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--- nas-media [2024/10/12 23:01] – -Condense, formatting hogwild
+++ 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 you to share media content, for example, from attached USB storage 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 DLNA service.
+===== Status =====
- \\ \\ **Listen on:  **Define the bridge on which to advertise the service.
+{{::usb_and_nas-media_server-status-2024.1.png?499}}
- \\ \\ **Port:  **Enter a static port where the service is reachable. Minidlna will publish the port in its active network advertisements.\\
+ \\
-{{:pasted:20220118-195002.png}}\\  \\
+**Start Now/Stop Now:** clicking this starts/stops the minidlna server, whichever is the opposite of its current state.
-**Database Location: **Defines where the database of the local media is stored. This is built automatically after a scan.
+ \\
- \\ \\ **Rescan on the next run: **Media are scanned periodically, but you can trigger a scan by selecting this option/saving.\\
+**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 in case you a TiVo client.
+**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.\\   \\
- \\ \\ **Strictly adhere to DLNA standards:** Enabling 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.
-**Media Directories: **Define 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''
+\\ ''cd /mnt/usb/media/private''\\ ''touch .minidlnaignore''
  \\

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