MiniDLNA

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MiniDLNA (also known as ReadyMedia) is a media server aiming to be DLNA/UPnP-AV compliant.

Installation

USE flags

USE flags for net-misc/minidlna DLNA/UPnP-AV compliant media server

branding Enable Gentoo specific branding

netgear Enable netgear branding

readynas Enable readynas branding

selinux !!internal use only!! Security Enhanced Linux support, this must be set by the selinux profile or breakage will occur

zeroconf Support for DNS Service Discovery (DNS-SD)

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Emerge

Install net-misc/minidlna :

root #emerge --ask net-misc/minidlna

Configuration

Configuration is controlled by /etc/minidlna.conf these settings should be changed.

FILE /etc/minidlna.conf

#friendly_name=My DLNA Server
media_dir=/opt

Automatic file discovery

MiniDLNA supports inotify monitoring to automatically discover new files. To enable inotify support the kernel needs to have inotify support enabled.

KERNEL Enabling inotify support

 File systems --->
 [*] Inotify support for userspace

And inotify=yes set in the MiniDLNA configuration file.

FILE /etc/minidlna.conf

inotify=yes

Manual database rebuild

root #rc-service minidlna stop && minidlnad -R

Port forwarding

MiniDLNA uses UDP port 1900 & TCP port 8200.

Permissions

The service runs as user minidlna. Thus directories and files like the database in db_dir or the log file in log_dir need correct ownership. Owner must be minidlna.

Discovery Problems

do not use spaces for friendly_name

Service

OpenRC

Start MiniDLNA:

root #rc-service minidlna start

Start MiniDLNA at boot:

root #rc-update add minidlna default

systemd