#74 minidlna server not visible to devices ( its enabled and running)

[pkumar5]

Hello....i too have the same exact problem ...i cant see the media server from any device on network (tv, laptop VLC) that supports dlna
upgraded minidlna in Arch to minidlna-1.3.0-1 and started having issues.
connands that were run at setup:
systemctl start minidlna
systemctl enable minidlna

/etc/minidlna.conf has the following uncommented:
port=8200
user=pk
media_dir=V,/home/pk/minidlna/Media/Movies
friendly_name=My DLNA Server
db_dir=/home/pk/minidlna/
log_dir=/home/pk/minidlna/
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
inotify=yes
enable_tivo=no
tivo_discovery=bonjour
strict_dlna=no
notify_interval=900
serial=12345678
model_number=1

/etc/systemd/system/minidlna.service.d/run-as-user.conf has the following:
[Service]
User=pk
Group=users
ProtectHome=off

And here is the log:
[pk@archlinux minidlna]$ systemctl status minidlna
● minidlna.service - minidlna server
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/minidlna.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/minidlna.service.d
└─run-as-user.conf
Active: active (running) since Mon 2021-01-04 21:03:11 EST; 7s ago
Main PID: 2593 (minidlnad)
Tasks: 2 (limit: 9415)
Memory: 3.6M
CGroup: /system.slice/minidlna.service
└─2593 /usr/bin/minidlnad -S

Jan 04 21:03:11 archlinux systemd[1]: Started minidlna server.
Jan 04 21:03:11 archlinux minidlnad[2593]: minidlna.c:1124: warn: Starting MiniDLNA version 1.3.0.
Jan 04 21:03:11 archlinux minidlnad[2593]: minidlna.c:1184: warn: HTTP listening on port 8200

[pkumar5]

solution found....had firewalld service running....please close ticket