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Playing/Streaming Videos, Photos, & Music, Media Server Overview, Media Server Settings
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12 MY BOOK LIVE DUO USER MANUAL Playing/Streaming Videos, Photos, & Music Media Server Overview Media Server Settings Media Types Supported Media Storage Accessing My Book Live Duo from Media Players Accessing My Book Live Duo Using iTunes Media Server Overview My Book Live Duo is designed to serve as your home's central media hub. It enables you to stream photos, music, and videos to your home entertainment center and/or other computers on your home network. The DLNA Server searches for all the media stored in all shares on the My Book Live Duo connected to your home network. If you do not want DLNA to display specific files, place them in a private share that is set no media sharing. The server is pre-set, so you can just transfer your multimedia content to the respective shared folders on your My Book Live Duo and you are ready to stream and view content on your home entertainment center, game consoles (for example, Xbox 360™, PlayStation® 3, or DLNA® 1.5 Digital Media Adapters) and media services such as ITunes. For more information, visit http://www.dlna.org. Media Server Settings The Media tab on the My Book Live Duo dashboard enables you to define DLNA and ITunes media server settings so that you can enjoy media in every room in your house. Note: DLNA and ITunes media services only work on your network. DLNA Media Server DLNA streams your music, photos, and videos to compatible devices in your home. Playing media on a compatible device is easy. DLNA server searches for all the media stored on the My Book Live Duo connected to your home network. The server is pre-set, so you can just transfer your multimedia content to the Public share on your My Book Live Duo, and you are ready to stream and view content on your home entertainment center, game consoles (for example, Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3), WD TV Live HD media player, or DLNA 1.5 Digital Media Adapters), and other PCs on your home network. Visit http://www.dlna.org for further information on DLNA. To enable a DLNA device to stream content from your My Book Live Duo drive to your media server(s): 1. On the Navigation panel of the My Book Live Duo dashboard, click Settings and then click the Media tab. 2. Click DLNA Media Server to open the section. PLAYING/STREAMING VIDEOS, PHOTOS, & MUSIC - 113