4. Photos at home

How to add photos that are on the TV, on a USB drive, on a computer or NAS at home, or on your own server.

Before you start, see how to use the folder browser: it works the same way in all these options.

This TV or a USB drive

For photos stored in the TV’s memory or on a USB stick or drive connected to it.

1. If you use a USB drive, connect it to the TV before you start.
2. In “Where are your photos?”, choose This TV or a USB drive.
3. The first time, the TV asks whether you allow Pixetia to access your photos. Accept. Without that permission Pixetia can’t read them.
4. Press Browse folders 📁. You’ll see “Drives”: the TV’s memory and each connected USB drive.
5. Go in with → to the photo folder, check it with OK and press Add the checked ones ✓ (or Add this folder ✓).

Network folder (computer or NAS)

For photos in a shared folder on a computer or NAS at home. A shared folder is a folder that the computer lets other devices on the home network see. In Windows you share it from the folder’s properties, “Sharing” tab.

The form has three steps.

Step 1: Server / IP address

1. Press Search network 🔍. Pixetia looks for devices at home that have shared folders.
2. Choose your computer or NAS from the “-- Select a detected computer --” list.
3. If it doesn’t appear, type its IP address (for example 192.168.1.20) or its name yourself.

IP address: the number that identifies each device on the home network, like 192.168.1.20. In Windows you can see it in Settings → Network & internet → your connection’s properties.

Step 2: Sign-in details

• User: the user on the computer or NAS. Leave it empty if the folder is open to everyone (Pixetia will sign in as a “guest”). If your computer is on a company domain, type DOMAIN\user.
• Password: that user’s password. Leave it blank if the folder is open to everyone.

Step 3: Shared photo folder

1. Press Browse folders 📁. You’ll see the computer’s shared folders.
2. Go in with →, check with OK and press Add the checked ones ✓.
3. If you know the exact name of the shared folder, you can also type it and press Add.

With Test connection ⚡ you check that everything is fine: Pixetia says how many photos it finds.

WebDAV (Nextcloud and others)

WebDAV is a way of sharing files over the web. It’s used by Nextcloud, ownCloud and many NAS devices.

1. Choose WebDAV under “Your server”.
2. Type the server address. Examples:
   • A NAS at home: http://192.168.1.20:8080
   • Nextcloud: https://yourcloud.com/remote.php/dav/files/user
3. If the server asks for a user and password, type them. With “Show password” you can check you typed it correctly.
4. Press Browse folders 📁 and choose the folders. Or press Add this address to use the typed folder directly.

With New server ＋ you can add folders from another WebDAV server to the same album.

Pixetia only reads the photos; it doesn’t change anything on the server.

Immich

Immich is a program for having your own “Google Photos” on a computer or NAS at home.

1. Choose Immich under “Your server”.
2. Type the server address, for example 192.168.1.20:2283 or https://photos.yourdomain.com.
3. Type your Immich email and password. (If you prefer, leave the email empty and put an Immich API key in the password.)
4. Press Connect and choose albums 📂.
5. Check the albums you want and add them. If you don’t check any, you can use Add the whole library ✓.

Pixetia creates a key called “Pixetia” on your server that can only read, and it doesn’t store your password. The next time you edit the album you’ll see “already connected: leave it empty”.

Which photos can be shown

• Regular photos: JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF (without animation), BMP and HEIC (the iPhone format).
• Many camera RAW formats: DNG, CR2, CR3, NEF, ARW, RAF, ORF, RW2 and others.
• CR3, SR2, SRF and X3F RAW files can’t be shown from the TV or a USB drive: put them in a network folder.
• Videos are not shown.