WDTV LIVE HUB as standalone NAS for Marantz melody 610

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Sorry im new to this - so ill hopefully be specific to what my issue it.

I have had a wdtv live hub (1tb) for sometime and love it - it plays everything you throw at it. I have network sharing etc set up and stream fine from my laptop.

I recenently purchased a marantz 610 music streamer - and set it up fine playing all my airplay iphone stuff and plaing files on my computer using network share. What I wanted to do was now use my wdtv’s hardrive as a NAS so i can access music directly off that without having my laptop switched on. Is this possible?

I also have tried to set up the twonky server on the wdtv home page but fails to launch eveytime. This web page is not available ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED

(ive tried rolling back firmware but no joy) Is what I want to do possible? if so could someone please help, it would be much appreciated.

Thanks 

Rich

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Hi oussed, welcome to the WD Community. Any device on the same network that is capable of accessing network shares or a media server should be able to access the Live Hub. Have you tried to do a factory restore? 

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and you’ll have to set DLNA-mediaserver to ON in the LIVEHUB’s network settings. i can confirm that i use my LIVEHUB the same way you’re wanting it to. all DLNA devices at home use the LIVEHUB as a media-server/NAS.

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Thanks for your reply - I have these settings as suggested, I still cannot pick the WDTV Hub up on my music player. I does show up in the network area of windows 7 , and I can access the drive via my laptop. I thought it was something to do with the twonky server - as it wont launch. I have tried a factory reset but it hasnt worked.

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So you have set

Settings\Network Share Managment\DLNA Media Server\ON?

Twonky should accessible on your network within few minutes. Also it needs some time to scan your files on Hub.

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yes DLNA Media Server is on.  

http://192.168.1.2/Main.php and media to launch twonky and it comes up with on  http://192.168.1.2:9000/ 

This web page is not available

 

ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED.

So I cannot launch it for some reason. Im not sure whats going on. Appreciate your help guys

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This might sound crazy but it helped someone before. Rollback firmware
http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5860/~/how-to-roll-back-the-firmware-on-a-wd-tv-live-hub-media-center,-wd-tv-live
and than update to the last one.

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Ive already tried that the issue and still seems that twonky is down - or is for me at least. 

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Sorry, missed that. Strange :frowning:

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strange, really.

found these threads in this forum, maybe some more ideas for you, coming with images and hopefully with solutions.

http://community.wd.com/t5/WD-TV-Live-Hub-Discussions/DLNA-server-on-WD-Live-TV-Hub/td-p/730640

http://community.wd.com/t5/WD-TV-Live-Hub-Discussions/Twonky-Issues-with-WDTV-live-hub/m-p/311150#M15746

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Did you tried deleting hidden folders on internal HDD? They have dot in prefix.
.foldername

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Thanks for help guys. I did try this but in my computer its not showing as a twonky server only the wdtv as a network drive and device.

I have seen that there are some different results with cabled and wifi - I might try using the wifi  dongle just as a matte rof interest rather than ethernet cable and give it a go.

I will also try and reset the device again just to make sure…Other than that typing in the twonky ip directly never worked…

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Tried deleting folders, wifi dongle and another re-set. No twonky server showing in netwok, and still cannot launch.

I think I might have to buy a new NAS