MINIDLNA.CONF(5)						File Formats Manual						  MINIDLNA.CONF(5)

NAME

     minidlna.conf -- MiniDLNA server configuration file

SYNOPSIS

     /etc/minidlna.conf

DESCRIPTION

     minidlna(1) reads configuration options from the system-wide configuration file /etc/minidlna.conf, or the file specified with -f on the com-
     mand line. The file contains keyword-argument pairs, one per line.  Lines starting with '#' and empty lines are interpreted as comments.

     The possible keywords and their meanings are as follows:

     album_art_names
	     List of filenames to check for when searching for album art cache, separated by forward slashes ('/').

     db_dir  Path to the directory minidlna should use to store its database and album art cache. Uses /var/lib/minidlna by default.

     enable_tivo
	     Set to 'yes' to enable support for streaming JPEG and mp3 files to a TiVo supporting HMO.	Set to 'no' otherwise.

     friendly_name
	     Customize the name that the minidlna server sends to clients.

     inotify
	     Set to 'yes' to enable inotify monitoring of the files under media_dir to automatically discover new files. Set to 'no' to disable
	     inotify.

     listening_ip
	     IPv4 address minidlna should listen on.

     log_dir
	     Path to the directory where the log file should be stored. Defaults to /var/log.

     log_level
	     Defines down to which level of importance messages should be logged. Must be one of ``off'', ``fatal'', ``error'', ``warn'', ``info''
	     or ``debug'', listed here in order of decreasing importance.  ``off'' turns off logging messages entirely, ``fatal'' logs the most
	     critical messages only, and so on down to ``debug'' that logs every single messages.

     media_dir
	     Path to the directory containing the media files the minidlna server should share. Use this option several times if you have more
	     than one directory to share. To restrict a path to one specific media type, you can use the following syntax: the letter 'A', 'V' or
	     'P', followed by a comma (',') followed by the path. The meaning of the first letter is as follows:
		   o   'A' for audio files;
		   o   'V' for video files;
		   o   'P' for image files.
	     For example, if you want to include only video files located under the /opt/media/videos directory, you would use
	     media_dir=V,/opt/media/videos.

	     After making changes to this option, you need to rebuild the database.  If you use an init script to start/stop minidlna, then you
	     should run (as root) service minidlna force-reload.  Otherwise, just add -R to your usual minidlna command line (minidlna [...] -R).

     minissdpdsocket
	     Path to the MiniSSDPd socket, if you want to use minidlna together with MiniSSDPd. Defaults to /run/minissdpd.sock.

     model_name
	     Set the model name reported to clients.  Defaults to ``Windows Media Connect compatible (MiniDLNA)''.

     model_number
	     Set the model number reported to clients.

     network_interface
	     Network interface to bind to.

     notify_interval
	     Set the notify interval, in seconds. The default is 895 seconds.

     port    Port for HTTP traffic. Defaults to port 80.

     presentation_url
	     Define the presentation URL.

     root_container
	     Use a different container as the root of the tree exposed to clients. The possible values are:
		   o   '.' to use the standard container (this is the default);
		   o   'B' to use the ``Browse Directory'' container;
		   o   'M' to use the ``Music'' container;
		   o   'V' to use the ``Video'' container;
		   o   'P' to use the ``Pictures'' container.
	     If you specify 'B' and the client device is audio only, then ``Music/Folders'' will be used as the root container.

     serial  Set the serial number reported to clients.

     strict_dlna
	     Set to 'yes' to strictly adhere to DLNA standards. This will allow server-side downscaling of very large JPEG images, which may hurt
	     JPEG serving performance on (at least) Sony DLNA products. Set to 'no' otherwise.

FILES

     /etc/minidlna.conf
	     System-wide default configuration file.

SEE ALSO

     minidlna(1)

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