ASUS OPlay_HD2 User Manual

Chapter 3: Using your O!Play HD2 media player

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4.  Open the web browser of your 

computer that is correctly connected 

to a NAS network.

5.  Enter the same IP address that is 

set up on your O!Play HD2.

 

To obtain the IP address of your 
O!Play HD2, press 

 to launch 

the Setup menu. Select System > 

Network Info, then press  .

6.  Enter the necessary setting for the server you selected, then press Apply to 

start using NAS function.

Samba allows file and print sharing between computers running 

Windows and computers running Unix. O!Play HD2 can act as a 

SAMBA client, allowing you to stream media from your PC directly 

to play Full HD media fast and efficiently with no slow down. 

File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a standard network protocol used to 

copy a file from one host to another over a TCP/IP‐based network, 

such as the Internet. FTP is used with user‐based password 

authentication or with anonymous user access. You can access the 

device from any PC and copy files to and from it.

O!Play HD2 can work as an iTunes server to share music and 

videos within a local network. You can save the mp3 files on O!Play 

HD2 NAS instead of different computers at home, and then play 

the files on O!Play HD2 NAS by iTunes player by any computer in 

streaming way.

BitTorrent is a peer‐to‐peer file sharing protocol used for distributing 

large amounts of data. It allows users to distribute large amounts 

of data without the heavy demands on their computers that would 

be needed for standard Internet hosting. The protocol works as 

an alternative data distribution method that makes even small 

computers with low bandwidth capable of participating in large data 

transfers.

This displays the detailed information about the BT download 

status.