@Rob Start with basics, is the service running? Maybe firewall is blocking sth? Have you checked logs?
Arch wiki should be useful as well. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ReadyMedia Cheers, Rafal > On 17 Oct 2017, at 14:18, Chris Malton via Hampshire > <hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote: > > Replying to self (bad form in a way): > > media_dir=/path/to/folder > db_dir=/var/cache/minidlna > log_dir=/var/log > port=8200 > serial=681019810597110 > inotify=yes > album_art_names=Cover.jpg/cover.jpg/AlbumArtSmall.jpg/albumartsmall.jpg > album_art_names=AlbumArt.jpg/albumart.jpg/Album.jpg/album.jpg > album_art_names=Folder.jpg/folder.jpg/Thumb.jpg/thumb.jpg > > That is the uncommented content of the minidlna.conf file. > > Minidlna is running as the "minidlna" user. - Routine install from apt-get. > > Regards, > > Chris > > On 15/10/17 13:05, Chris Malton via Hampshire wrote: >> Hi Rob, >> >> I am running minidlna on a Raspi for streaming media and it works well. >> >> I will see if I can dig out the config when I get home tonight. >> >> Regards, >> >> Chris >> >> >> On 15/10/17 10:30, Rob Malpass via Hampshire wrote: >>> Hi all >>> >>> Has anyone had any success running minidlna? For the life of me, I can’t >>> see what I’m doing wrong. It’s installed and according to >>> >>> sudo services minidlna status >>> >>> it seems to be running ok but I can’t see it either on the server’s file >>> manager (which is Xenial) or on any (Windows) clients. Disconcertingly, >>> it doesn’t even appear to be building a database or logging to anywhere. >>> I have faffed at length with /etc/minidlna.conf but to no avail. >>> Apparently you can either run it as yourself, and ensure minidlna.conf is >>> pointing at directories that you have write permission to. The >>> alternative (and default) is for it to run as a (non-logging in) user >>> called minidlna. In this case, said user minidlna must have write >>> permissions to all directories specified in minidlna.conf. Not wanting >>> the hassle of chmod hierarchies, I went for the former option and specified >>> it as such user=myname in /etc/minidlna.conf. >>> >>> Is there a winning formula out there? The reason I’m trying to set this >>> up is I rather fancy [2] and sadly it only works with dlna. >>> >>> Cheers >>> Rob >>> [2] >>> https://www.sevenoakssoundandvision.co.uk/p-15794-marantz-m-cr611-music-streaming-cd-dab-system-ex-speakers.aspx?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIg9D5wqjy1gIVwT8bCh2TOAfNEAQYASABEgIld_D_BwE >>> >>> <https://www.sevenoakssoundandvision.co.uk/p-15794-marantz-m-cr611-music-streaming-cd-dab-system-ex-speakers.aspx?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIg9D5wqjy1gIVwT8bCh2TOAfNEAQYASABEgIld_D_BwE>This >>> email has been scanned by the MailScanner e-mail security system. >>> >> >> This email has been scanned by the MailScanner e-mail security system. >> > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > <mailto:Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk> > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > <https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire> > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk <http://www.hantslug.org.uk/> > --------------------------------------------------------------
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