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Questions tagged [minidlna]

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Permissions for Video folder for minidlna?

I have a secondary hard drive that is mounted as /media/Media and I would like to user a folder called Videos located on that drive that I would like to share the videos located on this folder out via minidlna. I have minidlna working with…
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How to set up a DLNA server on Ubuntu 14.04?

I've tried a few DLNA servers (including MiniDLNA, uShare, MediaTomb, Rygel), but none of these works as expected. The problem with MiniDLNA is that most of the shared content simply didn't appear on the TVs list or if they appeared the TV couldn't…
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MiniDLNA doesn't see anything on external USB HDD

I am having issues with miniDLNA parcing my videos from the source external harddrive. Before we begin let me preface this letting you know if I copy a .mp4 to the internal hard drive, reconfigure minidlna.conf, restart minidlna, force-reload and…
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Minidlna server only appearing after restart

I've got minidlna running, and it seems to be working perfectly, with one catch. The television can't see it when searching for servers. After starting the television and unsuccessfully searching, I can restart the minidlna service, and search again…
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How to specify multiple media_dir in MiniDLNA

I would like to specify multiple media_dir path as below : minidlna.conf media_dir=/path/to/Videos1/ media_dir=/path/to/Videos2/ media_dir=/path/to/Musics1/ media_dir=/path/to/Musics2/ By default it just counts last media_dir line. Is there any way…
Hamed Kamrava
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Minidlna Directory Issues

I've done my searching and can't find an answer to THIS specific issue. I have my minidlna set up and running - but it's not really done properly. First off, when I open the server on my bluray player, all of my movies are listed twice - when they…
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Securing mini-dlna?

I've been trying to setup a DLNA service to share my media from my PC to my laptop and occasionally my phone and tablet. After a lot of messing around I found mini-dlna which works well, the problem is, everyone on my network can see my shares and…
user74039
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DLNA server with playback progress control

I'm relatively new to using Linux on desktop and there are just a few things that I miss from Windows. One of them is Samsung AllShare. This is a DLNA server wich provides "play to", progress bar and volume control from PC to TV. My TV is not a…
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minidlna and samsung tv file format doesn't support

I have PC with XUbuntu 12.04 and Samsung 27A950, so I want to use my PC like dlna server. But I can run file of any format on my TV, get error: "File format doesn't support". I try to open *.avi, *.mkv and *.jpg files the same result. In error log I…
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How to use Ubuntu 19.10's integrated DLNA server without GUI?

I have a NAS running Ubuntu Server 18.04 with minidlna. Minidlna has been unmaintained for a long time and now it kind of sucks. I read that 19.10 has an integrated dlna server, but I couldn't find any instructions on how to use it on Ubuntu Server…
Andreas Hartmann
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How to transcode FLAC to mp3 on the fly

I am using minidlna / ReadyMedia-Server to stream my music files in my network. Unfortunately one of my players is unable to read FLAC files, so I am looking into a solution on how to transcode all FLAC files to mp3-format
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Upstart reports "Job is already running" but process doesn't exist, and no PID file

So, I have MiniDLNA installed, and recently have found that I cannot start it using Upstart. Running sudo start minidlna returns: minidlna start/running, process [num] But no process is started (there should also be an additional status report line…
Brian Resnik
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How can I upload media with MiniDLNA media server or are there any DLNA servers that allow this?

I have been enjoying the MiniDLNA server on my Ubuntu box for a while now. It works very well with XBox and a cheap Magnavox Blue-ray player that I bought. Now I am wanting to start uploading media to my server but when I try my devices all come…
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fast forward/reverse or jump to specific time in video minidlna streamed content to TV

I am successfully using minidlna to stream content between my Ubuntu 12.04 laptop and a Samsung SMART TV with AllShare system. The only problem I see is that there is no way to jump to a specific point to a video. For example, if I want to fast…
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minidlna.c:674: error: Media directory "PV,/home/name/Pictures" not accessible [Permission denied]

minidlna will not access my pictures since adding a picture folder. Folder permissions for my pictures folder: drwxr-xr-x minidlna status returns- minidlna.c:674: error: Media directory "PV,/home/name/Pictures" not accessible [Permission…
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