Difference between revisions of "Tutorials and How-tos/Troubleshooting DLNA"

Latest revision as of 11:34, 30 December 2012

Taken from the forum topic: DLNA [1]

If your DLNA folders do not show up in your client software. Here are a few tips to troubleshoot.

Execute the following to see if the server process is running.

 /etc/init.d/minidlna status

Check the log file.

 tail -f /var/log/minidlna.log

Check the config file to see if the folder locations are correct.

 #cat /etc/minidlna.conf

Make sure the directory permissions have the "other" bits set to read and execute

 chmod o=rx video <directory>

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-== Troubleshooting DLNA  ==
+Taken from the forum topic: DLNA [http://forum.excito.net/viewtopic.php?p=17443]
-<br> http://forum.excito.net/viewtopic.php?p=17443
+If your DLNA folders do not show up in your client software. Here are a few tips to troubleshoot.
+Execute the following to see if the server process is running.
+  /etc/init.d/minidlna status
+Check the log file.
+  tail -f /var/log/minidlna.log
+Check the config file to see if the folder locations are correct.
+  #cat /etc/minidlna.conf
+Make sure the directory permissions have the "other" bits set to read and execute
+  chmod o=rx video &lt;directory&gt;