Media Storage; Enabling Dlna And Itunes - Western Digital My Cloud EX2 Ultra User Manual

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Media Types Supported by iTunes
iTunes 10.4 or later only supports music files. See Knowledge Base Answer ID
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8412 for additional information on iTunes-supported versions.
The iTunes Media Server supports the following file extensions: FLAC, M4A, MP3, MP4A
and WAV.
Some devices may not support playback of all these files. Please refer to your
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device's user manual to see which formats are supported.

Media Storage

You can access and store media content on the My Cloud EX2 Ultra device by means of
network shares. Shares, similar to folders or directories, are areas set up to organize
media and access them from your network. Shares can be shared with everyone (public)
or with selected users on your network (private).
The device comes pre-configured with the Public network share, which contains the
following folders for media storage:
• Shared Music—Stores music files you want to share with other users.
• Shared Pictures—Stores image files you want to share with other users.
• Shared Videos—Stores video files you want to share with other users.
You will notice that the Public share's Shared Music and Shared Pictures shares
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contain mirrored and uploaded subfolders. These folders are needed by Twonky
7.2. You can now upload all media types to the uploaded subfolder from a DLNA
client with "upload" capability.
Go to the Twonky configuration site (NAS_IP:9000) to aggregate content from all
NAS devices with DLNA capability on your network to the mirrored folder.
Uploading and mirroring are best left to expert users, as these features are not
supported by
WD customer support.

Enabling DLNA and iTunes

The Media page of the Settings Screen allows you to enable or disable the DLNA and
iTunes media servers. Media server utilities for re-scanning the NAS or fully rebuilding the
DLNA database are also on the Media page.
Enabling DLNA
1. On the Navigation bar, click Settings and then click Media in the left panel.
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