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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

2. To view a list of your media players/receivers on your home network, click the View

Media Players link. The Media Streaming Options dialog box displays.

3. To block or unblock access for a DLNA device on the Media Streaming Options dialog

box, find the device whose access you want to change and toggle the switch as
appropriate:

ON: Allows access (default)

OFF: Denies access

4. Click OK to return to the Media page.

5. If you encounter a mismatch in the amount of WD My Cloud content accessible or

viewable by a DLNA device, you can click one of the following:

Note: Re-scanning and rebuilding take place automatically. You only need to use

the buttons if you are having a problem.

Only the file types listed on page

page 101 are supported and will be counted.

Rescan: The WD My Cloud device searches for changes made to your media
libraries. Try this first.

Rebuild: The WD My Cloud device rebuilds the DLNA database from scratch.

To enable or disable iTunes:

1. To enable iTunes to access your music files through your iTunes player, click the iTunes

Server toggle switch as appropriate:

ON: Allows access (default setting)

OFF: Denies access

2. Click Rescan to update your media files. When the “iTunes rescan has been initiated”

message displays, click OK.

Important: Use caution when completing this procedure. Rebuilding the DLNA server

database could take a considerable amount of time, depending on the
number and size of the files involved.