Western Digital My Book Live Duo User Manual - Page 120

Media Types Supported, Media Storage, Rescan, Rebuild

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MY BOOK LIVE DUO USER MANUAL 8. For DLNA to look for only updated music and picture files on your drive, click the Rescan button below the table. 9. For DLNA to read all of the music and picture files on your drive, click the Rebuild button below the table. Rebuilding is more thorough than re-scanning but can take more time. Note: Re-scanning and rebuilding take place automatically. You only need to use the buttons if you are having a problem. Media Types Supported Audio files 3GP AAC AC3 AIF ASF FLAC LPCM M4A M4B MP1 MP2 MP3 MP4 MPA OGG WAV WMA Video files 3GP AVI DivX DVR-MS FLV M1V M4V MKV MOV MP1 MP4 MPE MTS MPV MPG MPEG2 SPTS VDR VOB WMV Xvid Image Files BMP GIF JPEG PNG TIF TIFF Note: Some devices may not support playback of all these files. Please refer to your device's user manual to see which formats are supported. Media Storage You can access and store media content on My Book Live Duo drive by means of network shares. Shares, similar to folders or directories, are areas set up to organize media and access them from your network. Shares can be shared with everyone (public) or with selected users on your network (private). The drive comes pre-configured with the Public network share, which contains the following folders for media storage: • Shared Music-Stores music files you want to share with other users • Shared Pictures-Stores image files you want to share with other users PLAYING/STREAMING VIDEOS, PHOTOS, & MUSIC - 114

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MY BOOK LIVE DUO
USER MANUAL
PLAYING/STREAMING VIDEOS, PHOTOS, & MUSIC – 114
8.
For DLNA to look for only updated music and picture files on your drive, click the
Rescan
button below the table.
9.
For DLNA to read all of the music and picture files on your drive, click the
Rebuild
button below the table. Rebuilding is more thorough than re-scanning but can take more
time.
Note:
Re-scanning and rebuilding take place automatically. You only need to use the
buttons if you are having a problem.
Media Types Supported
Note:
Some devices may not support playback of all these files. Please refer to your
device’s user manual to see which formats are supported.
Media Storage
You can access and store media content on My Book Live Duo drive by means of network
shares. Shares, similar to folders or directories, are areas set up to organize media and
access them from your network. Shares can be shared with everyone (public) or with
selected users on your network (private).
The drive comes pre-configured with the Public network share, which contains the following
folders for media storage:
Shared Music—Stores music files you want to share with other users
Shared Pictures—Stores image files you want to share with other users
Audio files
Video files
Image Files
3GP
AAC
AC3
AIF
ASF
FLAC
LPCM
M4A
M4B
MP1
MP2
MP3
MP4
MPA
OGG
WAV
WMA
3GP
AVI
DivX
DVR-MS
FLV
M1V
M4V
MKV
MOV
MP1
MP4
MPE
MTS
MPV
MPG
MPEG2
SPTS
VDR
VOB
WMV
Xvid
BMP
GIF
JPEG
PNG
TIF
TIFF