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)Debian July 21, 2011 Debian
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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)Debian July 21, 2011 Debian