Minidlna

This article is a stub. You can help by expanding it.

Resources

Home

minidlna is a media server aiming to be dlna/upnp compliant.

Install

USE flags

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

netgear	Enable netgear branding
readynas	Enable readynas branding
zeroconf	Support for DNS Service Discovery (DNS-SD)

Data provided by the Gentoo Package Database · Last update: 2023-06-06 18:45 More information about USE flags

Emerge

Install net-misc/minidlna

root #emerge --ask net-misc/minidlna

To start immediately

root #rc-service minidlna start

To start at boot

root #rc-update add minidlna default

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

Port Forwarding

Minidlna uses port 1900 udp & 8200 tcp

Manual Database Rebuild

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

Automatic Database Rebuild

This article has some todo items:

• how to make inotify work ?