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MyBook Live next firmware - the next Twonky Server

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It is obvious that the next firmware must contain the new version of Twonky Server 'cause the current version (5.1.9 i think) has lots of bugs.

My example is the very old and well-known issue with a "UPnP timeout messages" which leads to Twonky stop after 30 minutes of video streaming making simply impossible to use the device as media server. I've contacted Twonky Media support and they say it is the new version which can resolve my (and not only my) problem but there is no way to easily install it on the NAS.

My Book Live is positioning as "DLNA compliant" device, so it will be the very good idea to update the program which makes MyBook dlna compliant. Maybe the solution is to open for conventional users (not linux-professionals) the possibility to install Twonky Server from the MyBook web-interface (If it's to hard to WD to support it).

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Is there a chance to see a torrent downloader program working on MY BOOK LIVE?

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I tryed to get any info about this question, but wasn`t successful(

If anyone knows something! please share!

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iTunes sharing broken

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The iTunes sharing is brkoen for MyBook World Edition II since iTunes version 10.4. It would be good idea to update the firmware of the device since iTunes sharing is a major USP for the drive.

Thanks,

Sumit

Re: Update Twonky on Mybook Live

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I would like a Twonky update for the My Book Live.

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Sentinel DX 320000!!! 32 Bay NAS!

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I would love to see a 32 Bay NAS from WD. This would finally allow me to store my entire home video collection on a single drive (at least once 4+ TB drives come out) and would be an amazing thing to have. Right now the largest bay from other hard drive manufactuers (who shall not be named) only go up to 8 and 16 bays and are still too small for my needs- as I am sure they are too small for many other peoples as well.

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However, products with a larger quantity of bays are certainly not out of the question for future products.

Backup Network HardDrive to another Network Hard Drive

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New here, so go easy on me. I was just thinking that an easy way to back up a WD MyBook Live to another WD MyBook Live would be great (kinda like a duo, but two seperate devices). Software that could run on the hard drive (not the PC) to automatically back up another drive would be an easy way to do back ups.

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The Mybook Live and My Book Live Duo already support this feature. It is called Safepoints.

Time Machine Support on Lion (WD Sharespace)

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I would like to be able to use my WD ShareSpace as a Time Machine backup under Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion). I have ShareSpace connected to my router.

When trying to perform the initial backup, I am getting this error:
"The network backup disk does not support the required AFP features."

After doing some research, I learned that this means that the software of the drive does not support some features required for Time Machine. Apple document for Time Machine support can he found here (http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/NetworkingInternetWeb/Conceptual/TimeMachineNe...

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web interface to download files

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I have tried the network drive produced when you connect to your drive with the web interface. It takes a really long time to just gather the list of files when you click on a folder. Sometimes, I just want to download a single file. It would be much less taxing on network resources and quicker to provide a simple web interface to browse files and download them.

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Thanks for the idea. We have actually been thinking about ways to include a feature like this in future products.

MyBookLive: Hide shares when user not authorised

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Please update firmware so that a user can only see the shares he is allowed to access.

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Webpage password

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Why the mbl webpage password is never remembered by the browser? Did you need to add specific html code to do this?

Mobile friendly webpage

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Did you ever try to access the mbl webpage on an iphone or an ipad? The layout is messed up, the blue hint "dialog" covers parts of the functions, the aler notifications covers a large part of the screen. Since I think you will not ever do a mobile friendly webpage, Iwould like to have a way to disable clutter, such as hints and notifications.

Feature Request: select arbitrary folders for iTunes server / Twonky

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Dear WD team,

for the next firmware release, I would like to request a simple improvement of the iTunes server / Twonky software:

Please let users choose arbitrary folders in ANY share they wish to place the files that these media servers publish.

Right now, you force the users to place these files into "Public" - but not everyone wants to place the media files there.

What do you think?

Thanks

Matt

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I believe that what you are asking for already exists. You can create a share and specify media sharing for that Share.

Disable Public Share

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On MyBook Live the default share "Public" has unrestricted R/W and can't be disabled.

I would like to have the option of turning off the default share "Public".

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The Public share is just that Public. You can always create other shares to restrict access.

Please add Twonky 6 to new WD Sharespace firmware

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Version 5.1.7 is very old revision of Twonky Mediaserver and it does't support *.mkv file.

Please update Twonky or write instructions how I can update it in WD Sharespace 4Tb

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Quotas on MBL

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Hi, I understand that quotas on shares aren't currently available on the MBL, but does anyone know if there are any plans to allow this in future software releases?

The reason I ask is that I'd love to replace using my Time Capsule for TM backups, but don't want TM to effectively hog the space on my MBL, hence the desire for quotas.

Btw, isn't it about time WD made smartware perform similarly on a mac to a windows machine, as it's basically non-existent for the mac, and despite the software initially installing an icon into my macs' status bar, that has now disappeared and I can't find it on my system to put it back - I've tried reinstalling it from the dvd but the system won't let me as it says it's already installed.

Cheers

Rick

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Thanks for the suggestion. I believe this has already been suggested here before and in the forums.

Transmission to replace CTorrent on WD My Book World Edition II

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Hi there,

Subject explains it all.

CTorrent is simply too slow, clumsy, complicated, communicates slowly...

My idea is to take Transmission and integrate it into the next firmware version of WD My Book World Edition II.

I am sure a lot of people would appreciate this...

jborko

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Remote map of network drive as local

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possiblity to map My book Live as a local drive on the pc over the internet using WD 2go.
It should be a desktop application for this and so it should be planned to be released in the future!
such function is provided by buffalo cloudstor (pogoplug)

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This is already possible. Follow the link below for the steps. http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/7080/session/L3RpbWUvMTMzMzAzNTQwMC9zaWQvbEg0ejJqVWs...

Update Twonky Media Server to correct music sort order in folder view

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the sort order in in MyBookLive Twonky Server is a bit strange.
I connect via a DLNA Client and go to:
"MyBookLive-Twonky -> Music -> Folder -> <<ARTIST>> -> <<ALBUM>> ->
Then I can see for example the single tracks of an album.
The sort order here is alphanumeric by tracktitle (id3 tag).
I think it should be sortet by id3 tracknumber or at least alphanumeric by filenames like in Photo mode.

Please fix this issue via firmware upgrade

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You need to explain a little better what you are looking for here.

iPhone 4 App for Music Streaming

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I love the WD app for my iphone4 that allows me to stream all of my photos stored on my WD Worldbook Network Drive. Why is there not a similar app to allow me to stream all of the music files stored on my WD as well? This is an important feature to most of us spending more than $100.00 on a network drive. I hope you are upgrading the WD photos App to work with the music or are planning to create a new app to allow for this.

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Thanks for the suggestion. There are plans for something to do this. Timing is in the next two months.

Other software on the MyBook world edition

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Of the two major brands selling wireless audio equipment only Philips Streamium is fully compatible with UPnP/DLNA and works 'out of the box' with the MyBook World. Logitech requires squeezebox server to be installed, which entails either having a PC running permanently or voiding the MyBook warranty and messing about at the command line.

AFAIK Logitech has no plans to make their devices compatible with Twonky.

Would it not be a fairly small tweak to include the Squeezebox server software in a future firmware update ?

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Not on the roadmap for this product.

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