Nero Home
Nero Scout
Nero Scout is flagged to start automatically next time you start the computer.
It's an indexing tool to find all your audio, video and picture files to use in Nero Home.
Nero Scout will load a service in the background and it monitors for files, which it will then index and prepare for use.
It also installs itself in My Computer.
When you open My Computer it takes a little longer then usual to display the contents.
Like the Windows Indexing service, the load of the background indexing service of Nero Scout can be high when processing and updating indexes.
This is very annoying to most people.
You can disable Nero Scout from starting when you install the Nero suite, but you can also disable Nero Scout manually after the install finishes.
Although not very clearly shown or documented, the location of Nero Scout is based in the "Program Files\Common Files\Ahead\Lib" folder, here you'll find the NeroScoutOptions.exe program to enable or disable it and the MediaLibraryNSE.dll file which you need to register or unregister to remove Nero Scout from My Computer.
This picture below compares Windows XP MCE 2005 with Nero Home.
Although the appearances are not completely the same, the idea is.
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Nero Home
Nero Home is a new edition to the Nero suite.
It allows you to easily access all your pictures, your music and your videos.
All from one central place, without having to look all over for them.
Windows XP MCE 2005 users will notice that the choices are very similar.
You can select different things from a stylish carrousel.
If you have a TV-card in your computer you can also watch TV with Nero Home.
Nero MediaHome network shares are also accessible with Nero Home.
I'll explain a little more about Nero MediaHome later on.
The interface is fully customizable.If you have disabled Nero Scout and don't want the background service to start, then keep in mind that starting Nero Home will load the service back up again.
Windows XP MCE 2005 is basically a Windows XP version with added functionality.
Since Nero is not in the business of making operating systems, but is in the business of digital media suites, Nero has made that same functionality possible.
As such comparing each product has its own advantages and disadvantages.
Windows XP MCE 2005 has integrated digital rights management systems and added some nifty screensavers to it; Nero works from a rock solid base with Nero Burning Rom and its coding and editing programs.
Both use their own approach to the same result.
Nero MediaHome
MediaHome seems to be a lot like Windows Media Services.
It allows you to share digital content over a network such as internet or a private home network by sharing local digital content.
First off you share a folder or several folders on your computer. You can then select on which network adapter Nero MediaHome shares and the port is randomly generated at default, but you can set it to a specific port.
Nero also offers their services to make use of content they offer you to view or listen to and you can also share your local content with the internet.You can also allow Nero MediaHome to transcode or re-encode you digital content so that digital content receivers can get a compatible format to play.
You can use Nero Home or digital content receivers to access the Nero MediaHome shares from the internet or home network.
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