I use minidnlad - can we see your config? I would post mine, but it's
rather large. I used the default one and changed a few settings - I use a
Roberts Internet Radio and it sees my laptop fine.
Adam
On 15 October 2017 at 13:05, Chris Malton via Hampshire <
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=
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