NAME

       minidlna.conf — MiniDLNA server configuration file

SYNOPSIS

       /etc/minidlna.conf

DESCRIPTION

       minidlnad(1)  reads  configuration options from the system-wide configuration file /etc/minidlna.conf, or
       the file specified with -f on the command line. The file contains keyword-argument pairs, one  per  line.
       Lines starting with ‘#’ and empty lines are interpreted as comments.

       The possible keywords and their meanings are as follows:

       album_art_names
               List  of  filenames to check for when searching for album art cache, separated by forward slashes
               (‘/’).  This option can be specified more than once.

       db_dir  Path to the directory minidlnad should use to store  its  database  and  album  art  cache.  Uses
               /var/lib/minidlna by default.

       enable_tivo
               Set to “yes” to enable support for streaming JPEG and mp3 files to a TiVo supporting HMO.  Set to
               “no” otherwise.

       friendly_name
               Customize the name that the minidlnad server sends to clients. Defaults to “hostname: username”.

       force_sort_criteria
               Always  set  SortCriteria  to this value, regardless of the SortCriteria passed by the clien t. (
               E.g. force_sort_criteria=+upnp:class,+upnp:originalTrackNumber,+dc:title )

       inotify
               Set to “yes” to enable inotify monitoring of the files under media_dir to automatically  discover
               new  files.  Set  to  “no”  to  disable inotify.  network_interface; if it is also unspecified or
               empty, it binds to all the valid network interfaces (except loopback).

       log_dir
               Path to the directory where the log file should be stored. Defaults to /var/log.

       log_level
               Defines the type of messages that should be logged, and down to which level  of  importance  they
               should be considered.

               The   possible  types  are  “artwork”,  “database”,  “general”,  “http”,  “inotify”,  “metadata”,
               “scanner”, “ssdp” and “tivo”.

               The levels are “off”, “fatal”, “error”, “warn”, “info” and  “debug”,  listed  here  in  order  of
               decreasing importance.  “off” turns off logging messages entirely, “fatal” logs the most critical
               messages only, and so on down to “debug” that logs every single messages.

               The  types are comma-separated, followed by an equal sign (‘=’), followed by a level that applies
               to the preceding types. This can be repeated, separating each of these constructs with a comma.

               Defaults to  “general,artwork,database,inotify,scanner,metadata,http,ssdp,tivo=warn”  which  logs
               every type of message at the “warn” level.

       max_connections
               Specify  maximum number of simultaneous connections. Note: many clients open several simultaneous
               connections while streaming.

       media_dir
               Path to the directory containing the media files the minidlnad  server  should  share.  Use  this
               option  several  times  if  you  have more than one directory to share. To restrict a path to one
               specific media type, you can use 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 under the /opt/media/videos
               directory, you would use media_dir=V,/opt/media/videos.

       merge_media_dirs
               Merge all media_dir base contents into the root container. The default value is no.

       minissdpdsocket
               Path to the MiniSSDPd socket, if you want to use minidlnad together with MiniSSDPd.  Defaults  to
               /run/minissdpd.sock.

       model_name
               Set  the  model  name  reported  to  clients.   Defaults  to  “Windows  Media  Connect compatible
               (MiniDLNA)”.

       model_number
               Set the model number reported to clients. Defaults to the version number of minidlnad.

       network_interface
               Network interface(s) to bind to (e.g. eth0), comma delimited. This option can be  specified  more
               than  once.  If unspecified or empty, minidlnad binds to all the valid network interfaces (except
               loopback).

       notify_interval
               Set the notify interval, in seconds. The default is 895 seconds.

       port    Port number for HTTP traffic (descriptions, SOAP, media  transfe).   This  option  is  mandatory,
               unless the port number is specified on the command-line using -p (see minidlnad(1)).

       presentation_url
               Define the URL presented to clients (e.g. “http://example.com:80”).  The default is ‘/’.

       root_container
               Use a different container as the root of the tree exposed to clients. The possible values
                     •   ‘.’ 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 the
               root container.

       serial  Set the serial number reported to clients. Defaults to “00000000”.

       strict_dlna
               Set to “yes” 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.
               Set to “no” otherwise.

       user    Specify  the  user  name  of UID to run as. Beware that if you are using the init script to start
               minidlnad, then this option has no effect  and  you  should  set  USER  in  /etc/default/minidlna
               instead.

       uuid    Specify UID to run as.

FILES

       /etc/minidlna.conf
               System-wide default configuration file.

SEE ALSO

       minidlnad(1)

Debian                                            June 7, 2013                                  MINIDLNA.CONF(5)