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--- nas-media [2022/01/18 19:57] – rs232
+++ nas-media [2024/11/27 17:27] (current) – [Media/DLNA Server] -Condense, formatting hogwild
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-===== Media / DLNA Server =====
+====== Media / DLNA Server ======
-Here you can enable the internal media server (minidlna) which allows to share media content from e.g. the USB storage of the router towards DLNA clients.\\
+Here you can enable minidlna, an internal media server that lets you share media content. For example, you can share media files from USB storage connected to the router towards DLNA clients.
-{{:pasted:20220118-194721.png}}\\
-**Enable** - Enable/Disable the service\\
-**Listen on** - Define the bridge where to advertise the service\\
-**Port** - Define a static port where the service is reachable. Please note the DLNA server will publish the port as part fo the active advertisement it's doing over then network.\\
-{{:pasted:20220118-195002.png}}\\
+===== Status =====
-**Database Location** - Defines where the database of the local media should be stored. This is built automatically after a scan.\\
-**Rescan on the next run** - Media is scanned periodically however you can trigger a media scan selecting this option ad saving.\\
+{{::usb_and_nas-media_server-status-2024.1.png?499}}
+ \\
+**Start Now/Stop Now:** clicking this starts/stops the minidlna server, whichever is the opposite of its current state.
+ \\
+**Open status page in new tab:** in a new browser tab, this displays media file sharing status.
+===== Media/DLNA Server =====
+ \\
+Enable on Start: enables/disables the DLNA service at boot time.
+ \\
+{{::usb_and_nas-media_server-listen_on.png?486}}
+ \\
+**LAN0 - LAN3: **bridges checked here will have the minidlna service advertised on them.
+ \\ \\ **Port: **the port where the service is reachable. Minidlna publishes this in active network advertisements.\\   \\
+ \\ {{::usb_and_nas-media_server-database_location_to_autoscan_media-2024.1.png?400}} \\  \\
+**Database Location: **specifies where, on local media, to store the database. This is built automatically after a scan.
+ \\ \\ **Rescan on the next run: **media are scanned periodically, but you can force a scan by selecting this option/save.\\  \\
+ \\
+{{:pasted:20220118-195214.png}}\\  \\
+**TiVo Support: ** adhere to the TiVo standards if you use a TiVo client.
+ \\ \\ **Strictly adhere to DLNA standards:** this may increase compatibility with old client devices that have issues.\\   \\
+**Media Directories: **defines where the actual media is. To //exclude// a subdirectory from scans, place an empty file with name: \\ ''.minidlnaignore'' in the filesystem.
+ \\
+For example:
+\\ ''cd /mnt/usb/media/private''\\ ''touch .minidlnaignore''
+ \\
+ \\
-{{:pasted:20220118-195214.png}}\\
-**TiVo Support** - Adhere to the TiVo standards in case you use such client.\\\
-**Strictly adhere to DLNA standards** - If any issue, to increase compatibility with old clients you might want to enable this option.\
-**Media Directories** - Define where the actual media lives. Please note to exclude a given subdirectory from the scan, place an empty file with the name ''.minidlnaignore'' in the filesystem. e.g.\\
-''cd /mnt/usb/media/private\\
-touch.minidlnaignore''

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