Playing/streaming videos, photos, & music, Media servers, Twonkymedia overview – Western Digital My Cloud User Manual User Manual
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PLAYING/STREAMING VIDEOS, PHOTOS, & MUSIC
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WD MY CLOUD PERSONAL CLOUD STORAGE
USER MANUAL
Playing/Streaming Videos, Photos, & Music
Media Servers
Media Storage
Enabling/Disabling DLNA and iTunes
Accessing Your Personal Cloud Using Media Players
Accessing Your Personal Cloud Using iTunes
Media Servers
The WD My Cloud Personal Cloud Storage device is designed to serve as your home's
media server. It enables you to stream photos, music, and videos to your DLNA-compatible
devices and music to your iTunes-compatible devices.
Both DLNA-compatible and iTunes-compatible devices search for media stored in any
public or private share that has media serving enabled. When the WD My Cloud device is
new, only the Public share defaults to DLNA on. WD SmartWare, Time Machine, and new
shares default to DLNA off.
If you do not want DLNA to display specific media files, place them in a private share that is
set to disable media sharing. (See “Making a Share Private” on page 57.) Both the DLNA
and iTunes servers are pre-set, so you can just transfer your multimedia content to the
Public share on your WD My Cloud device, 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, DLNA 1.5 Digital Media players, and other PCs on your home
network. Visit
for further information on DLNA.
TwonkyMedia Overview
The WD My Cloud device uses TwonkyMedia as its DLNA media server. It streams your
music, photos and videos to compatible devices in your home. Playing media on a
compatible device is easy.
The TwonkyMedia server searches for all the media stored in the Public share on the WD My
Cloud device connected to your home network. The server is pre-set, so you can just
transfer your multimedia content to the Public share on your WD My Cloud device, 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 HD Live media player
p://www.twonkymedia.com
for further information about TwonkyMedia.
iTunes Overview
You or anyone connected to the WD My Cloud device can use iTunes to play stored music
files. iTunes creates a virtual music library on the device and treats it as an iTunes repository,
making it possible to stream music files from the WD My Cloud device to Windows or Mac
computers running iTunes.
iTunes scans any shares that have the Media Serving setting enabled, including the Public
share by default.
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