MiniDLNA

MiniDLNA is DLNA/UPNP server, which is very easy to setup.

Install

apt-get install minidlna

Configuration

Edit the file /etc/minidlna.conf

# Name that the DLNA server presents to clients.
friendly_name=MyMiniDLNA

# Automatic discovery of new files in the media_dir directory.
inotify=yes

# Notify interval, in seconds.
notify_interval=895

# Path to the directory that should hold the log file.
log_dir=/var/log

#Add directories, notes these changes requires rebuild of the database files. To do this
media_dir=A,/mnt/music
media_dir=P,/mnt/pictures
media_dir=V,/mnt/vidoes

Restart minidlna, and rebuild the database. For me it was required to move the database as well, since I got this error.

[2013/10/12 21:58:36] minidlna.c:926: warn: Creating new database...
[2013/10/12 21:58:36] minidlna.c:132: error: bind(http): Address already in use
[2013/10/12 21:58:36] minidlna.c:1004: fatal: Failed to open socket for HTTP. EXITING

1) Remove the database file
2) Restart MiniDLNA, to load the new changes made.
3) Rebuild the database

rm /var/lib/minidlna/files.db
/etc/init.d/minidlna restart
minidlna -R

Configure IPTables, only, if this is enabled on the server.
Add to the two first lines of iptables INPUT chain.

iptables -I INPUT 1 -p udp -m udp --dport 1900 -m state --state NEW -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT 2 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 8200 -m state --state NEW -j ACCEPT

Caveats

MiniDLNA must be able to read the files, so I had to make the files world read-able! Ugly hack. Note the below makes then writeable, as well, which should not be needed.

chmod 777 /mnt/music/ -R
chmod 777 /mnt/pictures/ -R
chmod 777 /mnt/videos/ -R