miniDLNA & media

[matlock]

So i've got miniDLNA installed. Now i'm trying to test with a single video file and make sure its discoverable by other devices.

Opening VLC, XBOX 360 or my PS3 i can see the friendly name i've set for the miniDLNA plugin. I cannot however see the single avi video file i've put into my media folder.

To clarify my settings.
I have miniDLNA media directory set to
/mnt/prime/PluginsJail/soft/usr/pbi/minidlna-amd64/media

I have created a mount point
/mnt/prime/Media /mnt/prime/PluginsJail/soft/usr/pbi/minidlna-amd64/media

*** The test avi file sits in /mnt/prime/Media

I cannot seem to discover this file on any device mentioned above. I've also- in testing- set miniDLNA directly to /mnt/prime/media and deleted the mount point.

Any thoughts- suggestions?

 

[William Grzybowski]

As said in another thread, the directory settings in minidlna config screen is buggy... use the path within the jail there: /usr/pbi/minidlna-amd64/media, instead of /mnt/prime/PluginsJail/soft/usr/pbi/minidlna-amd64/media

 

[matlock]

can you link that thread please.

 

[William Grzybowski]

http://forums.freenas.org/showthread.php?7913-Freenas-8-2-p1-minidlna-not-scanning-for-files

 

[matlock]

works like a charm now... thanks for the pointer

 

[gavin612]

I have the same problem. I have changed the directory settings, /usr/pbi/***. I think it is helpful. The warning about directory access was gone.
But the media files still can't not be discovered. I tried to start Minidlna manually in Jail as root user, but it doesnt work. Maybe some other service is using those ports? I have disabled other plugins.

My System is Freenas 8.2.0 release P1 - I386

This is the error info.

[2012/07/24 15:26:48] minidlna.c:926: warn: Starting MiniDLNA version 1.0.22 [SQ
Lite 3.7.9].
[2012/07/24 15:26:48] minissdp.c:107: error: bind(udp): Address already in use
[2012/07/24 15:26:48] minidlna.c:1008: info: Failed to open socket for receiving
SSDP. Trying to use MiniSSDPd
[2012/07/24 15:26:48] minissdp.c:789: error: connect("/var/run/minissdpd.sock"):
No such file or directory[2012/07/24 15:26:48] minidlna.c:1010: fatal: Failed t
o connect to MiniSSDPd. EXITINGPluginJail#

 

[matlock]

I'm not the best troubleshooter- but i'll ask questions and maybe we'll get somewhere.

Take a step back- your jail- is it on? Can you ping the IP address of your jail from another computer on your network?

 

[gavin612]

Yes, because I can login transmission and firefly by 192.168.1.130:***X. I searched the error info by google, some people said It was caused by firewall rules or datebase. I tried to create a new files.db in /var/db/minidlna, but not work. I also gave a port rule in my route so that port 1900 is free (some website mentioned this port), not work.

 

[rx2000]

Hi All, I've got very similar issue to gavin612 above

Mount point set as /mnt/tank/Video to /mnt/tank/Jail/software/mnt/MdlnaMapping
and in minidlna config the shared path is set to /mnt/MdlnaMapping

I get this on startup:

a.c:926: warn: Starting MiniDLNA version 1.0.22 [SQLite 3.7.9].
[2012/07/28 02:34:12] minidlna.c:949: warn: Creating new database...
[2012/07/28 02:34:12] minissdp.c:107: error: bind(udp): Address already in use
[2012/07/28 02:34:12] minissdp.c:789: error: connect("/var/run/minissdpd.sock"): No such file or directory[2012/07/28 02:34:12] minidlna.c:1010: fatal: Failed to connect to MiniSSDPd. EXITING[2012/07/28 02:34:12] scanner.c:738: warn: Scanning /mnt/MdlnaMapping
[2012/07/28 02:34:22] scanner.c:809: warn: Scanning /mnt/MdlnaMapping finished (55 files)!

The file it mentions - /var/run/minissdpd.sock does not exist?
Any ideas?

 

[rx2000]

Some progress - I've found if I enter the jail using jexec 1 /bin/tcsh and run sockstat it shows the below.
Then I run service status minidlna and it claims the service is stopped?
If I run kill -9 5133 to kill below process and then service start minidlna all is OK and files are viewable on the ps3 !
someone more knowleable here must be able to explain this?

USER COMMAND PID FD PROTO LOCAL ADDRESS FOREIGN ADDRESS
dlna minidlna 5133 5 udp4 *:1900 *:*
dlna minidlna 5133 6 tcp4 *:8200 *:*
dlna minidlna 5133 7 udp4 192.168.2.202:47965 *:*

 

[rx2000]

Bump - is anyone else seeing this behaviour or any ideas why killing the process in the jail and starting it agian resolves the issue?

thanks

 

[object88]

Thank you for posting this, rx2000. I had the same error:

connect("/var/run/minissdpd.sock"): No such file or directory​

... and killing the process listed in sockstat, then restarting, repaired the issue I was having; my Sony Blu-Ray wasn't seeing the minidlna server. Obviously, this isn't a long-term solution. After starting the minidlna via the plugins web ui, the Sony was able to find the server and my media. I don't know if it means anything, but that minissdpd.sock still doesn't exist, however.

Hope this helps you, and eventually, me. :)