Cool idea BUT...
A bit of a flap over the new Western Digital stand-alone network hard drives.
Here is the Western Digital
web page for the product:
My Book� World Edition� II
Add this unique remote-access storage system to your wired or wireless network and you�ll have a surprisingly simple and secure way to access and share data and photos at home, in the office, and anywhere in the world--even when your local computer is off. The included RAID software makes it easy for you to take advantage of RAID mirroring for extra data protection.
It includes the following feature:
WD Anywhere Access� - This storage system and all the files on it are always accessible when you need them, even when your local computer is turned off.
Only one weeeee liddle problem here -- read this web page:
Western Digital Service and Support:
List of file types on a WD My Book World Edition that cannot be shared by WD Anywhere Access.
Question
What files cannot be shared by WD Anywhere Access?
Answer
Due to unverifiable media license authentication, the following file types cannot be shared by different users using WD Anywhere Access.
If these file types are on a share on the WD My Book World Edition system and another user accesses the share, these file will not be displayed for sharing. Any other file types can be shared using WD Anywhere Access.
| File Extension |
File Description |
| AAC |
Advanced Audio Coding |
| AIF |
Audio Interchange File |
| AIFC |
Audio Interchange File |
| AIFF |
Audio Interchange File Format |
| AMF |
DSMIA/Asylum Module File |
| ASF |
Advanced Streaming Format |
| ASX |
Advanced Stream Redirector |
| AVI |
Audio Video Interleave |
| CDA |
CD Audio |
| DVI |
DivX AVI |
| DVIX |
DivX AVI |
| FAR |
Farandoyle Tracker Music Module |
| IT |
Impulse Tracker |
| ITZ |
Impulse Tracker |
| KAR |
Karaoke MIDI |
| MDZ |
Cubic Player/Cross-View Music Module Description |
| MOV |
QuickTime Video |
| MP1 |
MPEG Layer 1 (Audio) |
| MP2 |
MPEG Layer 2 (Audio) |
| MP3 |
MPEG Layer 3 (Audio) |
| MP4 |
MPEG Layer 4 (Video) |
| MPA |
MPEG Audio Stream, Layer I, II or III |
| MPE |
MPEG Video |
| MPEG |
MPEG Video |
| MPG |
MPEG Video |
| MPGA |
MPEG Layer 3 (Audio Stream) |
| MPV2 |
MPEG Audio Stream, Layer II |
| OOG |
OOG Bitstream |
| OKT |
Oktalyzer Tracker Module |
| PTM |
PTM - Poly Tracker Module (Audio) |
| QT |
QuickTime Video |
| QT1 |
QuickTime Video |
| VOB |
Video Object (DVD Video) |
| VOC |
Creative Labs Sound |
| WM |
Windows Media Audio or Video |
| WMA |
Windows Media Audio |
| WMV |
Windows Media Video |
What gives these fucking nannys the
right to play traffic cop on a piece of equipment for which you have paid full price.
Granted, this is just this one product from this company, the software has a history of poor reliability and you can simply buy a bare WD drive and a $40 NAS box and build your own but still; this is really galling. They are playing traffic cop when there is no way in Hell that they can see where your data came from. Someone getting one of these at Costco with the idea of using it as a media warehouse will be sorely disappointed.
And a big tip of the hat to
BoingBoing
Posted by DaveH at December 6, 2007 9:22 PM