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minidlna.conf(5)	      File Formats Manual	      minidlna.conf(5)

NAME
       minidlna

DESCRIPTION
       minidlna	 is  a	light  weight but very functional DLNA server. In most
       cases, the defaults do not need modifications. The global configuration
       file is /etc/minidlna.conf but local users without system  root	access
       can run minidlna	with their own configuration file.

OPTIONS
       The  following  are  user  configurable	options	in /etc/minidlna.conf.
       minidlna	runs by	default	as user	nobody,	so make	 sure  system  permis-
       sions  are  set	correctly for read access to media and write access to
       cache and log dirs.

       friendly_name
	      The  name	 you   want   your   media   server   seen   as,   EG:
	      friendly_name=Home Media Server

       port
	      Port for HTTP (descriptions, SOAP, media transfer) traffic etc, defaults to 8200.
	      There should be no need to change	this.

       network_interface
	      Network  interfaces  to serve, comma delimited. Maximum is 8 in-
	      terfaces.	Defaults to all.

       strict_dlna
	      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.

       notify_interval
	      Notify interval in seconds. The default is 895 seconds.

       minissdpdsocket
	      Specify the path to the MiniSSDPd	socket,
	      EG: minissdpdsocket=/var/run/minissdpd.sock

       serial
	      Serial number the	daemon will report to clients in its XML description.
	      Defaults to 12345678

       model
	      Model number the daemon will report to clients in	its XML	description.
	      Defaults to 1

       media_dir
	      Path to the directory containing the media files minidlna	should share.
	      Use this option multile times if you have	more than one directory	to share.

	      Example:
	       media_dir=/opt/multimedia/videos
	       media_dir=/opt/multimedia/movies

       You can also restrict an	entry to a specific media type,	you do this by
       using the following syntax:
	  the letter 'A', 'V' or 'P', followed by a comma (',')	followed by the	path.
	  The meaning of the first letter is as	follows:
			     'A' for audio files
			     'V' for video files
			     'P' for image files

	   For example,	if you want to include only video files	located
	   in /opt/multimedia/videos directory,	and only music
	   in /opt/multimedia/music, then you would use
			      media_dir=V,/opt/multimedia/videos
			      media_dir=A,/opt/multimedia/music

	   Another example would be
			      media_dir=V,/opt/multimedia/videos
			      media_dir=V,/opt/multimedia/movies
			      media_dir=A,/opt/multimedia/music

	   Or, if you did not care what	type it	finds, then you	could use
			      media_dir=/opt/multimedia/videos
			      media_dir=/opt/multimedia/movies
			      media_dir=/opt/multimedia/music

	   You can mix it up, find anything in music, but only Videos, in videos and movies
			      media_dir=V,/opt/multimedia/videos
			      media_dir=V,/opt/multimedia/movies
			      media_dir=/opt/multimedia/music

       presentation_url
	      Default presentation url is http address on port 80
	      EG: presentation_url=http://www.mediaserver.lan/index.php

       db_dir Where minidlna stores the	 data  files,  including  Album	 cache
	      files, by	default	this is	/var/cache/minidlna

       log_dir
	      Path  to	the directory where the	log file upnp-av.log should be
	      stored, this defaults to /var/log

       log_level
	      Set this to change the verbosity	of  the	 information  that  is
	      logged  each  section can	use a different	level: off, fatal, er-
	      ror, warn, info, or debug

	      Example
	      log_level=general,artwork,database,inotify,scanner,metadata,http,ssdp,tivo=warn

       inotify
	      Set to 'yes' to enable inotify monitoring	of the files under me-
	      dia_dir to automatically discover	new files. Set to 'no' to dis-
	      able inotify.

       album_art_names
	      This should be a list of file names to check for when  searching
	      for album	art and	names should be	delimited with a forward slash
	      ("/").

	      Example
	      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

       enable_tivo
	      Set  this	 to  yes to enable support for streaming .jpg and .mp3
	      files to a TiVo supporting HMO, default is no.

       tivo_discovery
	      Set this to 'beacon' to use the legacy TiVo broadcast  discovery
	      method. Defaults to using	Bonjour	if Avahi support is available.

       root_container
	      Use  a  different	 container  as the root	of the tree exposed to
	      clients.
	      The possible values are:
			   '.' to use the standard container (this is the default)
			   'B' to use the "Browse Directory" container;
			   'M' to use the "Music" container;
			   'V' to use the "Video" container;
			   'P' to use the "Pictures" container.
		If you specify 'B' and the client device is audio only,	then
		"Music/Folders"	will be	used as	root container and you wont see	Videos.

       force_sort_criteria
	      Always force SortCriteria	to this	value, regardless of the Sort-
	      Criteria passed by the client.
	      You may prepend the sort criteria	with "!" to alter the titles of	the objects so that they
	      will be alphanumerically sorted in the order you specify here, to	work around clients that do
	      their own	alphanumeric sorting.

	      Example
	      force_sort_criteria=+upnp:class,+upnp:originalTrackNumber,+dc:title

       wide_links
	      Set to 'yes' to allow symlinks that point	 outside  user-defined
	      media_dirs.  By default, wide symlinks are not followed.

       enable_subtitles
	      Set  to 'no' to disable subtitle support on unknown clients.  By
	      default, subtitles are enabled for unknown or generic clients.

VERSION
       This manpage corresponds	to minidlna version 1.3.0

AUTHOR
       minidlna	developed by Justin Maggard  https://sourceforge.net/projects/minidlna/
       man page	written	by Noel	Butler <noelb@ausics.net>

LICENSE
       GPL

FILES
       /etc/minidlna.conf

SEE ALSO
	minidlna(8)

				 October 2012		      minidlna.conf(5)

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