Using your LinkStation

Troubleshooting:

Problem: The DLNA media player can’t see media files on the LinkStation

If your DLNA media players can’t access the media files on the LinkStation, then the list of available media files should be updated. Try the following:

1

In the Web Admin interface, navigate to [Extensions]

 

- [MediaServer] and click [Modify Settings].

2

Select [Enable] for [Media Server] and [Automatic

 

Update]. Check [Refresh now] and [Initialize

database before refresh].

3

Click [Save].

If you cannot play certain files:

The LinkStation’s DLNA media server supports the following types of files. Only files of these types will be available to DLNA media players on the network.

Types

File Extensions

Video files

.avi, .divx, .asf, .mpg, .mpe, .m1v, .vcb, .mts, .m2ts, .m2t, .mpeg, .mpeg2,

.vdr, .spts, .tp, .ts, .3gp, .mov, .m4v, .wmv, .dvr-ms, .xvid, .mp4, .m4v

 

Picture files

.jpg, .jpeg, .gif, .png, .tif, .tiff, .yuv, .bmp

 

 

Music files

.mp3, .mpa, .wma, .aac, .apl, .ac3, .lpcm, .pcm, .wav, .m3u, .m4a,

.mp4, .3gp, .m4b, .aif, .aiff, .flac, .ogg, .mp2, .mp1, .mp4

 

Your media player may not support all of these filetypes. Files that your media player does not support may not be visible from the media player. Check your media players documentation for a list of the types of files that it can play.

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