RE: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio
Hi Dane It's great to see you back again enlivening the list with interesting contributions. I have a ReadyNAS NAS but they changed the browser interface a while back and it is largely inaccessible and so very difficult to configure. How easy is the MyCloud to configure and are the apps mentioned in the review accessible? John -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: 20 March 2015 01:25 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio Hi! I recently bought one of these drives and my only comment is that I'm really sorry I didn't buy one earlier. The WD My Cloud has a whole variety of uses including the storage and sharing of audio/video files around your house using DLNA and so on. Before the WD My Cloud drive came along I was using USB drives hanging off the Asus RTN56U rooter, whilst this method of sharing media was affective the speed was very slow. With the WD My Cloud connected directly to the Rooter I've fround speed has increased even to the point where the WD My Cloud can be carrying out several data operations at one time without any drop in performance, for example a backup from the Windows PC and the Mac can be going on whilst you access your favourite tracks from a Playlist with your Android Phone or whatever. The following review outlines and describes many of the drives capabilities. http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/reviews/wd-my-cloud-review-versatile-and-user-friendly-552860 -- ** Those who need help are those who are prepared to help themselves
Re: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio
A very accessible interface via your browser. On 20/03/2015 7:56 PM, John Gurd wrote: Hi Dane It's great to see you back again enlivening the list with interesting contributions. I have a ReadyNAS NAS but they changed the browser interface a while back and it is largely inaccessible and so very difficult to configure. How easy is the MyCloud to configure and are the apps mentioned in the review accessible? John -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: 20 March 2015 01:25 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio Hi! I recently bought one of these drives and my only comment is that I'm really sorry I didn't buy one earlier. The WD My Cloud has a whole variety of uses including the storage and sharing of audio/video files around your house using DLNA and so on. Before the WD My Cloud drive came along I was using USB drives hanging off the Asus RTN56U rooter, whilst this method of sharing media was affective the speed was very slow. With the WD My Cloud connected directly to the Rooter I've fround speed has increased even to the point where the WD My Cloud can be carrying out several data operations at one time without any drop in performance, for example a backup from the Windows PC and the Mac can be going on whilst you access your favourite tracks from a Playlist with your Android Phone or whatever. The following review outlines and describes many of the drives capabilities. http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/reviews/wd-my-cloud-review-versatile-and-user-friendly-552860 -- ** Those who need help are those who are prepared to help themselves
Re: The ins and outs of DLNA
Yep, a good read for anyone interested and i think most people on the list would be, just take a glance at the article and you'll see why. I've lost count of exactly how many DLNA devices I have around my home, everything from the WD My Cloud to my Denon AVR2113 Surround-Sound receiver to the Denon Cocoon Portable Wireless speaker, My Mac and Windows computers, my Samsung Note4 phone amongst others. I'll recommend some Apps and software people may wish to try, for the Windows computer a good third party App is Jamcast, this App will bring in media content from other sources and stream it to compatible DlNa Devices. Media Connect Premium for the iPhone, this App will find content on DLNA Media equipment and allow you to play it to the iPhone or a DLNA device. Arc MC for the iPhone will allow you to both find media content on your DLNA Media servers or drives and output that content to a DLNA device such as a Wireless Speaker, Surround-Sound receiver etc. Aircast for Android allows the streaming of content from a source - DLNA Media Server, Googledrive, Dropbox etc - to a DLNA or Airplay device. On 21/03/2015 10:51 AM, Clifford Blackwell wrote: Dane and others have talked about DLNA and it might still be a little vague as to what it's all about. I found this article in PC World that explains a little more about it and thought it might be helpful. http://www.techhive.com/article/2020825/how-to-get-started-with-dlna.html#tk.nl_pwr There is an annoying video that plays at first, but read the article for more information. -- ** Those who need help are those who are prepared to help themselves
The ins and outs of DLNA
Dane and others have talked about DLNA and it might still be a little vague as to what it's all about. I found this article in PC World that explains a little more about it and thought it might be helpful. http://www.techhive.com/article/2020825/how-to-get-started-with-dlna.html#tk.nl_pwr There is an annoying video that plays at first, but read the article for more information.
RE: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio
Totally agree here. I recently purchased the 4tb model to replace my old DLink nas that bit the dust and the difference in speed is impressive. The interface is great as long as you use the html interface. I paid $$180 for it from Amazon and it's been well worth it. Best regards, Rick Alfaro -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2015 9:25 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio Hi! I recently bought one of these drives and my only comment is that I'm really sorry I didn't buy one earlier. The WD My Cloud has a whole variety of uses including the storage and sharing of audio/video files around your house using DLNA and so on. Before the WD My Cloud drive came along I was using USB drives hanging off the Asus RTN56U rooter, whilst this method of sharing media was affective the speed was very slow. With the WD My Cloud connected directly to the Rooter I've fround speed has increased even to the point where the WD My Cloud can be carrying out several data operations at one time without any drop in performance, for example a backup from the Windows PC and the Mac can be going on whilst you access your favourite tracks from a Playlist with your Android Phone or whatever. The following review outlines and describes many of the drives capabilities. http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/reviews/wd-my-cloud-review-versatile-and-user-friendly-552860 -- ** Those who need help are those who are prepared to help themselves
RE: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio
Hi, as long as you use the MyCloud's web interface, it's fine and very useable. The MyCloud Windows app isn't so great however in terms of accessibility. Best regards, Rick Alfaro -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of John Gurd Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 4:56 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio Hi Dane It's great to see you back again enlivening the list with interesting contributions. I have a ReadyNAS NAS but they changed the browser interface a while back and it is largely inaccessible and so very difficult to configure. How easy is the MyCloud to configure and are the apps mentioned in the review accessible? John -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: 20 March 2015 01:25 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio Hi! I recently bought one of these drives and my only comment is that I'm really sorry I didn't buy one earlier. The WD My Cloud has a whole variety of uses including the storage and sharing of audio/video files around your house using DLNA and so on. Before the WD My Cloud drive came along I was using USB drives hanging off the Asus RTN56U rooter, whilst this method of sharing media was affective the speed was very slow. With the WD My Cloud connected directly to the Rooter I've fround speed has increased even to the point where the WD My Cloud can be carrying out several data operations at one time without any drop in performance, for example a backup from the Windows PC and the Mac can be going on whilst you access your favourite tracks from a Playlist with your Android Phone or whatever. The following review outlines and describes many of the drives capabilities. http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/reviews/wd-my-cloud-review-versatile-and-user-friendly-552860 -- ** Those who need help are those who are prepared to help themselves
Re: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio
I've been looking around at other models of hard drive, the bottom has fallen out of the market it seems, in Australia yo ucan buy a 6TB USB 3.0 drive for $200 so - at prices like these - go your hardest! store your music in high quality FLAC audio etc and - over time - retire them older hard drives that don't have the speed. On 20/03/2015 11:48 PM, Rick Alfaro wrote: Totally agree here. I recently purchased the 4tb model to replace my old DLink nas that bit the dust and the difference in speed is impressive. The interface is great as long as you use the html interface. I paid $$180 for it from Amazon and it's been well worth it. Best regards, Rick Alfaro -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2015 9:25 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio Hi! I recently bought one of these drives and my only comment is that I'm really sorry I didn't buy one earlier. The WD My Cloud has a whole variety of uses including the storage and sharing of audio/video files around your house using DLNA and so on. Before the WD My Cloud drive came along I was using USB drives hanging off the Asus RTN56U rooter, whilst this method of sharing media was affective the speed was very slow. With the WD My Cloud connected directly to the Rooter I've fround speed has increased even to the point where the WD My Cloud can be carrying out several data operations at one time without any drop in performance, for example a backup from the Windows PC and the Mac can be going on whilst you access your favourite tracks from a Playlist with your Android Phone or whatever. The following review outlines and describes many of the drives capabilities. http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/reviews/wd-my-cloud-review-versatile-and-user-friendly-552860 -- ** Those who need help are those who are prepared to help themselves
Re: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio
As the review said, there's really no need to use the Windows App unless you wish to be totally confused. On 20/03/2015 11:51 PM, Rick Alfaro wrote: Hi, as long as you use the MyCloud's web interface, it's fine and very useable. The MyCloud Windows app isn't so great however in terms of accessibility. Best regards, Rick Alfaro -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of John Gurd Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 4:56 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio Hi Dane It's great to see you back again enlivening the list with interesting contributions. I have a ReadyNAS NAS but they changed the browser interface a while back and it is largely inaccessible and so very difficult to configure. How easy is the MyCloud to configure and are the apps mentioned in the review accessible? John -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: 20 March 2015 01:25 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio Hi! I recently bought one of these drives and my only comment is that I'm really sorry I didn't buy one earlier. The WD My Cloud has a whole variety of uses including the storage and sharing of audio/video files around your house using DLNA and so on. Before the WD My Cloud drive came along I was using USB drives hanging off the Asus RTN56U rooter, whilst this method of sharing media was affective the speed was very slow. With the WD My Cloud connected directly to the Rooter I've fround speed has increased even to the point where the WD My Cloud can be carrying out several data operations at one time without any drop in performance, for example a backup from the Windows PC and the Mac can be going on whilst you access your favourite tracks from a Playlist with your Android Phone or whatever. The following review outlines and describes many of the drives capabilities. http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/reviews/wd-my-cloud-review-versatile-and-user-friendly-552860 -- ** Those who need help are those who are prepared to help themselves
windows phoneRe: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio
Hi Dane, I couldn't read the file you sent about the windows phone. Could you please put it in your dropbox?. I went to the verizon site, and got little info about accessability. Thanks -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 11:23 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio As the review said, there's really no need to use the Windows App unless you wish to be totally confused. On 20/03/2015 11:51 PM, Rick Alfaro wrote: Hi, as long as you use the MyCloud's web interface, it's fine and very useable. The MyCloud Windows app isn't so great however in terms of accessibility. Best regards, Rick Alfaro -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of John Gurd Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 4:56 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio Hi Dane It's great to see you back again enlivening the list with interesting contributions. I have a ReadyNAS NAS but they changed the browser interface a while back and it is largely inaccessible and so very difficult to configure. How easy is the MyCloud to configure and are the apps mentioned in the review accessible? John -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: 20 March 2015 01:25 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio Hi! I recently bought one of these drives and my only comment is that I'm really sorry I didn't buy one earlier. The WD My Cloud has a whole variety of uses including the storage and sharing of audio/video files around your house using DLNA and so on. Before the WD My Cloud drive came along I was using USB drives hanging off the Asus RTN56U rooter, whilst this method of sharing media was affective the speed was very slow. With the WD My Cloud connected directly to the Rooter I've fround speed has increased even to the point where the WD My Cloud can be carrying out several data operations at one time without any drop in performance, for example a backup from the Windows PC and the Mac can be going on whilst you access your favourite tracks from a Playlist with your Android Phone or whatever. The following review outlines and describes many of the drives capabilities. http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/reviews/wd-my-cloud-review-versatile-and-user-friendly-552860 -- ** Those who need help are those who are prepared to help themselves
Re: windows phoneRe: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio
Hi, Thanks, I just heard it. I'm very surprised. Thanks. -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 12:07 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: windows phoneRe: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio Its not a file, its an audio demo, you'll find a play button on the page though it may not be labeled as such. On 21/03/2015 2:48 AM, ken wrote: Hi Dane, I couldn't read the file you sent about the windows phone. Could you please put it in your dropbox?. I went to the verizon site, and got little info about accessability. Thanks -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 11:23 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio As the review said, there's really no need to use the Windows App unless you wish to be totally confused. On 20/03/2015 11:51 PM, Rick Alfaro wrote: Hi, as long as you use the MyCloud's web interface, it's fine and very useable. The MyCloud Windows app isn't so great however in terms of accessibility. Best regards, Rick Alfaro -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of John Gurd Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 4:56 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio Hi Dane It's great to see you back again enlivening the list with interesting contributions. I have a ReadyNAS NAS but they changed the browser interface a while back and it is largely inaccessible and so very difficult to configure. How easy is the MyCloud to configure and are the apps mentioned in the review accessible? John -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: 20 March 2015 01:25 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio Hi! I recently bought one of these drives and my only comment is that I'm really sorry I didn't buy one earlier. The WD My Cloud has a whole variety of uses including the storage and sharing of audio/video files around your house using DLNA and so on. Before the WD My Cloud drive came along I was using USB drives hanging off the Asus RTN56U rooter, whilst this method of sharing media was affective the speed was very slow. With the WD My Cloud connected directly to the Rooter I've fround speed has increased even to the point where the WD My Cloud can be carrying out several data operations at one time without any drop in performance, for example a backup from the Windows PC and the Mac can be going on whilst you access your favourite tracks from a Playlist with your Android Phone or whatever. The following review outlines and describes many of the drives capabilities. http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/reviews/wd-my-cloud-review-versatile-and-user-friendly-552860 -- ** Those who need help are those who are prepared to help themselves
Re: windows phoneRe: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio
Its not a file, its an audio demo, you'll find a play button on the page though it may not be labeled as such. On 21/03/2015 2:48 AM, ken wrote: Hi Dane, I couldn't read the file you sent about the windows phone. Could you please put it in your dropbox?. I went to the verizon site, and got little info about accessability. Thanks -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 11:23 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio As the review said, there's really no need to use the Windows App unless you wish to be totally confused. On 20/03/2015 11:51 PM, Rick Alfaro wrote: Hi, as long as you use the MyCloud's web interface, it's fine and very useable. The MyCloud Windows app isn't so great however in terms of accessibility. Best regards, Rick Alfaro -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of John Gurd Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 4:56 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio Hi Dane It's great to see you back again enlivening the list with interesting contributions. I have a ReadyNAS NAS but they changed the browser interface a while back and it is largely inaccessible and so very difficult to configure. How easy is the MyCloud to configure and are the apps mentioned in the review accessible? John -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: 20 March 2015 01:25 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio Hi! I recently bought one of these drives and my only comment is that I'm really sorry I didn't buy one earlier. The WD My Cloud has a whole variety of uses including the storage and sharing of audio/video files around your house using DLNA and so on. Before the WD My Cloud drive came along I was using USB drives hanging off the Asus RTN56U rooter, whilst this method of sharing media was affective the speed was very slow. With the WD My Cloud connected directly to the Rooter I've fround speed has increased even to the point where the WD My Cloud can be carrying out several data operations at one time without any drop in performance, for example a backup from the Windows PC and the Mac can be going on whilst you access your favourite tracks from a Playlist with your Android Phone or whatever. The following review outlines and describes many of the drives capabilities. http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/reviews/wd-my-cloud-review-versatile-and-user-friendly-552860 -- ** Those who need help are those who are prepared to help themselves
