Playing/streaming videos, photos, & music, Media server overview, Media server settings – Western Digital My Book Live Duo User Manual User Manual

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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 Personal Cloud Storage device 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 media files,
place them in a private share that is set to disable media sharing.

The server is pre-set, so you can just transfer your multimedia content to the respective
shared Public folders (e.g., Photos, Music, Video) on your My Book Live Duo device 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.

The DLNA server searches for all the media stored on the My Book Live Duo 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 My Book Live Duo 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, 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 your My Book Live Duo device to stream content to your media player(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.

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