NAME

       mediatomb - UPnP MediaServer

SYNOPSIS

       mediatomb [-i IP address ] [-e interface ] [-p port ] [-c config file ] [-d]
                 [-m home dir ] [-f config dir ] [-P PID file ] [-u user ] [-g group ] [-a path ]
                 [-l logfile ] [-D] [--compile-info] [--version] [-h]

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page describes the command line parameters for MediaTomb. For a detailed
       documentation please see the README file which is distributed with MediaTomb or visit
       http://mediatomb.cc/.

OPTIONS

       -i, --ip
           The server will bind to the given IP address, currently we can not bind to multiple
           interfaces so binding to 0.0.0.0 will not be possible.

       -e, --interface
           The server will bind to the given network interface, currently we can only bind to one
           interface at a time.

       -p, --port
           Specify the server port that will be used for the web user interface, for serving
           media and for UPnP requests, minimum allowed value is 49152. If this option is omitted
           a default port will be chosen, however, in this case it is possible that the port will
           change upon server restart.

       -c, --config
           By default MediaTomb will search for a file named "config.xml" in the ~/.mediatomb
           directory. This option allows you to specify a config file by the name and location of
           your choice. The file name must be absolute.

       -d, --daemon
           Run the server in background, MediaTomb will shutdown on SIGTERM, SIGINT and restart
           on SIGHUP.

       -m, --home
           Specify an alternative home directory. By default MediaTomb will try to retrieve the
           users home directory from the environment, then it will look for a .mediatomb
           directory in users home. If .mediatomb was found we will try to find the default
           configuration file (config.xml), if not found we will create both, the .mediatomb
           directory and the default config file.

           This option is useful in two cases: when the home directory can not be retrieved from
           the environment (in this case you could also use -c to point MediaTomb to your
           configuration file or when you want to create a new configuration in a non standard
           location (for example, when setting up daemon mode). In the latter case you can
           combine this parameter with the parameter described in Section 5.6, "Config Directory"

       -f, --cfgdir
           The default configuration directory is combined out of the users home and the default
           that equals to .mediatomb, this option allows you to override the default directory
           naming. This is useful when you want to setup the server in a nonstandard location,
           but want that the default configuration to be written by the server.

       -P, --pidfile
           Specify a file that will hold the server process ID, the filename must be absolute.

       -u, --user
           Run MediaTomb under the specified user name, this is especially useful in combination
           with the daemon mode.

       -g, --group
           Run MediaTomb under the specified group, this is especially useful in combination with
           the daemon mode.

       -a, --add
           Add the specified directory or file name to the database without UI interaction. The
           path must be absolute, if path is a directory then it will be added recursively. If
           path is a file, then only the given file will be imported.

       -l, --logfile
           Do not output log messages to stdout, but redirect everything to a specified file.

       -D, --debug
           Enable debug log output.

       --compile-info
           Print the configuration summary (used libraried and enabled features) and exit.

       --version
           Print version information and exit.

       -h, --help
           Print a summary about the available command line options.

AUTHORS

       Sergey Bostandzhyan

       Leonhard Wimmer

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2005 Gena Batsyan, Sergey Bostandzhyan
       Copyright © 2006-2008 Gena Batsyan, Sergey Bostandzhyan, Leonhard Wimmer

       This manual page is part of MediaTomb.

       Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of
       the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.