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PLAYING/STREAMING VIDEOS, PHOTOS, & MUSIC
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WD 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 WD 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
fr
om 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.)