I've tried a few DLNA servers (including MiniDLNA, uShare, MediaTomb, Rygel), but none of these works as expected. The problem with MiniDLNA is that most of the shared content simply didn't appear on the TVs list or if they appeared the TV couldn't play them (unsupported or unregistered format). uShare didn't want to work. First i runned it manually using the screen ushare -c /mnt/Films/ --content /mnt/Music/ --content /home/savanweylyn/Képek
, and it was working well. After i configured it with sudo dpkg --reconfigure ushare
, it suddenly stopped working. The error message on the TV was 'no media detected'. MediaTomb was removed pretty fast, because it was hard to configure and the TV didn't even detect it. And finally: Rygel. I absolutely don't know how to configure it.
So please could you tell me an easy-to-use DLNA server for a GUIless server?
Best Answer
The simple way is to use MiniDLNA, because it should be on Ubuntu repositories and it is a simple tool.
You can try all DLNA apps and still your TV is not going to run some file types. You need to check what type of files your capable DLNA TV support.
I recommend you to check the Community Wiki entry on how to configure MiniDLNA or watch an instructional video. Very simple and straight forward.
For MiniDLNA follow these steps:
Install MiniDLNA
Edit configuration file
Add the following text to the file. Replace the folders name by the ones you use. You can just use one type if you want.
Then restart the service to apply changes
Make sure the file list is rebuild