BARIX EXSTREAMER GOLD, User Manual

Barix Exstreamer Gold User Manual Version 01.01 

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Installation 

Once the Barix Exstreamer is connected to your network, 
it will automatically receive an IP address from your 

DHCP

server (Internet gateways run usually a DHCP server).  
If no 

DHCP

 server can be reached, our 

IPzator

  function 

will search the network for a free IP address. 
The Barix Exstreamer will announce the IP address using 

SonicIP

 technology. 

 
To prepare the usage of the Barix Exstreamer we 
recommend installing first our free Music Server software 
called zServer. 

5.1

Installing the Music Server 
program 

Our free Music Server software called zServer can be 
downloaded from our website www.barix.com.  
 
The music server finds your playlists and streams your 
locally stored MP3s to the Barix Exstreamer. If you don’t 
have any playlists or .m3u files then the music server can 
create them for you. 

STEP 1  

The music server program requires a 

Java VM plug-in

. 

If you don’t have a Java VM plug-in or if you are not sure, 
then download J2SE (Version 1.3.0 or above) from 
www.java.sun.com and install it. 

STEP 2 

Download the setup file of the music server program 
zServer from www.exstreamer.com 

STEP 3 

Run the self extracting zServer.exe file. It automatically will 
suggest the path C:\Program Files\zServer but you can also 
indicate a preferred path for the installation.  
Select <unzip> to extract. 

STEP 4 

A configuration wizard should start. If not, then manually 
execute the file configz.bat in the installed zServer folder. 

STEP 5 

You will be asked for the location of your playlists. In case 
you already have playlists in the standard .m3u format 
generated by MP3 software hit the <browse> button and 
show the program where these playlists are. After the 
correct path is entered click on <set>. Skip the next step. 

If you don’t have any playlists created hit the <browse> 
button and click on the <create folder> icon to create a 
playlist folder for later use. 

STEP 6 

This is the playlist creation utility.  
The first window asks for the location of your MP3s files. 
Hit the upper <browse> button and show the program 
where they are. If you click on a folder with subdirectories 
then all the songs in the subdirectories will become one 
playlist. 

The second window asks for the location you want your 
playlist files to be stored. Hit the lower <browse> button 
and show the program the folder you made in step 5 since 
you registered that folder to the zServer as your playlist 
folder. 

Now you can generate the playlist by pressing the 
<generate> button. You can generate more playlists by 
repeating this step. You could group music by year or 
mood into separate folders and then make playlists from 
them after you have grouped them. 

The <subdirectory scan deep> tells the generator how 
many subdirectories will be scanned down to generate a 
playlist from. 

If <include subdirectories> is activated then all MP3s in the 
current directory and all in its subdirectories will be 
included in that playlist. 

Count of subdirectories for playlist name tells the 
generator how many directory names back of the current 
one will be used for the name of the playlist. 

The separator between the directories is the separator in 
the playlist name between the directory and subdirectories. 

STEP 7 

Run the file startz.bat in the zServer folder.  The music 
program is now ready to stream your MP3s to your Barix 
Exstreamer.  

NOTE

The startz.bat file must always run in order for you to use 
the Barix Exstreamer. If you reboot your PC you will not 
be able to use the Barix Exstreamer until you again run the 
startz.bat file. 

To stop the zServer simply close its window.