Got FiOS? Move Media With Verizon : Set Up Media Manager
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 To make the bridge from PC to TV, you need to subscribe to Verizon’s Internet and TV services as well as have a Home Media DVR set-top box. Next, you need to plant a free application on your media PC called FiOS Media Manager. The software doesn’t care if you’re running a version of Windows with Media Center support, because Media Manager is a media center manger in its own right, helping you organize, play back, and share your audio, video, and photo files.
To get up and running, just follow these steps:
- Download the Media Manager application from Verizon (www36.verizon.com/fiostv/web/unprotected/mediamanager.aspx) and save it to your media PC.
- Launch the downloaded mediamanager.exe file and install Media Manager on your system.
- As soon as you run Media Manager, you’ll be met with a pop-up window warning about potential conflicts with firewalls. If it turns out you have a problem, then deal with it (you may need to disable the firewall). For now, hit the Ignore and Visit Later button.
- Start adding media. By default, Verizon enables scanning of your My Documents folder. This will cover the default music, video, and photo locations in Windows. If you store media in other locations, expand the necessary drives and folders and add check boxes next to the locations you want.
- Hit OK to let Media Manager start its indexing. Don’t worry if you don’t include all of your media at this stage. You can always click the Add Media button to include more locations.
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Thanks for the review. Will Media Manager work with cablevision? Or does cablevision have something similar to Media Manager?
media manager is not free. you have to pay $20 a month for the service.
FIOS is a few miles up the road, though it looks like it will be a few more years before it gets to our neighborhood.
There is a way to Short-Cut folders..
Simply by making Special Folders on your own for your viewing pleasures...and/or treasures...
FIOS is a few miles up the road, though it looks like it will be a few more years before it gets to our neighborhood.
Hey, I had a bowl of Cheerios for breakfast this morning if anyone is interested in this fact too!
Windows PC required :-( If it is free then it might be ok, but if it is $20/mo as merl2h3 said.... Let's see, that's $240 year. I could buy a popcorn hour box outright for less than that and the PCH does more.
Hey, I had a bowl of Cheerios for breakfast this morning if anyone is interested in this fact too!
I had steak and eggs... The point is, just like LightWeightX, I too have FiOS "down the road" with no estimation in sight when they will expand into my area. Seems to be springing up but takes FOREVER to expand into the surrounding areas and Verizon doesnt post any schedules (probably for competitive reasons). First they say "within a year it should be in your area"; I'm still waiting.
Media Manager only added $4.00 a month to my fios bill. But you have to have DVR service and settop box first. If you have to upgrade to the DVR, that's $16 bucks a month, so yeah, I guess you could have to pay $20 a month if you're starting with a standard settop box. But then you have DVR, and the ability to play all the media files on your computer over your tv and connected surround system. If you're familiar with Apple TV, it's just like that....