MiniDLNA

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MiniDLNA (also known as ReadyMedia) is Article description::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

`netgear`	Enable netgear branding
`readynas`	Enable readynas branding
`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

<nowiki />
    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 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