#60 minidlna on snake-os

[Anonymous]

Originally created by: widewing...@yahoo.com

does anybody successfully run minidlna on snake-os? may I know how you did it? I can't seem to make it run, it always return with an error.

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: widewing...@yahoo.com

for those who are having a hard time to run minidlna to connect to their bravia here is what I did.
- install debian os lenny (it is in Wiki FAQ)
- "./start.sh" to start debian
- "apt-get install libexif-dev libjpeg62-dev libid3tag0-dev libflac-dev libvorbis-dev libsqlite3-dev libavformat-dev cvs make"
- download the latest version of minidlna not the static one
- put it on the server then extract it "tar -xvf minidlna_1.0.18_src.tar"
- go to the extracted folder
- "make"
- "make install"
- "minidlna -f minidlna.conf" to start up minidlna

hope this help....

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: parc1... (code.google.com)@gmail.com

Hi,

I'm trying to repeat your steps, but I have problems in the "apt-get" as it doesn't found some of the packages.

Could you show me the sources list used to get those packages, or share the compiled binary of the minidlna.

Thanks,
Paulo

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: widewing...@yahoo.com

hi,

have you already installed debian.... without debian and internet connection "apt-get" will not work. Sorry I don't have the compiled binary of the minidlna anymore as I already get rid of my NAS. I'm not happy with the performance when I got it to work, specially on an action movies with a lot of movement. That is why I ended up buying a real multimedia player.

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: bill.rod... (code.google.com)@gmail.com

Am also getting minidlna not working. It's installed via the opk file. I choose a directory and try and start it and it just goes back to "not running".
Would love to get a dlna server working.

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: stefansc...@googlemail.com

What version of snake os?

Do you know how to ssh/putty into snake? If so try running "sh /opt/etc/init.d/minidlna restart" and post what it prints out.

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: fcat... (code.google.com)@gmail.com

The default configuration for minidla puts logs and cache files on /var/log and /var/cache, but those directories don't exist on the default snakeos configuration.

If you create the directories, webstatus gives you:

# /opt/etc/init.d/minidlna webstatus
sh: 913: unknown operand

And you can see this error in the log file:

Unable to open pidfile for writing /var/run/minidlna.pid: No such file or directory

I've changed my config to

db_dir=/opt/var/cache/minidlna
log_dir=/opt/var/log

I've also created:

mkdir /var/run/

and it's running.

The error on webstatus seems to be a problem with the script.  I'm not an expert here, but this change worked fine:

webstatus(){
    PID=$(pgrep -f "/opt/bin/minidlna ${PARAM}")
-    if [ ${PID:-empty} = "empty" ] ; then
+    if [ "empty$PID" = "empty" ] ; then
    echo -n "$KIND is not running"

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: stefansc...@googlemail.com

Did you check if it actually tries to put the log and cache under /var?  It's not supposed to. The defaults are set at compile time to /opt/var/.. .

That warning about the .pid file is harmless. It's not used anywhere.

Yes.. your change to webstatus() should fix that error.

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: fcat... (code.google.com)@gmail.com

Not sure.. I can try again from the original package and check the problem from the beginning.  Tell me if it may help you to track this bug down.

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: stefansc...@googlemail.com

Do you mean commant #4? ..probably not. I guess minidlna crashing for some reason.

I just wanted say that the defaults should normally just work.

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: fcat... (code.google.com)@gmail.com

They don't work.  I'm sure.

I have my box recently installed, so I could install the firmware again and report this bug with more details.

Is there any danger reinstalling the same snakeos version as a firmware update?

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: stefansc...@googlemail.com

Oups. I think you are right. The path isn't set properly in the release builds. The minidlna-cvs ones are working correctly.

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: stefansc...@googlemail.com

And no.. as long you don't pull the plug mid update reinstalling should work.

You can get the same effect by resetting the config and deleting the .optware directory on the disc though.

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: stefansc...@googlemail.com

How about this one?

https://code.google.com/p/snake-os/downloads/detail?name=minidlna-1.0.25-1.opk

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: shanem... (code.google.com)@gmail.com

Hi all,

First of all thank you Stefan (and all the other contributors) for all your work on the MiniDLNA implementation for SnakeOS.

I would really appretiate any help regarding this issue.

I am using SnakeOS 1.3.2 (20111019), and minidlna-1.0.25-1.opk.

I have been trying to install MiniDLNA on my NAS (NAS Server - WLXKJ652), but I am experiencing some problems.

I am using an external USB adapter (Asix) with my WLXKJ652 NAS to overcome the problems reported in "Issue 11 - File transfer (SMB or ftp) frozen during transfer".

For Samba and telnet I don't have any connectivity problem, but I am getting the problem with MiniDLNA, which stops working when using the external USB adapter, but works well (I can see the DLNA Nas Server on my devices) with the internal Ethernet adapter.

Am I missing some configuration at the NAS / MiniDLNA side?, Is there any known issue with MiniDLNA and the external USB Asix adapter?

To install the USB adapter I used the etc.tar.gz script developed by tezcan.f...@gmail.com and shared in post #109 of Issue 11.

For all your help, thanks in advance.

Best regards to all.