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
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