photo slideshow on your Android device.
Use Internal Video Player
Select this setting to use Mezzmo's built-in video player when playing videos on your Android device. When not selected, you will be prompted to choose video player app you have installed on your Android device (for example, MX Player).
Tip: We recommend using Mezzmo Android's built-in video player since it provides:
- better video format support
- external subtitles support
- resume support
- previous file and next file support
- audio channel selection
- subtitle selection
Resume Action
Choose the way that you want to resume playing videos when you have stopped playing midway.
- Resume at last position. Automatically resume from where you stopped the video.
- Start from beginning. Always start from the beginning of the video.
- Prompt. Always prompt you to choose whether to start from the beginning or resume from the last position.
Subtitles
When Mezzmo Android display subtitles using it's built-in video player, you can customize how to display the subtitles using the following settings.
Select font
Choose the font that you want subtitles displayed with.
Text Color
Select the text color of the subtitles.
Background Color
Select the background color of the subtitles.
Font Size
Select the font size of the subtitles.
Chromecast Subtitles Settings
Touch or click this setting to configure how subtitles should be displayed on Chromecast dongles.
Use Internal Audio Player
Select this setting to use Mezzmo's built-in audio player when playing music on your Android device. When not selected, Mezzmo Android will use your Android device's system audio player.
Use Internal Web Viewer
Select this setting to display web pages within Mezzmo Android. When deselected, you will be prompted to choose the web browser app installed on your Android device to view web content.
Enable logging
When selected, Mezzmo Android will create log files so that you can reproduce a problem and send the logs to Conceiva customer support staff.
View Logs
Touch or click to view any logs that have been created by Mezzmo Android.
Delete Logs
Touch or click to delete any logs that have been created by Mezzmo Android.
Auto-start Local Server
When selected, Mezzmo Android will automatically start it's own media server when Mezzmo Android app is started.
Share Server on Network
When selected, Mezzmo Android will broadcast it's own media server on your home network so that devices will be able to connect to it and browse it's contents.
Auto-rotate images
When selected, Mezzmo Android own media server will auto rotate images that have rotation metadata embedded in their files before streaming them to devices.
Start Local Server / Stop Local Server
Touch or click to start or stop Mezzmo Android's own media server.
Show Recommendations
When selected, Mezzmo Android will display recommendations on Android TV based-devices. These recommendations can be viewed on the homepage of your Android TV-based device.
Note:
- Recommendations only work when Mezzmo Android is installed on an Android TV-based device.
- Recommendations only work when the server is set to a Mezzmo server.
Get Artwork / Update Artwork
Touch or click to get Mezzmo Android to scan through your music files stored on your Android device and get matching album artwork images for them. Mezzmo Android will search for album artwork based on the artist name and album name. Album artwork is stored on your Android device's local storage.
Device/Server Name
Touch or click to change the name of Mezzmo Android's device and server name. This name appears on your home network when you stream files and in Mezzmo Windows Media Devices dialog. You may want to change the name of your device so that it is easier to identify.
Search
Touch or click to change the attributes that you want to for when searching a Mezzmo server.
Version
The version number of Mezzmo Android installed on your Android device.