MiniDLNA - DLNA/UPnP Server

[rodimaito]

I think i got it, these packages can only be installed when i`m running Arch Linux ARM install Operation System, am i right??? there is any tool like optware to install these packages without installing Arch Linux ARM install?? i have got a my book world edition NAS with armv5tejl and riping out its OS for a new one Its to much for me......

Thanks guys, sorry for bothering you with these questions.......

[smbgaiden]

Hello Thread,

Firstly, Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

The following question will sound bizarre and at the risk of getting more questions asking 'why' than answers, I will proceed I know the obvious answer is 'try it', but I am not quite there yet with my linux skills to be able to feel confident that trying will succeed.

Can I use the miniDLNA that is discussed and posted in this thread under the scenario described below:


192.168.1.5 = Arch Linux ARM install (running Arch Linux ARM install linux)
192.168.1.10 = ebox-3300 (running Windows XP nLitened)

I have various HD connected to the ebox that I'd like to share the media over DLNA by using miniDLNA on the Arch Linux ARM install. I know this is not very efficient and I should either move the media to the Arch Linux ARM install or run a DLNA server on the XP system. However, the RAM utilisation of the ebox system is tight and I do not want to run more than I already run there. Also, the stuff I am running on the ebox interacts with the HD connected to it, so moving it to Arch Linux ARM install is not an option.

In linux is there a way to instruct miniDLNA to share some symbolic links, references over SMB, or anything else that will allow me to achieve my dream goal here? Appreciate the help, as always!

[pepedog]

If the ebox can do workgroup shares, maybe. You can mount them on the dockstar
http://www.justlinux.com/nhf/Filesystems/Mounting_smbfs_Shares_Permanently.html
Dave

[gerbi]

minidlna can definitely follow symlinks, so if you mange to mount your hdds as samba shares you should be good to go.

[pepedog]

Gerbi,
can you send me the source files for the build (PKGBUILD, etc), I think there needs to be 2 minidlna as your one works great with my Samsung blueray (although it wants your specific thumbnailer), but not with other players, and the standard minidlna the opposite.
Perhaps then there will be minidlna and minidlna-samsung packages.

Thanks
Dave

[ethanehunt]

I've tested a lot of DLNA servers for windows, linux and mac. Some worked, some didn't... but the ones that worked, with the exception of Samsung's PC Share Manager, none of theme were able to play MKV HD files on my TV. With some servers (including MiniDLNA) i get "Not Supported File Format" error message, with others i am just dumped back to file listing without any message. MiniDLNA (and some others) were able to stream AVI and MPEG files on my TV without any problem... but i would like to play MKV files. Anyone can tell me why is this happening? If i use Samsung PC Share Manager everything works... but with other DLNA servers don't work...

[pepedog]

I have a Samsung blueray player with the fancy net stuff on.
It plays mkv on dockstar just fine (pacman -S minidlna-samsung)
Just make sure /etc/minidlna.conf has right configuration, and db files deleted befor starting

[lulo]

sorry my english.
iconnect...installed last arch arm...installed last minidlna...and:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'sudo cat /var/log/minidlna.log:

[2011/11/28 01:57:13] minidlna.c:899: warn: Starting MiniDLNA version 1.0.22 [SQLite 3.7.9].
[2011/11/28 01:57:13] minidlna.c:991: warn: HTTP listening on port 8200
[2011/11/28 01:57:13] inotify.c:182: warn: WARNING: Inotify max_user_watches [8192] is low or close to the number of used watches [0] and I do not have permission to increase this limit. Please do so manually by writing a higher value into /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches.
[2011/11/28 01:57:13] inotify.c:89: error: inotify_add_watch(/home/lulo) [Permission denied]



cat /etc/minidlna.conf:

# port for HTTP (descriptions, SOAP, media transfer) traffic
port=8200

# network interfaces to serve, comma delimited
#network_interface=br0

# set this to the directory you want scanned.
# * if have multiple directories, you can have multiple media_dir= lines
# * if you want to restrict a media_dir to a specific content type, you
# can prepend the type, followed by a comma, to the directory:
# + "A" for audio (eg. media_dir=A,/home/jmaggard/Music)
# + "V" for video (eg. media_dir=V,/home/jmaggard/Videos)
# + "P" for images (eg. media_dir=P,/home/jmaggard/Pictures)
media_dir=/home/lulo

# set this if you want to customize the name that shows up on your clients
friendly_name=lulo-ict.minidlna.server

# set this if you would like to specify the directory where you want MiniDLNA to store its database and album art cache
db_dir=/var/cache/minidlna


# set this if you would like to specify the directory where you want MiniDLNA to store its log file
log_dir=/var/log


# this should be a list of file names to check for when searching for album art
# note: names should be delimited with a forward slash ("/")
album_art_names=Cover.jpg/cover.jpg/AlbumArtSmall.jpg/albumartsmall.jpg/AlbumArt.jpg/albumart.jpg/Album.jpg/album.jpg/Folder.jpg/folder.jpg$

# set this to no to disable inotify monitoring to automatically discover new files
# note: the default is yes
inotify=yes

# set this to yes to enable support for streaming .jpg and .mp3 files to a TiVo supporting HMO
enable_tivo=no

# set this to strictly adhere to DLNA standards.
# * This will allow server-side downscaling of very large JPEG images,
# which may hurt JPEG serving performance on (at least) Sony DLNA products.
strict_dlna=no

# default presentation url is http address on port 80
#presentation_url=http://www.mylan/index.php

# notify interval in seconds. default is 895 seconds.
notify_interval=120

# serial and model number the daemon will report to clients
# in its XML description
serial=12345678
model_number=1

# specify the path to the MiniSSDPd socket
#minissdpdsocket=/var/run/minissdpd.sock

# use different container as root of the tree
# possible values:
# + "." - use standard container (this is the default)
# + "B" - "Browse Directory"
# + "M" - "Music"
# + "V" - "Video"
# + "P" - "Pictures"
# if you specify "B" and client device is audio-only then "Music/Folders" will be used as root
#root_container=.


cat /etc/conf.d/minidlna:
MINIDLNA_USER=nobody')
not working...

[kmihelich]

It's telling you what's wrong, combined with what you have set in the configs. You have minidlna starting as the user 'nobody' and that user can't read your home directory, which is the way it should be. Change the user to be your username on the system, 'lulo'.

[lulo]

if that this settings /etc/minidlna.conf ...for me smartfon Samsung GT-S8500...not streeming

only streeming's for root user and not download for me smartfone...

i'am just right is user lulo...for setting adduser & setings group,sudo,i.t.d.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '[lulo@lulo-iconnect ~]$
[lulo@lulo-iconnect ~]$ users
lulo
[lulo@lulo-iconnect ~]$
')