Windows Media Player Sync'ing Cameras

In Vista, Windows Media Player suddenly started trying to sync to a camera when that was plugged in to USB. The preferred action is to use the "Windows import pictures" feature.


Follow these steps to stop Windows Media Player from trying to synchronize to a camera:
+ Start button
+ Control Panel
+ Hardware and Sound
+ AutoPlay

+ Look under Devices for your device, and choose Import Pictures using Windows
+ Save




It may be necessary to log off/on for the import feature to activate.

Time Synchronize via NTP (router, webcam)

Home wireless router DI-524 would forget the date and time when it would restart (power off, setting changes).
Time settings are on the router page http://192.168.0.1/tools_time.html and automatic NTP (network time protocol) may be configured with 0.north-america.pool.ntp.org in North America.
Save the setting and restart the device.

Trendnet Wireless Network Camera TV-IP110W can sync to a time server on page http://192.168.0.xxx/admin/setup.cgi?page=datetime


Localized time server pools may be found here.

TVersity

TVersity is a UPnP media server. It supports format conversions and streaming to multiple device types. The TVersity software is running on a MSWindows Vista PC.

TVersity can take podcasts and video/audio streams and convert and distribute the streams to other devices. It can also distribute local music, video, and pictures.

TVersity has built-in support for youtube and many RSS feeds.

Instead of streaming Bloomberg or CNN on a PC, I instead stream this video and radio and podcasts to a D-Link media player. I enjoy watching video podcasts on the sofa, and children can watch Sesame Street podcasts and other children's content.

The D-Link DSM-320 didn't support wireless WEP/WAP. I also found that using my in-building wireless caused glitches with the media server. I pulled CAT5 and video streaming is now smooth with the hard-wired connection.
The D-Link device has special codes to enable telnet and a small unix shell.