I went through minidlna installation process but I do not install

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I went through the minidlna installation process but I do not install I’m been trying this for the last few months I’m trying everything and I can not make it work, please help!:’(

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Where did you install it from?
IIRC it needs starting the minidlna service, and the proper folders added in it’s config file in /etc . Re. starting that service: you can use YaST > System > Services manager for that.

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Remove all traces of your previous install attempts and install from here

https://software.opensuse.org/package/minidlna?search_term=minidlna

TSU

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I already tried that but it doesn’t work, in YaST > System > Services manager it geve me this

  • minidlna.service - MiniDLNA is a DLNA/UPnP-AV server software Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/minidlna.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: active (running) since Mon 2019-05-13 23:34:11 PDT; 1min 18s ago Main PID: 1803 (minidlnad) Tasks: 2 (limit: 4915) CGroup: /system.slice/minidlna.service `-1803 /usr/sbin/minidlnad -S
    May 13 23:34:11 linux-2p8a systemd[1]: Started MiniDLNA is a DLNA/UPnP-AV server software.May 13 23:34:11 linux-2p8a minidlnad[1803]: parsing error file /etc/minidlna.conf line 2 : trafficMay 13 23:34:11 linux-2p8a minidlnad[1803]: minidlna.c:1048: warn: Starting MiniDLNA version 1.2.1.May 13 23:34:11 linux-2p8a minidlnad[1803]: minidlna.c:348: warn: New media_dir detected; rebuilding…May 13 23:34:11 linux-2p8a minidlnad[1803]: minidlna.c:1089: warn: HTTP listening on port 8200May 13 23:34:11 linux-2p8a minidlnad[1803]: playlist.c:135: warn: Parsing playlists…May 13 23:34:11 linux-2p8a minidlnad[1803]: playlist.c:269: warn: Finished parsing playlists.
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that’s where I installed it from, but it doesn’t work

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minidlna is the simplest service I ever encountered:

erlangen:~ # systemctl status minidlna.service 
● minidlna.service - MiniDLNA is a DLNA/UPnP-AV server software
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/minidlna.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: active (running) since Tue 2019-05-14 08:53:39 CEST; 1min 43s ago
 Main PID: 6328 (minidlnad)
    Tasks: 2 (limit: 4915)
   Memory: 31.8M
   CGroup: /system.slice/minidlna.service
           └─6328 /usr/sbin/minidlnad -S

May 14 08:53:39 erlangen systemd[1]: Started MiniDLNA is a DLNA/UPnP-AV server software.
May 14 08:53:39 erlangen minidlnad[6328]: minidlna.c:1048: warn: Starting MiniDLNA version 1.2.1.
May 14 08:53:39 erlangen minidlnad[6328]: minidlna.c:1089: warn: HTTP listening on port 8200
erlangen:~ #

Check the configuration file for valid directories:

erlangen:~ # grep -v \# /etc/minidlna.conf
port=8200

**media_dir=/home-HDD/archiv/p1**
**media_dir=/home/Albums/Bilder**

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

inotify=yes

enable_tivo=no

tivo_discovery=bonjour

strict_dlna=no

notify_interval=900

serial=12345678
model_number=1

erlangen:~ #
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Mine is like this
linux-2p8a:~ # grep -v # /etc/minidlna.conf
traffic
port=8200

media_dir=/opt

album_art_names=Cover.jpg/cover.jpg/AlbumArtSmall.jpg/albumartsmall.jpg/AlbumArt.jpg/albumart.jpg/Album.jpg/album.jpg/Folder.jpg/fold
er.jpg/Thumb.jpg/thumb.jpg

inotify=yes

enable_tivo=no

tivo_discovery=bonjour

strict_dlna=no

notify_interval=900

serial=12345678
model_number=1

inotify=yes
media_dir=P,/home/Twich/Pictures
media_dir=V,/home/Twich/Videos
media_dir=A,/home/Twich/Music
media_dir=/home/Twich/Videos
friendly_name=Twich DLNA

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Obviously your instance of minidlna chokes upon the line “traffic”.

When package minidlna was changed I removed the original /etc/minidlna.conf and performed a forced reinstall zypper in -f. Then I made the following changes:

erlangen:~ # diff /etc/minidlna.conf~ /etc/minidlna.conf
18c18,22
< media_dir=/opt
---
> 
> 
> media_dir=/home-HDD/archiv/p1
> media_dir=/home/Albums/Bilder
> 
erlangen:~ #
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I already tried that I have even uninstalled everything and started from scratch I uninstall everything and reinstalled it again, I’m dedicating 2 to 4 hours every day after work and more time on the weekends for the last two weeks and I couldn’t solve this problem, This is very frustrating for me, I really like this system but I think it’s not for me.
I’m not a newbie and this is not a cheap machine, I invest a lot of money in this just to realize that Linux is not user friendly

AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
GIGABYTE AORUS GA-AX370-Gaming K7
Corsair LPX 64GB 3200MHz
Samsung SSD 960 EVO 1TB
Gigabyte Radeon RX 560 Gaming
I really don’t know what to do, I don’t like apple and after windows 7 dies I’m not going to use windows anymore:(​!?

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You do know—

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/4zh324/how_dead_is_minidlna_readymedia_too_dead/

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Maintenance of minidlna is down to a minimum. But it installs readily and works out of the box, the only change needed to default configuration being media_dir.

My media sit on a HDD at standby when not in use. Accessing them on the smart tv will spin up the disk and play them flawlessly. New media show up readily e.g. in erlangen: minidlna > Video > Recently Added. That’s all I want to have and it always works.

Note: I don’t use transcoding. Due to inefficient compression older videos are huge and I converted them all to mp4.