openwrt minidlna config

MiniDLNA

Installation

root@OpenWrt:~# opkg update
root@OpenWrt:~# opkg install minidlna

Configuration

#------------------------------------------------------#
# port for HTTP (descriptions, SOAP, media transfer) traffic
#------------------------------------------------------#
port=8200

#------------------------------------------------------#
# network interfaces to serve, comma delimited
#------------------------------------------------------#
network_interface=br-lan

#------------------------------------------------------#
# set this to the directory you want scanned.
# * if have multiple directories, you can have multiple media_dir= lines
# * if you want to restrict a media_dir to a specific content type, you
#   can prepend the type, followed by a comma, to the directory:
#   + "A" for audio  (eg. media_dir=A,/home/jmaggard/Music)
#   + "V" for video  (eg. media_dir=V,/home/jmaggard/Videos)
#   + "P" for images (eg. media_dir=P,/home/jmaggard/Pictures)
#------------------------------------------------------#
# Directory of media is depend on your storage
#------------------------------------------------------#
media_dir=A,/mnt/sda1/music
media_dir=P,/mnt/sda1/picture
media_dir=V,/mnt/sda1/video
#------------------------------------------------------#
# set this if you want to customize the name that shows up on your clients
#------------------------------------------------------#
friendly_name=My DLNA Server

#------------------------------------------------------#
# set this if you would like to specify the directory where you want MiniDLNA to store its database and album art cache
#------------------------------------------------------#
db_dir=/mnt/sda1/minidlna/db

#------------------------------------------------------#
# set this if you would like to specify the directory where you want MiniDLNA to store its log file
#------------------------------------------------------#
log_dir=/mnt/sda1/minidlna/log

#------------------------------------------------------#
# this should be a list of file names to check for when searching for album art
# note: names should be delimited with a forward slash ("/")
#------------------------------------------------------#
album_art_names=Cover.jpg/cover.jpg/AlbumArtSmall.jpg/albumartsmall.jpg/AlbumArt.jpg/albumart.jpg/Album.jpg/album.jpg/Folder.jpg/folder.jpg/Thumb.jpg/thumb.jpg

#------------------------------------------------------#
# set this to no to disable inotify monitoring to automatically discover new files
# note: the default is yes
#------------------------------------------------------#
inotify=yes

#------------------------------------------------------#
# set this to yes to enable support for streaming .jpg and .mp3 files to a TiVo supporting HMO
#------------------------------------------------------#
enable_tivo=no

#------------------------------------------------------#
# set this 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.
#------------------------------------------------------#
strict_dlna=no

#------------------------------------------------------#
# default presentation url is http address on port 80
#------------------------------------------------------#
presentation_url=http://192.168.1.1:8200/

#------------------------------------------------------#
# notify interval in seconds. default is 895 seconds.
#------------------------------------------------------#
notify_interval=900

#------------------------------------------------------#
# serial and model number the daemon will report to clients
# in its XML description
#------------------------------------------------------#
serial=12345678
model_number=1

#------------------------------------------------------#
# specify the path to the MiniSSDPd socket
#------------------------------------------------------#
#minissdpdsocket=/var/run/minissdpd.sock

#------------------------------------------------------#
# use different container as root of the tree
# possible values:
#   + "." - use standard container (this is the default)
#   + "B" - "Browse Directory"
#   + "M" - "Music"
#   + "V" - "Video"
#   + "P" - "Pictures"
# if you specify "B" and client device is audio-only then "Music/Folders" will be used as root
#------------------------------------------------------#
#root_container=.

Configuration (uci)

/etc/config/minidlna

This is just an initial dump of all the options I found, I am not certain about any other options or their actual meaning!

I just guessed the Type entries. — hcc23 2013/02/21 02:02

enabled

port

interface

,

friendly_name

db_dir

log_dir

inotify

enable_tivo

strict_dlna

notify_interval

serial

model_number

root_container

.

B

M

V

P

.

.

B

M

V

P

media_dir

media_dir

A

A,/home/jmaggard/Music

V

P

B

album_art_names

/

presentation_url

minisdpdsocket

Execute Daemon

root@OpenWrt:~# /etc/init.d/minidlna enable
root@OpenWrt:~# /etc/init.d/minidlna start

Notes

Reference:

Example

Chaos Calmer Tips

mkdir /PathToHardDrive/minidlna

/etc/config/minidlna

option db_dir '/PathToHardDrive/minidlna'
option log_dir '/PathToHardDrive/minidlna'
option inotify '0'
list media_dir 'A,/PathToHardDrive/PathToMp3s'

cp_minidlna_conf.sh

#!/bin/sh
 
. /lib/functions.sh
 
minidlna_cfg_append() {
echo "$1"
}
 
minidlna_cfg_addbool() {
local cfg="$1"
local key="$2"
local def="$3"
local val
 
config_get_bool val "$cfg" "$key" "$def"
[ "$val" -gt 0 ] && val="yes" || val="no"
minidlna_cfg_append "$key=$val"
}
 
minidlna_cfg_addstr() {
local cfg="$1"
local key="$2"
local def="$3"
local val
 
config_get val "$cfg" "$key" "$def"
[ -n "$val" ] && minidlna_cfg_append "$key=$val"
}
 
minidlna_cfg_add_media_dir() {
local val=$1
 
minidlna_cfg_append "media_dir=$val"
}
 
minidlna_create_config() {
local cfg=$1
local port
local interface
 
config_get port $cfg port
config_get interface $cfg interface
 
[ -z "$interface" -o -t "$port" ] && return 1
 
echo "# this file is generated automatically, don't edit"
 
minidlna_cfg_append "port=$port"
minidlna_cfg_append "network_interface=$interface"
 
minidlna_cfg_addstr $cfg friendly_name
minidlna_cfg_addstr $cfg db_dir
minidlna_cfg_addstr $cfg log_dir
minidlna_cfg_addbool $cfg inotify '1'
minidlna_cfg_addbool $cfg enable_tivo '0'
minidlna_cfg_addbool $cfg strict_dlna '0'
minidlna_cfg_addstr $cfg album_art_names
minidlna_cfg_addstr $cfg presentation_url
minidlna_cfg_addstr $cfg notify_interval '900'
minidlna_cfg_addstr $cfg serial '12345678'
minidlna_cfg_addstr $cfg model_number '1'
minidlna_cfg_addstr $cfg minissdpsocket
minidlna_cfg_addstr $cfg root_container '.'
config_list_foreach "$cfg" "media_dir" minidlna_cfg_add_media_dir
 
return 0
}
 
 
config_load 'minidlna'
 
minidlna_create_config config

chmod +x cp_minidlna_conf.sh

./cp_minidlna_conf.sh > /PathToHardDrive/minidlna/minidlna.conf

minidlnad -d -R -v -f /PathToHardDrive/minidlna/minidlna.conf

Ensure that the Linux PC portable hard or flash drive mount point is exactly the same as the OpenWrt hard or flash drive mount point. Otherwise, the OpenWrt minidlna will delete and rescan the database you generated on the PC since the paths don't match