DLNA

[kjellped]

The Server shows in the Server list on my Onkyo 807 AV receiver but I cannot get access to the files.
( But I see all folders ). (DLNA) What can be wrong ?

brdgs

[jallee]

The Server shows in the Server list on my Onkyo 807 AV receiver but I cannot get access to the files.
( But I see all folders ). (DLNA) What can be wrong ?

brdgs

Ssh in to the bubba and edit minidlna.conf.
It should look something like this as root..

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#cat /etc/minidlna.conf
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
media_dir=P,/home/storage/pictures
media_dir=A,/home/storage/music
media_dir=V,/home/storage/video
serial=12345678
inotify=yes
presentation_url=http://excito.com
port=8200
notify_interval=900
enable_tivo=no
network_interface=br0
friendly_name=Excito B3 DLNA Server
strict_dlna=no
model_number=1

Then do..

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/etc/init.d/minidlna stop
rm /var/lib/minidlna/files.db
/etc/init.d/minidlna start
tail -f /var/log/minidlna.log

--Edit--
The lines who are important in minidlna.conf is
media_dir=P,/home/storage/pictures
media_dir=A,/home/storage/music
media_dir=V,/home/storage/video
the older minidlna did not honor this lines so i believe there are more than you, who must change their cfg file.

[kjellped]

Thanks
but I do not Linux very much. What should I do?

brgds

[jallee]

Thanks
but I do not Linux very much. What should I do?

brgds

Ok.
Start whit this http://wiki.excito.org/wiki/index.php/T ... er_via_SSH
Then you have root access.
Then edit the minidlna.conf file using the editor nano http://wiki.excito.org/wiki/index.php/T ... _with_nano.
Tis is the command to write or copy and past in putty.

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nano /etc/minidlna.conf

Check that:
media_dir=P,/home/storage/pictures
media_dir=A,/home/storage/music
media_dir=V,/home/storage/video
is written in the conf file if not edit the file..
Then stop minidlna whit.

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/etc/init.d/minidlna stop

Remove the current database in minidlna.

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rm /var/lib/minidlna/files.db

Then restart minidlna, it will then create a new database.

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/etc/init.d/minidlna start

Then if you want you can check the log and follow how minidlna index the files whit.

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tail -f /var/log/minidlna.log

To stop looking at the log just press CTRL C
Then you can log out of the bubba just by writing exit twice.
Hope this explain it better.

[kjellped]

Thanks again

I manage to edit the file and insert the missing items.

How do I give the command / etc/init/.d/minidlna stop ? ( should it have nano in the beginning ?

I tried to save the changes, but was told I have no permission to do so.

Maybe it would be easier to get a software update ?

brgds

[Binkem]

Make sure you are Su. Then type

/etc/init.d/minidlna stop

Should work, if you type the syntax correctly

[lognok]

Thank you so much for this thread!, it totally helped me.

My configuration file did not include audio and video, only pictures. This is why I could not understand the strange behaviour of the B3.

The inclusion of audio and video in the configuration file made the content of the B3 visible to my PS3.

?Maybe Excito does not test factory restore, on every update?, this could explain why I experience difficulties with B3, that were not present until after I had to restore the B3.

Best regards

Qaim

[johannes]

Hi Qaim,

This is strange, we have had a few reports of that file not being complete but have been unable to reproduce that. What installer did you use when you got this error?

[lognok]

Johannes

I used 'b3-install-2.3.zip' dated 2011-11-28T21:21:43 CET

Above file was used to restore my B3 after I had somehow locked myself out of it

After system restore I had to do a:
echo "192.168.10.1 b3.localdomain b3">>/etc/hosts
to gain ftp-access the B3. Also samba was not showing up until this change (though I don't know if they are related...)

And then this dlna thread solved my ps3-can't-see-b3 issue

Are there any other config files you want me to check?


Best regards
Qaim

[johannes]

Thanks a lot, then we finally pinned this problem down to the 2.3 install build. Updating from earlier versions works fine, and the 2.3.1.1 installer also works fine. Thanks!

[lognok]

Alrighty then!

I will be restoring my B3 again, to make sure everything is "as should be".

The ftp- and dlna problems were the only ones I encountered, but I could have missed "all the others"

Anyways, not happy to be doing this again (plus the back-up...)

Edit:
Did a non-partition + non-format system restore of the latest firmware.
At first I could not access my user data, but once I added my (last used) user name, my data automatically appeared
Everything is running well now!

[Thomas_l]

I have the same problem. Can not see media files from PS3 after a recent system re-install

I followed instructions and edited the file.
I tried to save the changes, but was told I have no permission to do so. How can I get this permission?

As someone wrote above. Maybe it would be easier to get a software update ?

[Binkem]

Die you edit using ssh? You need to have root access before editing à file. Try typist SU And entering the password excito. Then edit THE file.

[Thomas_l]

Thanks. that worked.

[oliver]

Thanks
but I do not Linux very much. What should I do?

brgds

try learning linux basics. That would help