====== Mezzmo Android User Guide ======

Mezzmo Android app is an Android-based media player, media controller and media server application.  It has been designed to work perfectly with Mezzmo server.

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===== Installing Mezzmo Android app =====

Mezzmo Android runs on Android 2.3.3 or higher.  It runs all popular Android devices such as **smartphones**, **tablets**, **Android TV** devices and **Amazon Fire TV** devices.

Language support includes English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Greek, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Vietnamese, Arabic, Slovak, Hungarian, Turkish, Hrvatski, Czech.

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===== Using Mezzmo Android as a media controller =====

You can use Mezzmo Android as a media controller.   This lets you browse your Mezzmo server on your PC and push (play) files onto devices in your home - such as your TV, Chromecast, Blu-ray player or media player devices. 

==== Features ====

  * Select a media server on your home network to browse.
  * Select a device on your home network to play to.
  * View full metadata and artwork for files.
  * Push (play) video, music or photos onto the selected device.
  * Cast to Chromecast dongles.
  * Full playback controls - Play, Stop, Pause, Seek, Volume, Mute, Previous File, Next File, Shuffle, Repeat & more. 


===== Using Mezzmo Android as a media player =====

You can use Mezzmo Android as a media player.   This lets you browse your Mezzmo server on your PC and play files directly on your Android device. 

==== Features ====

  * Select a media server on your home network to browse.
  * View full metadata and artwork for files.
  * Play video, music or photos onto your Android device.
  * Full playback controls - Play, Stop, Pause, Seek, Volume, Mute, Previous File, Next File, Shuffle, Repeat & more. 
  * Built-in video player includes:
    * Excellent file format support.
    * Full playback controls.
    * Resume support.
    * Audio channel selection to listen to your audio language.
    * Subtitle selection to see your preferred language.
    * Hardware/software video decoding for stutter-free playing.
    * Aspect ratio adjustment to fit the video as you prefer.
    * Rotate videos to fit your viewing and device orientation.
  * Built-in music player includes:
    * Excellent file format support.
    * Full playback controls.
    * Playlist creation.
    * Random shuffle.
    * Repeat settings.
  * Built-in photo viewer includes:
    * Excellent file format support.
    * Rotate photo support.
    * Photo slideshow support.

===== Using Mezzmo Android as a media server =====

You can use Mezzmo Android as a media server.   This lets you stream videos, music and photos that are stored on your Android device to media devices in your home. 

==== Features ====

  * Allow devices on your home network to connect to your Mezzmo Android's media server.
  * Allow devices on your home network to browse playlists containing the videos, music and photos stored on your Android device's local storage.
  * Deliver videos, music and photos stored on your Android device's local storage to devices on your home network.

===== Topics =====

[[Mezzmo_Android_Pushing_Files_To_Devices|Pushing video, music or photos onto devices in your home]]\\ 
[[Mezzmo_Android_Details_Screen|Viewing details about files]]\\ 
[[Mezzmo_Android_Casting_Details|Casting details to a device]]\\ 
[[Mezzmo_Android_Chromecast|Streaming to Chromecast dongles]]\\ 
[[Mezzmo_Android_Remote_Access|Using Mezzmo Android to access your Mezzmo server outside your home]]\\ 
[[Mezzmo_Android_Streaming_Local_Files|Streaming files from your Android device]]\\ 
[[Mezzmo_Android_Bypass_Content_Rating_Restrictions|Bypassing parental control & content rating restrictions]]\\ 
[[Mezzmo_Android_Using_Playlists|Using Playlist mode]]\\ 
[[Mezzmo_Android_Using_Logging|Using Logging]]\\ 


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