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Re: [LUG] Mint 15 - DLNA Server - Can't be found on network

 

On 06/08/13 20:43, Adam wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I've got an odd problem where whenever I run a media server on my Lenovo
> laptop running Mint 15 64bit (Cinnamon), it can't be seen or found by
> anything else on my network.
>
> My android phones and tablet, PS3, Xbox 360, humax PVR and three WIndows
> (2x7, 1x8) PCs can all see each other no problem, through a mixture of
> direct ethernet to router, powerline and wifi.
>
> I've tried minidlna and Universal Media Server (a fork of PS3Mediaserver).
> Both services run with no problem, and minidlna's localhost service screen
> shows me that it's indexing my files no problem, but I just can't get any
> of the devices on my network to see this laptop.
>
> Mint's built-in firewall is disabled.
>
> Am I missing anything obvious, or is there anything more I can tell you to
> help identify a cause?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Adam
>

I don't know anything about minidlna but UMS generates a debug.log
(which you can find from the GUI). I'd have a look in there first. You
may need to create custom render.confs for your various clients but they
don't sound particularly unusual and I would have thought they'd be
picked up automatically. Of course, seeing as UMS is a Java app, almost
anything could be going wrong...

Regards

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