Media Server with minidnla - spaceshiptrip/raspberrypi GitHub Wiki

  1. Download minidnla --> sudo apt install minidlna
  2. Configure conf file --> sudo vim /etc/minidlna.conf
    1. update the media_dir= to point to your media directory, you can have multiple
    2. uncomment and update friendly_name= with any name for discovery purposes
  3. Make sure your directory for media exists, unfortunately, it cannot be a sym link, it has to be the actual files
  4. restart the service --> sudo service minidlna restart
  5. force reloading of the index --> sudo service minidlna force-reload

iOS client

  1. If you're gonna use one, get an XMBC type player. For video can't beat VLC for iPhone. It is bad if you want to view images.
  2. PlayerXtreme for video and pictures is a good one, but $9 where VLC is free.
  3. PlayerXtreme and VLC are are able to scan your network to find the dlna server with the friendly_name
  4. They both play audio as well if you have mp3 or ogg files
  5. If you want to view back up images, use File Explorer for iOS --> able to back up images/video as well as view them. Haven't watched a feature length film on it yet.