User Manual

PLAYING/STREAMING VIDEOS, PHOTOS, & MUSIC

MY CLOUD USER MANUAL

WD Media Players

You can connect the various WD TV and WD Media Players to your home network for

access to media content stored in a network drive such as the My Cloud device. For details

on using a WD Media Player to access files on your device, see Knowledge Base Answer ID

9769 or refer to your WD Media Player User Guide.

Other Media Players

Following are general steps for setting up devices such as digital picture frames, Blu Ray

players, network-connected TVs, and digital media adapters.

1. Make sure that your My Cloud device is connected to your home’s local network and is

powered on.

2. Follow the user instructions provided with your media player to proceed through any

initial setup or installation of drivers.

3. Using the navigation feature on your player, scan and detect your My Cloud device on

your network.

4. Depending on the player, you may need to access a Settings/Network Setup page in

the user interface to establish connection so that your player can link to your My Cloud

device. Please refer to your player’s user guide for specific instructions.

DLNA Devices

See specific DLNA media device user manuals for instructions on connecting a DLNA

device to your local area network so you can access content on the My Cloud device. Go to

http://www.dlna.org for a list of DLNA-certified devices and for further information.

Accessing Your My Cloud Device Using iTunes

You or anyone connected to the My Cloud device can use iTunes to play stored music files.

This service creates a virtual music library on the device and treats it as an iTunes repository,

making it possible to stream music files from the My Cloud device to Windows or Mac

computers running iTunes. For a list of supported media types,

See “Media Types

Supported” on page 63.

Note: iTunes 10.4 or later only supports music files. See Knowledge Base Answer

ID 8412 for additional information on iTunes supported versions.

Note: iTunes scans any shares that have the Media Serving setting enabled,

including the Public share by default.

You can drag and drop media files into the corresponding folders in the Public share (e.g.,

music files into the My Cloud/Public/Shared Music default share).

Streaming Media in iTunes

iTunes is enabled by default in the dashboard. See “Enabling iTunes” on page 65 for more

information on configuring iTunes.

1. Launch iTunes on your computer.

2. Click WDMyCloud<model#> under the Shared section of the left pane. If you have

copied music to the /Public/Shared Music folder or a video to/Public/Shared Videos,

and it is in a format supported by iTunes, it is listed in the right pane.