Use the Shares|Public|Share Profile|Media Serving control in the Dashboard to enable media serving on the Public share (or whichever share(s) you have stored your media on).How do I start the Twonky Media Server?Ī: You need to set two controls in the Dashboard:
The Media Server on the M圜loud is called Twonky, and uses the DLNA and UPnP protocols to talk to client applications and renderers. This combination of file store, database and server is often called a media library. Client applications can then interrogate this database, and request the server to send the file to them, or to a media renderer for playback. The server uses the file type and metadata embedded in the file to create the database.
#Twonky medi software#
Any Gen2 users are welcome to add observations on the operation of Twonky on their devices.Ī: A Media Server is a piece of software that looks for media files on a disk, or network, and creates a catalogue, or database, of the files it finds. I do not have a Gen2 device, so cannot provide support. Nb: these instructions are based on the ‘Gen1’ hardware and v4 firmware the Gen2/v2 device runs a different version of Linux, which appears more locked down. Experience with a Unix text editor such as vi or nano is assumed. Some Unix experience will help, but I’ll try to explain all the commands you’ll need. IMHO, it’s a bit off to make dire threats like this when you often NEED to SSH login to get the advertised services to work properly.
Note the big warning signs about warranty.
#Twonky medi how to#
You’ll need to know how to use SSH to log in as root to the M圜loud: You’ll need to know how to use the Twonky UI browser interface to control Twonky: You’ll need to know how to use the WD Dashboard browser interface to control the M圜loud: Can I add my own category to the Music/Photos/Videos categories? How can I change the media ‘views’ I see in my DLNA client?
#Twonky medi full size#
How can I get Twonky to provide full size artwork to clients, rather than crude thumbnails? Q: Why does my media player not see certain types of media? Why does my media player not show the right track information? Can I replace Twonky with another Media Server?
#Twonky medi password#
Why does setting a Twonky access control password prevent the M圜loud from sleeping? Can I change to location of the ‘Shared Media’ folders? How do I stop M圜loud breaking the Twonky Server? Where can I find debug log files for Twonky? How do I clear Twonky’s database and start again? What do all the settings in Twonky’s configuration file do? Q: How does the Twonky service work on the M圜loud? How do I control when Twonky rescans the media store? Why can people using DLNA clients see media in my private share? Can I stop Twonky searching in certain folders in my media storage folders? Where should I put my media so Twonky finds it? How do I control the Twonky server properly? Starting the Media Server and Setting up a Media Library Ideally, we’d shame WD into doing a better job of integrating Twonky into the M圜loud, so it’s not such a struggle, and doesn’t require Linux administrator-level skills to make it work properly. This is to distinguish control settings and file system paths. Where I mention control settings, I use a | to indicate a level of hierarchy in the menu system. Feel free to investigate and confirm or disprove my observations… Where I am unsure of something, I’ll enclose it in. I’ll edit this first post and make corrections and add any FAQ&A that are added. If more expert users find fault in this FAQ, or have other insights to offer, then feel free to post comments. But I am stubborn, and determined to find out how to make the thing work the way I want it to. I’m not a M圜loud, Twonky or Linux expert (but I’m moderately competent). So I thought that, rather than trying to answer these questions individually, I’d try to write an FAQ covering the things I’ve found, and the problems I or others have encountered, and the solutions. I’ve spent a long time trying to understand how it works, and reading the forum, I see many other people also have trouble with it. Sadly it doesn’t seem very well integrated into the M圜loud, and the two fight for supremacy. The M圜loud includes a Twonky DLNA Media Server. Some Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Twonky, And Some Answers
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