Western Digital WD TV Live Streaming Media Player (Gen 3) User Manual - Manual (Page 33)

WD TV Live Streaming Media Player
User Manual
FINDING YOUR CONTENT – 28
Network Share
The media player supports Windows (SMB/CIFS), Mac (AFP), and Linux (NFS)
network shares (to turn on Linux share support, see “Linux Share (NFS) Support” on
page 192).
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.
Windows Shares display shared computers and network attached storage devices
(such as WD’s My Book Live personal cloud storage NAS drive) connected to your
network via the Samba protocol.
Mac Shares
Mac Shares uses AFP (Apple File Protocol), a more common protocol among Mac
devices. If you want to simply discover and/or share a folder on the network to be
accessed by the media player, AFP is a common method for Mac.