MINIDLNA(1)						      General Commands Manual						       MINIDLNA(1)

NAME

     minidlna -- lightweight DLNA/UPnP-AV server

SYNOPSIS

     minidlna [-f config_file] [-d] [-a -listening_ip] [-p port] [-s serial] [-m model_number] [-t notify_interval] [-P pid_filename] [-w url]
	      [-R]

     minidlna [-h | -V]

DESCRIPTION

     The minidlna daemon is a DLNA/UPnP-AV server sharing media files (video, music and pictures) to clients on your network. Clients are typi-
     cally multimedia players such as vlc, totem and xbmc, and devices such as portable media players, smartphones, televisions, video game enter-
     tainment systems and blu-ray players.

OPTIONS

     All the options below (except -f) can also be set in a configuration file (see minidlna.conf(5)).

     -a listening_ip
	     IP address the daemon should be listening on.

     -d      Activate debug mode (do not daemonize).

     -f config_file
	     Specify the location of the configuration file. Uses /etc/minidlna.conf by default.

     -h      Show help and exit.

     -m model_number
	     Model number the daemon will report to clients in its XML description.

     -P pid_filename
	     PID file to use; the default is /run/minidlna.pid.

     -p port
	     Port number to listen on; the default is port 80.

     -R      Forces a full rescan of the media files.

     -s serial
	     Serial number the daemon will report to clients in its XML description.

     -t notify_interval
	     Notify interval, in seconds; defaults to 895 seconds.

     -V      Show the program version and exit.

     -w url  Sets the presentation url; the default is http address.

FILES

     /etc/minidlna.conf
	     Default system-wide configuration file. See minidlna.conf(5) for details on the syntax.

SEE ALSO

     minidlna.conf(5)

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