[HOWTO] Install minidlna into a jail

[fsbruva]

If minidlna is inside a jail, just restart the jail! No need to reboot the whole NAS.

It seems the issue is that the scan is finding the file, but you think minidlna is not advertising this. Did you close your browser, and then try to see if the proper number of videos were present? How about restarting the blueray player?

[DanAddz]

How do i restart a jail?

I have closed the browser and reopened and it still thinks that there is only 4 when there is 5.

I have also turned the Bluray Player off and on, no luck.

cheers,

[raulfg3]

How do i restart a jail?

/etc/rc.d/jail start ( or stop or restart) nameofthejail

eg: /etc/rc.d/jail restart proto
eg2: /etc/rc.d/jail stop proto
eg3: /etc/rc.d/jail start proto
eg4: in my case /etc/rc.d/jail restart minidlna

[DanAddz]

hay,

I tested the restart of the Jail, it seemed to work, but everytime i restarted the jail, it would change the Jail's JID for e.g. 1 to 2 to 3 for everytime i restart or stop.

is there anyway of locking the JID to a certain Jail.

i am going to leave some files in there without restarting the jail or rescanning minidlna and see what happens and see if it rescans like normal.

Cheers,

[raulfg3]

is there anyway of locking the JID to a certain Jail.

no

I tested the restart of the Jail, it seemed to work, but everytime i restarted the jail, it would change the Jail's JID for e.g. 1 to 2 to 3 for everytime i restart or stop.

is expected , this mean that woks.

[DanAddz]

is it bad for you to keep restarting the jail?

Also off topic of minidlna, do you find Serviio better? and does that refresh?

cheers,

[raulfg3]

Also off topic of minidlna, do you find Serviio better?

YES

and does that refresh?

YES, auomatically, no need to do a cron job, always is config by web admin interfaz

[DanAddz]

Im gonna give that a go i think,

Does it talk to the same amount of things as MiniDlna?

[raulfg3]

Does it talk to the same amount of things as MiniDlna

I don't understand, if you ask if is more or less dificult to install that minidlna, is a bit hard, but no much, and you learn a lot of BSD.

[DanAddz]

I ment is it compatible with the same amount of DLNA clients as MiniDLNA is, eg ps3, samsung tv etc

[raulfg3]

yes,and have other advantages, read more in servvio wiki:
http://www.serviio.org/


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison ... ia_servers
http://wiki.serviio.org/doku.php?id=start

[fsbruva]

is there anyway of locking the JID to a certain Jail.

Unfortunately, not. Also, using the jail's name is possible to configure, but results in a race condition.

However, if your jail is named proto, then type this command:

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cat /var/run/jail_proto.id

How does that compare with typing:

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jls

[El Loco]

Hello @ all,
I've some problems with my minidlna server. i installed it like in the howto. Minidlna is running and i see the server on my tv. My jail is config. like the n4f how to describe it.
My Probleme is, my Musik, Videos are shown up in the /jail/minidlna/mnt/ media directories, but i can't see them in the /mnt/Volume/jail/minidlna/mnt/ media directories. If I check the minidlna.db in the jail, it found all my media files.
And if i look for the files at 192.168.0.6:8200 it says that he found nothing.

fstab:

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/mnt/Volume/Media/Filme /jail/minidlna/mnt/Filme nullfs ro 0 0
/mnt/Volume/Media/Musik /jail/minidlna/mnt/Musik nullfs ro 0 0
/mnt/Volume/Media/Bilder /jail/minidlna/mnt/Bilder nullfs ro 0 0

minidlna Conf:

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# port for HTTP (descriptions, SOAP, media transfer) traffic
port=8200

# network interfaces to serve, comma delimited
#network_interface=eth0
network_interface=re0

# set this to the directory you want scanned.
# * if have multiple directories, you can have multiple media_dir= lines
# * if you want to restrict a media_dir to a specific content type, you
#   can prepend the type, followed by a comma, to the directory:
#   + "A" for audio  (eg. media_dir=A,/home/jmaggard/Music)
#   + "V" for video  (eg. media_dir=V,/home/jmaggard/Videos)
#   + "P" for images (eg. media_dir=P,/home/jmaggard/Pictures)
#media_dir=/opt
media_dir=A,/mnt/Musik
media_dir=V,/mnt/Filme
media_dir=P,/mnt/Bilder

# set this if you want to customize the name that shows up on your clients
#friendly_name=My DLNA Server
friendly_name=miniDLNA Server

# set this if you would like to specify the directory where you want MiniDLNA to store its database and album art cache
db_dir=/var/db/minidlna

# set this if you would like to specify the directory where you want MiniDLNA to store its log file
log_dir=/var/db/minidlna

# set this to change the verbosity of the information that is logged
# each section can use a different level: off, fatal, error, warn, info, or debug
#log_level=general,artwork,database,inotify,scanner,metadata,http,ssdp,tivo=warn

# this should be a list of file names to check for when searching for album art
# note: names should be delimited with a forward slash ("/")
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

# set this to no to disable inotify monitoring to automatically discover new files
# note: the default is yes
inotify=yes

# set this to yes to enable support for streaming .jpg and .mp3 files to a TiVo supporting HMO
enable_tivo=no

# set this to strictly adhere to DLNA standards.
# * This will allow server-side downscaling of very large JPEG images,
#   which may hurt JPEG serving performance on (at least) Sony DLNA products.
strict_dlna=no

# default presentation url is http address on port 80
#presentation_url=http://www.mylan/index.php

# notify interval in seconds. default is 895 seconds.
#notify_interval=900
notify_interval=10

# serial and model number the daemon will report to clients
# in its XML description
serial=12345678
model_number=1

# specify the path to the MiniSSDPd socket
#minissdpdsocket=/var/run/minissdpd.sock

# use different container as root of the tree
# possible values:
#   + "." - use standard container (this is the default)
#   + "B" - "Browse Directory"
#   + "M" - "Music"
#   + "V" - "Video"
#   + "P" - "Pictures"
# if you specify "B" and client device is audio-only then "Music/Folders" will be used as root
#root_container=.

and the minidlna Log:

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er.c:737: warn: Scanning /mnt/Filme
[2013/01/17 13:09:24] scanner.c:808: warn: Scanning /mnt/Filme finished (0 files)!
[2013/01/17 13:09:24] scanner.c:737: warn: Scanning /mnt/Bilder

[2013/01/17 13:09:24] scanner.c:808: warn: Scanning /mnt/Bilder finished (0 files)!

[2013/01/17 13:09:24] playlist.c:126: warn: Parsing playlists...

[2013/01/17 13:35:57] minidlna.c:160: warn: received signal 15, good-bye

[2013/01/17 13:36:03] minidlna.c:917: warn: Starting MiniDLNA version 1.0.24 [SQLite 3.7.14.1].

[2013/01/17 13:36:03] minidlna.c:1019: warn: HTTP listening on port 8200

[2013/01/17 13:49:53] minidlna.c:917: warn: Starting MiniDLNA version 1.0.24 [SQLite 3.7.14.1].

[2013/01/17 13:49:53] minidlna.c:940: warn: Creating new database...

[2013/01/17 13:49:53] minissdp.c:108: error: bind(udp): Address already in use

[2013/01/17 13:49:53] minissdp.c:815: error: connect("/var/run/minissdpd.sock"): No such file or directory
[2013/01/17 13:49:53] minidlna.c:1009: fatal: Failed to connect to MiniSSDPd. EXITING
[2013/01/17 13:49:53] scanner.c:737: warn: Scanning /mnt/Musik

[2013/01/17 13:50:02] scanner.c:808: warn: Scanning /mnt/Musik finished (0 files)!

[2013/01/17 13:50:02] scanner.c:737: warn: Scanning /mnt/Filme

[2013/01/17 13:50:03] scanner.c:808: warn: Scanning /mnt/Filme finished (0 files)!

[2013/01/17 13:50:03] scanner.c:737: warn: Scanning /mnt/Bilder

[2013/01/17 13:50:03] scanner.c:808: warn: Scanning /mnt/Bilder finished (0 files)!

[2013/01/17 13:50:03] playlist.c:126: warn: Parsing playlists...

Hope that someone can help
THX

[raulfg3]

answer of El Loco:

Well if i execute the command the nas gaves me the Jid of the jail:

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JID  IP Address      Hostname                      Path
     1  192.168.0.6     minidlna                      /jail/minidlna

so and if i execute the ls -l command on the folders you said he gives me that:
/mnt/Volume/Media/Filme

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nas4free:/mnt/Volume/Media/Filme# ls -l
total 76
drwxr-xr-x  4 root  wheel  512 Jan 15 00:48 1 Downhillmovies
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  512 Jan 15 00:54 2001 Maniacs 2 - Field of Screams
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  512 Jan 15 00:54 Bad Taste
drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel  512 Jan 15 00:54 Black Past
drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel  512 Jan 15 00:55 Braindead
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  512 Jan 15 00:55 Dead Silence
drwxr-xr-x  4 root  wheel  512 Jan 15 00:55 Event Horizon
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  512 Jan 15 00:56 Ich - einfach unverbesserlich
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  512 Jan 15 00:56 Inside
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  512 Jan 15 00:56 Insidious
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  512 Jan 15 00:57 Kindsköpfe
drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel  512 Jan 15 00:57 Madagascar 3 - Flucht durch Europa
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  512 Jan 15 00:57 Pandorum
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  512 Jan 15 00:58 Rec
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  512 Jan 15 01:02 Rec 2
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  512 Jan 15 01:03 Rec 3 - Genesis
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  512 Jan 15 01:03 The Revenant - Untote wie wir
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  512 Jan 15 01:05 Tucker and Dale vs Evil
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  512 Jan 15 01:06 Wolkig - Mit Aussicht auf Fleischbällchen

/jail/minidlna/mnt/Filme :

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nas4free:/jail/minidlna/mnt/Filme# ls -l
total 76
drwxr-xr-x  4 root  wheel  512 Jan 15 00:48 1 Downhillmovies
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  512 Jan 15 00:54 2001 Maniacs 2 - Field of Screams
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  512 Jan 15 00:54 Bad Taste
drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel  512 Jan 15 00:54 Black Past
drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel  512 Jan 15 00:55 Braindead
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  512 Jan 15 00:55 Dead Silence
drwxr-xr-x  4 root  wheel  512 Jan 15 00:55 Event Horizon
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  512 Jan 15 00:56 Ich - einfach unverbesserlich
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  512 Jan 15 00:56 Inside
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  512 Jan 15 00:56 Insidious
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  512 Jan 15 00:57 Kindsköpfe
drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel  512 Jan 15 00:57 Madagascar 3 - Flucht durch Europa
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  512 Jan 15 00:57 Pandorum
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  512 Jan 15 00:58 Rec
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  512 Jan 15 01:02 Rec 2
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  512 Jan 15 01:03 Rec 3 - Genesis
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  512 Jan 15 01:03 The Revenant - Untote wie wir
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  512 Jan 15 01:05 Tucker and Dale vs Evil
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  512 Jan 15 01:06 Wolkig - Mit Aussicht auf Fleischbällchen

[raulfg3]

My Probleme is, my Musik, Videos are shown up in the /jail/minidlna/mnt/ media directories, but i can't see them in the /mnt/Volume/jail/minidlna/mnt/ media directories. If I check the minidlna.db in the jail, it found all my media files

I see the same directories ????? in both path so minidlna can index all your content.

PD: I do ???? because I put *.avi files on my Video folders, and you put folders. What do you have inside of this folders?, if you have *.avi files, minidlna can see all, but if you put content of DVD isos, with mts extension or so, minidlna do not support it, plese go to minidlna page to know supported format files,see a note:

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Media Handling MiniDLNA is aimed for small devices, so doesn't generate movie thumbnails to lower CPU load and DB built time. It uses either thumbs in the same folder with movie if any, or extracts them where present from media containers like MP4 or MKV with embedded Album Art tags, but not AVI. One can add thumbs (JPG 160x160 pxl or less) to media folders with a Thumbnail Maker, and miniDLNA will link them to media files after rescan. Larger thumbs will be resized and stored in Media_DB that slows scan. At one movie per folder, follow thumb naming rules in minidlna.conf. For multiple show episodes per folder, each thumb name should match its episode name without ext. (<file>.cover.jpg or <file>.jpg). To handle MS Album Art thumb names with GUID, add * to the end "AlbumArt_{*".jpg . MiniDLNA will list on screen only chosen media type (i.e. Movies), but won't other files in the same folder. 

When viewing photos, progressive and/or lossless compression JPG may not be supported by your player via DLNA. Also resize photos to "suggested photo size" by the player's docs for problem free image slideshow. DLNA spec restricts image type to JPG or PNG, and max size to 4096 x 4096 pixels - and that's if the DLNA server implementation supports the LARGE format. The next size limit down (MEDIUM) is 1024 x 768, so resizing may help to show photos correctly. 

To decrease system load, MiniDLNA doesn't transcode on the fly unsupported media files into supported by your player formats. When building Media_DB, it might not correctly identify whether certain formats are supported by your player, which may play via UPnP a broader formats choice. DLNA standard is quite limiting UPnP subset in media containers and codec profiles allowed. If you don't see on TV screen or can't play some media files listed in Media_DB, check if your HD started spinning or try connecting to your media player via USB for their playback. MiniDLNA might not support choosing audio tracks, subtitles, disk chapters, list sorting, and other advanced playback features for your player model

[El Loco]

In the folders there are only .mkv and .avi files und the music files are .mp3 . I don't know the /jail data are all mounted to /mnt/Volume/jail, for example if I delete the Filme folder inside the Jail so it disapears to in the /jail/minidlna/mnt folder , but the media data are only mounted from my media pool to /jail. But they are not mounted inside my jail /mnt/Volume/jail/...

yes he can index it in the .db , but on the webgui it says there are 0 files detected

[raulfg3]

n the folders there are only .mkv and .avi files und the music files are .mp3 . I don't know the /jail data are all mounted to /mnt/Volume/jail, for example if I delete the Filme folder inside the Jail so it disapears to in the /jail/minidlna/mnt folder , but the media data are only mounted from my media pool to /jail. But they are not mounted inside my jail /mnt/Volume/jail/...

Sorry I do not understand well, English is not my native language, please can you use some examples or perhaps others users that understand the problem can help?.

I don't know the /jail data are all mounted to /mnt/Volume/jail,

<- Example, I don't understand what you want to say here.

[Ozar]

Hey,

If you have a problem with the "rescan" which can not list the files, you must replace the file "/usr/local/etc/rc.d/minidlna" the following line:
minidlna_uid=${minidlna_uid-"dlna"}
by
minidlna_uid=${root_uid-"root"}

I solved this problem because the shared directories belong to one user and only a chmod 777 on the directory and files allow to solve the problem but security level, it was very bad.

if you think my solution is very bad security level, tell me what I need to do to respond to my problem.

[alexey123]

I tested the restart of the Jail, it seemed to work, but everytime i restarted the jail, it would change the Jail's JID for e.g. 1 to 2 to 3 for everytime i restart or stop.

Add to rc.conf.local line

jail_<jailname>_flags="-l -U root -n <jailname>"

Eqv

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jail_proto_flags="-l -U root -n proto"

And you can call jail as name. For example

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jexec proto csh

[Mizma]

I try to do a "pkg_add -r minidlna" but i get

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Error: Unable to get ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-9.1-release/Latest/minidlna.tbz: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)pkg_add: unable to fetch 'ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-9.1-release/Latest/minidlna.tbz' by URL

If i follow up the link "packages-9.1-release" isn't available but

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ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-10-current/Latest/

is available, how do i manualy download this file or change the patch?

[Mizma]

pkg_add -R -r ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports ... nidlna.tbz

worked

[raulfg3]

pkg_add -R -r ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports ... nidlna.tbz

worked

yes, but if you see the first post I use:

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setenv PACKAGESITE ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-9-current/Latest/
pkg_add -r minidlna

[MoonDogg]

First of would like to give thanks to the OP this has worked great so far. Very good tutorial.

I have a couple issues. I have setup a crontab to rescan my files every 25mins. It shows that it finds them but in the GUI and when you connect they are not there. Here is my crontab

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root@proto:/ # crontab -l
SHELL=/bin/sh
    PATH=/etc:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
    HOME=/var/log
    #
    #minute  hour  mday  month  wday  command
    #
    */25     *     *     *      *     /usr/local/etc/rc.d/minidlna rescan
    #
root@proto:/ # 

And here is the log of when it runs...

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[2013/03/31 20:25:02] minidlna.c:917: warn: Starting MiniDLNA version 1.0.24 [SQLite 3.7.14.1].
[2013/03/31 20:25:02] minidlna.c:940: warn: Creating new database...
[2013/03/31 20:25:02] scanner.c:737: warn: Scanning /mnt/Movies
[2013/03/31 20:25:02] minissdp.c:108: error: bind(udp): Address already in use
[2013/03/31 20:25:02] minissdp.c:815: error: connect("/var/run/minissdpd.sock"): No such file or directory[2013/03/31 20:25:02] minidlna.c:1009: fatal: Failed to connect to MiniSSDPd. EXITING[2013/03/31 20:25:10] scanner.c:808: warn: Scanning /mnt/Movies finished (15 files)!
[2013/03/31 20:25:10] scanner.c:737: warn: Scanning /mnt/TVShows
[2013/03/31 20:25:11] metadata.c:712: warn: Opening /mnt/TVShows/Califonication/Season 6/Californication.S06E02.720p.HDTV.x264-IMMERSE.mkv failed!
[2013/03/31 20:25:11] scanner.c:509: warn: Unsuccessful getting details for /mnt/TVShows/Califonication/Season 6/Californication.S06E02.720p.HDTV.x264-IMMERSE.mkv!
[2013/03/31 20:25:16] metadata.c:712: warn: Opening /mnt/TVShows/Califonication/Season 6/Californication.S06E07.720p.HDTV.x264-2HD.mkv failed!
[2013/03/31 20:25:16] scanner.c:509: warn: Unsuccessful getting details for /mnt/TVShows/Califonication/Season 6/Californication.S06E07.720p.HDTV.x264-2HD.mkv!
[2013/03/31 20:25:16] metadata.c:712: warn: Opening /mnt/TVShows/Califonication/Season 6/Californication.S06E08.720p.HDTV.x264-2HD.mkv failed!
[2013/03/31 20:25:16] scanner.c:509: warn: Unsuccessful getting details for /mnt/TVShows/Califonication/Season 6/Californication.S06E08.720p.HDTV.x264-2HD.mkv!
[2013/03/31 20:25:16] metadata.c:712: warn: Opening /mnt/TVShows/Califonication/Season 6/Californication.S06E09.720p.HDTV.x264-2HD.mkv failed!
[2013/03/31 20:25:16] scanner.c:509: warn: Unsuccessful getting details for /mnt/TVShows/Califonication/Season 6/Californication.S06E09.720p.HDTV.x264-2HD.mkv!
[2013/03/31 20:25:17] metadata.c:712: warn: Opening /mnt/TVShows/Califonication/Season 6/Californication.S06E10.720p.HDTV.x264-2HD.mkv failed!
[2013/03/31 20:25:17] scanner.c:509: warn: Unsuccessful getting details for /mnt/TVShows/Califonication/Season 6/Californication.S06E10.720p.HDTV.x264-2HD.mkv!
[2013/03/31 20:25:17] metadata.c:712: warn: Opening /mnt/TVShows/Califonication/Season 6/Californication.S06E11.720p.HDTV.x264-2HD.mkv failed!
[2013/03/31 20:25:17] scanner.c:509: warn: Unsuccessful getting details for /mnt/TVShows/Califonication/Season 6/Californication.S06E11.720p.HDTV.x264-2HD.mkv!
[2013/03/31 20:25:41] scanner.c:808: warn: Scanning /mnt/TVShows finished (72 files)!
[2013/03/31 20:25:42] playlist.c:126: warn: Parsing playlists...
[2013/03/31 20:29:51] upnphttp.c:1013: warn: /favicon.ico not found, responding ERROR 404
[2013/03/31 20:30:09] upnphttp.c:1053: warn: HTTP Connection closed unexpectedly
[2013/03/31 20:30:23] upnphttp.c:1013: warn: /favicon.ico not found, responding ERROR 404
[2013/03/31 20:30:26] upnphttp.c:1013: warn: /favicon.ico not found, responding ERROR 404

So I have to restart minidlna to get it to see the new files... or restart the NAS server. When I do the later I lose the ability to see the minidlna log in the webgui of Nas4Free. It seems my edits in /usr/local/www/diag_log.inc are erased after restart. Any suggestions? All help will be much appriciated.

[raulfg3]

So I have to restart minidlna to get it to see the new files... or restart the NAS server. When I do the later I lose the ability to see the minidlna log in the webgui of Nas4Free. It seems my edits in /usr/local/www/diag_log.inc are erased after restart. Any suggestions? All help will be much appriciated.

if you lose your changes, probably you have an embeded install, this howto is for full install ONLY, to use minidlna in embeded, you need to install inside a jail like is described here: viewtopic.php?f=79&t=2099

/usr/local/etc/rc.d/minidlna rescan

first try if works from shell:

1 try

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/usr/local/etc/rc.d/minidlna rescan

2 try

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/etc/rc.d/minidlna rescan

both can work.

If work from shell and do not work from cron, revise permission problem ( revise what user "use" cron to execute script), and revise that this user, have permision to execute script

PD: do you create dlna user in webgui?, if yes please post a screen capture to see if dlna is his primary group and ftp or whell or root is mark as secondary group

[MoonDogg]

This is the topic for how to install minidlna into a jail.... and I did install it in a jail... I have already tried the command from shell... i get the same results.. your 2nd try does not work at all. command not found...

Also I did not create dlna user in webgui... I did it exactly as describe in this tutorial...

the is the command that does make it find the files.. but it restarts not rescan.. and I can't have it restart every 25mins...

/usr/local/etc/rc.d/minidlna restart

[raulfg3]

Sorry you are right, I mix this and the other post of howto install minidlna (without jail)

revise that you copy & paste minidlna start script properly ( No spaces on left)

/usr/local/etc/rc.d/minidlna

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#!/bin/sh

# $FreeBSD: ports/net/minidlna/files/minidlna.sh.in,v 1.5 2012/05/08 02:31:27 mi Exp $
#
# PROVIDE: minidlna
# REQUIRE: LOGIN
# KEYWORD: shutdown
#
# Add the following line to /etc/rc.conf[.local] to enable minidlna:
#
# minidlna_enable="YES"

. /etc/rc.subr

name=minidlna
rcvar=minidlna_enable
command=/usr/local/sbin/minidlna

load_rc_config $name

minidlna_enable=${minidlna_enable-"NO"}
minidlna_uid=${minidlna_uid-"dlna"}

pidfile="/var/db/minidlna/minidlna.pid"

start_precmd="rm -f $pidfile"
stop_postcmd=$start_precmd

command_args="-P $pidfile -u $minidlna_uid"
extra_commands=rescan
rescan_cmd="$command -R -u $minidlna_uid"
required_dirs="/var/db/minidlna"

run_rc_command $1

This is the interesting part:

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extra_commands=rescan
rescan_cmd="$command -R -u $minidlna_uid"
required_dirs="/var/db/minidlna"

As you can see /var/db/minidlna must exist and MUST be writable by minidlna ( user & owner can be minidlna), revise this part too.

PD: You can test if rescan work, writing by hand the command in shell:

• /usr/local/sbin/minidlna -R -u minidlna_uid-"dlna"

<- remember to use uid of minidlna , like 12345 not "minidlna_uid text

[raulfg3]

other idea if latest do not work.

try to change your crontab to 2 hours like mine

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#minute  hour  mday  month  wday  command
    #
    0     2     *     *      *     /usr/local/etc/rc.d/minidlna rescan

I'm not sure if */25 is an adequate notation

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#minute  hour  mday  month  wday  command
    #
    */25     *     *     *      *     /usr/local/etc/rc.d/minidlna rescan

[alexey123]

I install minidlna for my TV Samsung UA40ES5600R
It work.
But I have small troubles with Samsung's folder organize - need re compile minidlna for it. When I do it, I post binaries. Also I think, need webinterface for minidlna some as fuppes

Hmm? cron under jail? It work? May be run cronjob frob NAS4Free main? I run mrtg cron from NAS4Free, but MRTG installed under jail.

[raulfg3]

Hmm? cron under jail? It work?

YES for me, not for MoonDog

But I have small troubles with Samsung's folder organize - need re compile minidlna for it.

perhaps youn do not need, try to use browser in minidlna.conF:

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# use different container as root of the tree
# possible values:
#   + "." - use standard container (this is the default)
#   + "B" - "Browse Directory"
#   + "M" - "Music"
#   + "V" - "Video"
#   + "P" - "Pictures"
# if you specify "B" and client device is audio-only then "Music/Folders" will be used as root
#root_container=B

Also I think, need webinterface for minidlna some as fuppes

a lot of user thank you if finally you create an extension for minidlna, is an old request feature that developers are forgotten a lot of time. ( In this case no jail is needed , correct? )

[alexey123]

Hmm? cron under jail? It work?

YES for me, not for MoonDog

I use such command NAS4Free cron for mrtg check.

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jexec omega /usr/home/alexey/mrtg.sh

where omega - name of jail
/usr/home/alexey/mrtg.sh - path under jail.
I run it every 5 minutes

perhaps youn do not need, try to use browser in minidlna.conF:

I find patch about folder organize http://sourceforge.net/projects/minidln ... ic/5860281

a lot of user thank you if finally you create an extension for minidlna, is an old request feature that developers are forgotten a lot of time. ( In this case no jail is needed , correct? )

Jail need for it But may be fsbruva will wrote small howto about slimjail
minidlna, when it installed into system, add also many packages. When I configure my new TV and recompile binaries, I try to build webinterface