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Accessing Your Personal Cloud Using Media Players, WD Media Players

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PLAYING/STREAMING VIDEOS, PHOTOS, & MUSIC Accessing Your Personal Cloud Using Media Players Now that you have copied your files to one of the Shared folders, you can use a variety of media players to stream media. The following types are supported:  WD TV Live Media Players  Windows Media Player 11 (comes with Windows Vista)  Windows Media Player 12 (comes with Windows 7 and Windows 8)  Xbox 360  PlayStation 3  Other media players: - BluRay Players - Network Connected TVs - Digital Picture Frames - Network Music Player  DLNA Devices Note: For specific information on using and updating the media player, go to the appropriate support site. WD Media Players You can connect the various WD TV and WD Media Players to your home network for access to media content stored in a network drive such as the My Cloud Mirror device. For details on using a WD Media Player to access files on your device, see Knowledge Base Answer ID 2676 or refer to your WD Media Player User Guide. Other Media Players Following are general steps for setting up devices such as digital picture frames, Blu Ray players, network-connected TVs, and digital media adapters: 1. Make sure that your My Cloud Mirror device is connected to your home's local network and is powered on. 2. Follow the user instructions provided with your media player to proceed through any initial setup or installation of drivers. 3. Using the navigation feature on your player, scan and detect your My Cloud Mirror device on your network. 4. Depending on the player you have, you may need to access a Settings/Network Setup page in the user interface to establish connection so that your player can link to your My Cloud Mirror device. Please refer to your player's user guide for specific instructions. MY CLOUD MIRROR (GEN 2) CLOUD STORAGE 73 USER MANUAL

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PLAYING/STREAMING VIDEOS, PHOTOS, & MUSIC
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MY CLOUD MIRROR (GEN 2) CLOUD STORAGE
USER MANUAL
Accessing Your Personal Cloud Using Media Players
Now that you have copied your files to one of the Shared folders, you can use a variety of
media players to stream media. The following types are supported:
WD TV Live Media Players
Windows Media Player 11 (comes with Windows Vista)
Windows Media Player 12 (comes with Windows 7 and Windows 8)
Xbox 360
PlayStation 3
Other media players:
-
BluRay Players
-
Network Connected TVs
-
Digital Picture Frames
-
Network Music Player
DLNA Devices
Note:
For specific information on using and updating the media player, go to the
appropriate support site.
WD Media Players
You can connect the various WD TV and WD Media Players to your home network for
access to media content stored in a network drive such as the My Cloud Mirror device. For
details on using a WD Media Player to access files on your device, see Knowledge Base
Answer ID 2676 or refer to your WD Media Player User Guide.
Other Media Players
Following are general steps for setting up devices such as digital picture frames, Blu Ray
players, network-connected TVs, and digital media adapters:
1. Make sure that your My Cloud Mirror device is connected to your home’s local network
and is powered on.
2.
Follow the user instructions provided with your media player to proceed through any
initial setup or installation of drivers.
3.
Using the navigation feature on your player, scan and detect your My Cloud Mirror
device on your network.
4.
Depending on the player you have, you may need to access a Settings/Network Setup
page in the user interface to establish connection so that your player can link to your My
Cloud Mirror device. Please refer to your player’s user guide for specific instructions.