[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdadevelopers1222:
The Sony Ericsson Media Server that ships with many of their 2011 Android smart phones is a DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) Digital Media Server app that allows some of your audio, video, and picture files to be shared to other DLNA player devices (which includes some current network-connected HDTV sets, certain Blu-ray players, Windows Media Player 12, PlayStation 3, etc.). It doesn't come with the SE X10 Android 2.3.3 updates, but it does work once you get the APK installed. It's a basic app, but it gets the job done. The nice thing about it is that it can serve out different files to different DLNA Digital Media Players simultaneously.

Requirements:

- WiFi on the phone is enabled and attached to the same network as your other DLNA-enabled devices.

- Compatible multimedia file types stored on your smart phone:

Video: MPEG-4 SP, H.263, H.264 AVC

Audio: AAC, MP3

Image: GIF, BMP, JPEG, PNG

Instructions:

1. Open the Media Server app. Select the 'Media server' check box to enable. An icon will then appear on the notification bar to let you know the app is running.

Here is an example of what will happen with a PlayStation 3:

2. Turn on your DLNA player device. It should pick up the X10. Make the needed access allowances on the X10 and then select the file you wish to play from your DLNA player device.

A. On the PS3 XMB (Xross Media Bar), move over to 'Video,' 'Music,' or 'Photo.'

B. Scroll down to the X10 icon and select it. There will be a message on the PS3 saying that access to the media server is not allowed.

C. Back on the X10, another icon signifying that a client device is trying to access Media Server appears on the notification bar. Drag down the notification list and select 'PLAYSTATION 3' in order to set its access level. You can choose 'Allow access,' 'Allow temporary access,' or 'Do not allow.' For the purpose of this demo, choose 'Allow access.' A reminder message will then appear. Press 'OK' to clear the message.

D. Back on the PS3, press the 'O' button (BACK) on the controller. Then select the X10 icon again.

The PS3 should then have access to recognized file types on your X10. Just select the file you want with either the 'X' button (PLAY) or the 'START' button.​

And here is what happens with Windows Media Player 12:

2. Open Windows Media Player 12. It should pick up the X10 and show it on the 'Other Libraries' list in the navigation pane.

A. On the X10, another icon signifying that a client device is trying to access Media Server appears on the notification bar. Drag down the notification list and select the device. (Depending on what kind of DLNA software that may or may not already be installed on your computer system, its name on the list will either be the IP address, MAC address, or whatever name another piece of software has given it.) You can choose 'Allow access,' 'Allow temporary access,' or 'Do not allow.' For the purpose of this demo, choose 'Allow access.' A reminder message will then appear. Press 'OK' to clear the message.

B. Back on the PC, Windows Media Player will begin indexing the supported media files on your X10. This may take a while depending on how many files you have, so give it a bit of time.

C. In Windows Media Player, click on your X10 in the navigation pane 'Other Libraries' list.

D. In the details pane, double-click on either 'Music,' 'Videos,' or 'Pictures.' Once fully indexed, all supported files should show up after you click deeper into those sections.

E. Double-click on the file you wish to play in Windows Media Player.​

3. If you want to change Media Server settings, change the name of your X10 server, or change the settings for or delete the registered clients, drag down the notification list and select 'Media server' to be brought back to the app's Menu.

Note(s):

Sony Ericsson guide: http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/sup...ct/usemediaserverxperia/xperiaarc?cc=gb&lc=en

Media Server is not capable of playing files from other DLNA Digital Media Servers or Controllers on your network.

Media Server only allows DLNA Digital Media Players 'pull from' access to your X10. The app doesn't 'push to,' 'play to,' or 'throw' supported files to DLNA Digital Media Renderers.

Sony will be shipping their own DLNA Digital Media Server app for their upcoming Android Honeycomb tablets (Tablet-S and Tablet-P) which will be different than Sony Ericsson's. This one will support the 'throwing' of files to DLNA Digital Media Renderers (some current HDTV sets and Windows Media Player 12) where the app can collect a list of supported multimedia files on all DLNA server enabled devices on a network and 'push to' or 'play to' a renderer for automatic playback.

Not all file types supported by Android will work with every DLNA Digital Media Player. This varies with the manufactuer of the product device.

Media Server does not give a client device any type of file management access to the X10.

I hope this is helpful. Have fun!