Western Digital WD TV Live Hub Media Center User Manual - Manual (Page 83)

WD TV Live Hub Media Center
User Manual
NETWORK SERVICES – 78
Media Server
This menu displays network attached UPnP media servers connected to your
network and usage is optimized with DLNA compliant devices such as WD My Book
Live personal cloud storage and other WD TV Live Hub media centers.
The benefit of using a media server is that it aggregates the content together from
the device that is hosting it. The media server hosts a list of supported file formats
with metadata information that allows a client device like the media player to easily
browse and play back the content.
However, using a media server can restrict supported file types and you may not be
able to see all the files stored in the media server. When using a Network Share,
every file is presented to the media player and it does the content filtering based on
what it can support.
Follow the steps below under “Accessing a Shared Folder,” selecting the name of
your media server and referencing your media server documentation for password
setup and administration if necessary.
Network Share
The media player supports Windows (SMB/CIFS), and Linux (NFS) network shares.
Windows Shares
Windows Shares uses Samba (also known as SMB/CIFS), a more common protocol
among devices such as PC, NAS, and Mac (before Lion). If you want to simply
discover and/or share a folder on the network to be accessed by the media player,
Samba is a common method, especially for Windows.