2015-01-19, 13:57
Hi chaps....
I've recently purchased a 3tb WD My Cloud Nas to replace my Router attached HD.... (this was being used for an IPad and an ATV2).. both were reading the attached drive through smb. (not very good over wifi with 720p content, kept running out of cache)... but SD content was fine.
I wanted to give NFS a go but (noob time)... this was not that simple, ... with smb i was able to easily show it the directory on the HD (for instance) Movies, and that was that.
but under NFS and if I chose browse, it always came up as blank, ... the same with upnp.
I have managed to get the user guides for the new Nas, but it's all about setting it up through windows,.... and worse of all using twonky, something I really want to stay away from.
I tried it once on my router with a WD Live and after reading just 10 albums it locked up. (Twonky has been disabled ever since).
I assumed probably wrongly, that I could simpy attach said Nas to my router via cat cable, and create folders as I did with my old HD, I.E. Movies, TVShows, Photos and then be able to use NFS to read them rather than smb.
(I'm assuming that NFS is also better for HD content from what I have already read elsewhere).
But I have a feeling that this Nas is not going to allow me to do what I want, ... On the packaging it states Upnp and Dlna....
I have searched and searched for a setup video or even someone who has gone through a similar process using the same equipment, but I've hit a brickwall.
link to full user guide here.. http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/library/?id=439&type=25
Here is what the share page looks like,
I'm kind of hoping that there must be someone out there that is using one of these units.... So if someone can throw some light on the subject it would be very much appreciated.
many thanks for reading..
sadsack
I've recently purchased a 3tb WD My Cloud Nas to replace my Router attached HD.... (this was being used for an IPad and an ATV2).. both were reading the attached drive through smb. (not very good over wifi with 720p content, kept running out of cache)... but SD content was fine.
I wanted to give NFS a go but (noob time)... this was not that simple, ... with smb i was able to easily show it the directory on the HD (for instance) Movies, and that was that.
but under NFS and if I chose browse, it always came up as blank, ... the same with upnp.
I have managed to get the user guides for the new Nas, but it's all about setting it up through windows,.... and worse of all using twonky, something I really want to stay away from.
I tried it once on my router with a WD Live and after reading just 10 albums it locked up. (Twonky has been disabled ever since).
I assumed probably wrongly, that I could simpy attach said Nas to my router via cat cable, and create folders as I did with my old HD, I.E. Movies, TVShows, Photos and then be able to use NFS to read them rather than smb.
(I'm assuming that NFS is also better for HD content from what I have already read elsewhere).
But I have a feeling that this Nas is not going to allow me to do what I want, ... On the packaging it states Upnp and Dlna....
I have searched and searched for a setup video or even someone who has gone through a similar process using the same equipment, but I've hit a brickwall.
link to full user guide here.. http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/library/?id=439&type=25
Here is what the share page looks like,
I'm kind of hoping that there must be someone out there that is using one of these units.... So if someone can throw some light on the subject it would be very much appreciated.
many thanks for reading..
sadsack