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Update Twonky on Mybook World

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I know that twonky media has been updated to 6.0 was hoping to get a firmware update for the mybook world to incorporate this as twonky are saying the upgrade is free for 5.x users?

Thanks!

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Sharespace: Please provide a tool to recover files from a broken Sharespace RAID-5

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Dear Sharespace-team,

after reading through this forum, it seems as if the Sharespace RAID-5 is really touchy and not very reliable. So I would like you to create a thorough help page on data recovery from crashed RAID-5 array.

I assume there must be a software tool that can be used to recover the data of a crashed sharespace raid-5 array, right?

Many users have access to a "regular" PC and could hook up the 4 drives to it, boot it from a DVD and operate a data recovery tool.

So please provide the software tools (may be the image of a self-bootable DVD with linux and the preconfigured software tool) as well as detailed instructions.

This would enable your users to help themselves so they don't have to contact your support which - in return - would lower your support cost. So providing this software and information would be a win-win.

Thank you

Sincerely

Matt

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Wake On Lan (WOL) support for My Book Live

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In the WD Quick View the shut down of the My Book Live is really easy and I use this a lot for energy saving reasons when I not using the NAS. But it is not possible to start the NAS so easily. To start the My Book Live you have to reconnect the power connector, because the My Book Live does not support WOL.

So please support WOL to boot the device when it is needed and if possible implement it also into the WD Quick View

You can also going further by doing a automatic shutdown when all Computer with WD Quick View are powered off and do a automatic startup when the first computer with the WD Quick View is starting. This will by a major step in the energy saving of your device.

Because nobody need a NAS when all Computer are power off especially in the private sector for what the My Book Live is designed.

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Will look to implement this in future products.

Twonky Version Upgrade for WD Network Drives

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WD please upgrade your firmware on your Network Drives to include the FREE ! Upgrade offered by Twonky for version 5 users to use version 6 for FREE !

Other NAS suppliers such as QNAP did this a couple of years ago (see link)

http://forum.qnap.com/viewtopic.php?f=213&t=38026

This seems to be a Hot topic for allot of WD NAS owners and we are not getting any reasonable answers out of WD.

I notice the WD team put this Twonky upgrade idea straight to Unplanned status so no one can add further comments or give Kudos.

WD need to provide a full explanation on why we can't have the free Twonky upgrade when other NAS suppliers can supply it?

WDTony please don't change this to unplanned and please provide us with a real answer on where the Media Server software is headed for the current WD NAS products.

Thanks for listening.

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URGENT My Book World Edition TwonkyMedia Server Update - anything above v.5.1!

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The TwonkyMedia sever (v.5.1) built in to the My Book World Edition NAS drive is not allowing media streaming with a number of DNLA enabled devices. The server software sees the devices are renderers, but the devices cannot see files on the NAS drive. This is a 'feature' of v.5.1 of the server software, which is fixed in later releases of the server software (checked by downloading trial versions of the server software on my PC, and using it to share the NAS files). Without an urgent update (current version is 6.0), the ability of the My Book to act as an effective DNLA media streaming device is impaired for a number of users (though it will work with some equipment).

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WD Sharespace NAS: NAS to NAS backup

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We have two NAS devices (4 TB and 8 TB, both Raid 5) for storing data in our installation. Each device is in a separate distant location from the other and in different networks.

The second NAS serves as a backup device for the first one. We have devised a way to automate the backup process but we would be much happier if you could please consider including support for NAS to NAS backup.

Best Regards,

John

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WD ShareSpace IPv6 Support - Feature Request

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Hello,

This is more of a feature request than a problem. I have recently enabled IPv6 on my network and would like to enable IPv6 on my NAS, and I realize that there are no configuration options to do this right now. Even if it just was a stateless configuration client, and I was unable to manually set the IPv6 address, I would be happy.

Samba has fully supported supported IPv6 since v3.2 (link here.)

For those of you more curious about IPv6, and how to get it on your home router or PC, please visit http://www.tunnelbroker.net/ for free IPv6 connectivity. Visit their forums for help with setting it up.

Also this is a wiki page about IPv6: http://ipv6wiki.net/wiki/Main_Page

Thanks very much!

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Thanks for the request.

Keep NAS in sync with Online-Storage Service

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While a NAS-Box is a neat idea for storing important files, it is still necessary to perform a regular backup.

Doing so by using an external hard drive can be cumbersome - so most users actually don't do it.

However, in recent years and months, more and more "Online Space providers" appear on the market and offer cloud storage services that would be a PERFECT match for any NAS-system if the NAS was capable of keeping certain directories in sync with the cloud.

Some online storage providers in Europe are actually selling packages like that: buy 1 TB of online storage for 10 EUR per month + get a Synology NAS for 50 EUR on top which is set to automatically keep itself in sync with the online drive.

Advantages:

* Access all files with full speed while being connected to the LAN

* Never worry about a backup - it is constantly taken care of by the NAS

* Fire-proof backup concept: even if your house burns down or thieves steal all IT hardware, your data is still safe in the cloud.

* Access all backed up files through the internet

* Always keep online storage and NAS in sync

* Keep several locations in sync: 1 NAS for each local office + 1 online storage tank = everyone works with the same files.

I would like to propose that the WD NAS boxes should be equipped with a software that

* lets the user enter the access information for such online storage providers

* lets the user choose which shares should be kept in sync with the cloud

* lets the user choose whether or not the synchronized files will be encrypted

* keeps the selected shares in sync with the cloud service

Thank you

Matt

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Thanks for the suggestion. Ultimately we will want to have our own solution and experience.

Set partition size for TimeMachine

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It would be perfect to have ability to set maximum partition size on MyBook Live, so that Time Machine won't fill up an entire network disk.

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Thanks for the idea. Will look at this for future products/versions

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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Simpler power down function access

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Since you did not add a power down switch or a power down soft button on the mbl, I have to access the webpage, insert the password, the navigate through the menus, and the select the powerdown function. Can you please add a faster way to do this? I would like to have a power down function on your wd2go mobile app. Or at least a less hidden menu navigation.

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Thanks for the suggestion. We have been looking at adding more capabilities to manage the NAS in future updates/products.

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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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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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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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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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.

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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WD My Live Book: Set maximum share size(s).

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I think that almost everyone would like to be able to set the maximum size for each share, here are a few examples...

1. Parents want unlimited share size(s), but for each of their kids they wish to limit the share size for each of them so that it doesn't get spammed with stuff that doesn't need to be there. I know a few parents would be very happy if their children's homework etc was stored on the HD rather than just their computer as a back up.

2. Freaks like me will want to set specific share sizes just to allow us to keep things organized and up together.

3. A lot of people have Macs and currently the timemachine will use up the entire drive, it is one heck of a hogger. Since Apple have yet to fix this, and may never do...this may be great for users so they can set a limit on their timemachine share.

I can think of loads of reasons why this would be a great feature, and to be honest it is the only feature (or rather lack of) which is preventing me from buying myself one; though I know a lot of people who already own one or more of these, and therefore I am very interested in at least one for myself.

PS: It may be an idea to also allow some shared "No Limit", thus can use whatever free/usable space is remaining, but those with limits can only use up to the limit(s) set.

PPS: Might also be worth concidering whether or not to have share limits per user as well as per share. This could be a max limit for a user regardless of which shared they are using, or it could be a max limit for them within a specific share.

I think at the end of the day, I could be happy to create a share for each person and set a limit on those shares, leaving mine with 'No Limit'.

Many thanks,

Shane

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.

N750: Read Only SMB Public Access

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The storage setup on the N750 (and other N series routers) needs an option to have a read/write user and to also allow other users to read only. Something like:

Storage access permission:
_ Public Share
√ User Account

Username: SomeUser
Password: MyPassword

√ Allow public read only access

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Storage access permission:

Everyone:

√ Read

√ Write

User Account (read/write):

Username: SomeUser
Password: MyPassword

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