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Media Storage, Enabling DLNA and iTunes, Enabling DLNA

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PLAYING/STREAMING VIDEOS, PHOTOS, & MUSIC Media Types Supported by iTunes Note: iTunes 10.4 or later only supports music files. See Knowledge Base Answer ID 8412 for additional information on iTunes-supported versions. The iTunes Media Server supports the following file extensions: FLAC, M4A, MP3, MP4A, and WAV. 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 the My Cloud device by means of network shares. The device comes preconfigured 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.  Shared Videos-Stores video files you want to share with other users. Note: You will notice that the Public share's Shared Music and Shared Pictures shares contain mirrored and uploaded subfolders. These folders are needed by Twonky 7.2. You can now upload all media types to the uploaded subfolder from a DLNA client with "upload" capability.   Go to the Twonky configuration site (NAS_IP:9000) to aggregate content from all NAS devices with DLNA capability on your network to the mirrored folder. Uploading and mirroring are best left to expert users, as these features are not supported by WD customer support. Enabling DLNA and iTunes The Media page of the Settings Screen allows you to enable or disable the DLNA and iTunes media servers. Media server utilities for rescanning the NAS or fully rebuilding the DLNA database are also on the Media page. Enabling DLNA 1. On the Navigation bar, click Settings and in the left panel click Media. 2. In the DLNA Media Server area, Media Streaming field, click the toggle button to ON. Note: Media Streaming is OFF by default. The media server must be enabled before you can provide media serving for a share. (See "Creating a New Share" on page 38 for instructions on how to enable media serving on a share.) MY CLOUD USER MANUAL 64

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PLAYING/STREAMING VIDEOS, PHOTOS, & MUSIC
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MY CLOUD USER MANUAL
Media Types Supported by iTunes
Note:
iTunes 10.4 or later only supports music files. See Knowledge Base Answer ID
8412 for additional information on iTunes-supported versions.
The iTunes Media Server supports the following file extensions: FLAC, M4A, MP3, MP4A, and
WAV.
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 the My Cloud device by means of network shares.
The device comes preconfigured 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.
Shared Videos
—Stores video files you want to share with other users.
Note:
You will notice that the Public share's Shared Music and Shared Pictures shares
contain mirrored and uploaded subfolders. These folders are needed by Twonky
7.2. You can now upload all media types to the uploaded subfolder from a DLNA
client with “upload” capability.
Go to the Twonky configuration site (NAS_IP:9000) to aggregate content from
all NAS devices with DLNA capability on your network to the mirrored folder.
Uploading and mirroring are best left to expert users, as these features are not
supported by WD customer support.
Enabling DLNA and iTunes
The Media page of the Settings Screen allows you to enable or disable the DLNA and iTunes
media servers. Media server utilities for rescanning the NAS or fully rebuilding the DLNA
database are also on the Media page.
Enabling DLNA
1.
On the Navigation bar, click
Settings
and in the left panel click
Media
.
2.
In the DLNA Media Server area, Media Streaming field, click the toggle button to
ON
.
Note:
Media Streaming is OFF by default. The media server must be enabled before you
can provide media serving for a share. (See “Creating a New Share” on page 38
for instructions on how to enable media serving on a share.)