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Playing/Streaming Videos, Photos, & Music, Media Servers, Media Server Overview, iTunes Overview

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10 PLAYING/STREAMING VIDEOS, PHOTOS, & MUSIC 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 EX4 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 share that has media serving enabled. When the WD My Cloud EX4 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 51.) 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 EX4 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 http://www.dlna.org for further information on DLNA. Media Server Overview The WD My Cloud EX4 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 Media server searches for all the media stored in the Public share on the WD My Cloud EX4 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 EX4 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, or DLNA 1.5 Digital Media Adapters), and other PCs on your home network. iTunes Overview You or anyone connected to the WD My Cloud EX4 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 EX4 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. WD MY CLOUD EX4 PERSONAL CLOUD STORAGE 101 USER MANUAL

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PLAYING/STREAMING VIDEOS, PHOTOS, & MUSIC
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WD MY CLOUD EX4 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 EX4 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 share that has media serving enabled. When the WD My Cloud EX4 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 51.) 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 EX4 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.
Media Server Overview
The WD My Cloud EX4 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 Media server searches for all the media stored in the Public share on the WD My Cloud
EX4 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 EX4 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, or DLNA 1.5 Digital
Media Adapters), and other PCs on your home network.
iTunes Overview
You or anyone connected to the WD My Cloud EX4 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 EX4 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.