<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE article  PUBLIC '-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN'  'http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd'><article><articleinfo><title>FreedomBox/Manual/MiniDLNA</title><revhistory><revision><revnumber>2</revnumber><date>2019-11-21 20:18:10</date><authorinitials>NektariosKatakis</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>1</revnumber><date>2019-11-20 16:49:59</date><authorinitials>NektariosKatakis</authorinitials></revision></revhistory></articleinfo><section><title>MiniDLNA</title><para>MiniDLNA is a media server with the aim to be compliant with DLNA/UPnP clients. </para><section><title>What is UPnP/DLNA?</title><para>Universal plug &amp; play is a set of networking protocols that allow devices within  a network such as PCs, TVs, printers etc. to seamlessly discover each other and  establish communication for data sharing. It is zero configuration protocol and  requires only a media server and a media player that are compliant with the  protocol. </para><para>DLNA is derived from UPnP as a form of standardizing media interoperability. It  forms a standard/certification which many consumer electronics conform to. </para></section><section><title>Setting up MiniDLNA on your FreedomBox.</title><para>To install/enable the media server you need to navigate at MiniDLNA page and  enable it. The application is intended to be available in the internal (home) network and  therefore it requires a network interface configured for internal traffic. </para><para>After installation a web page becomes available on <ulink url="https://&lt;your-freedombox&gt;/_minidlna"/>.  It includes information for how many files the server is detecting, how many connections exist etc. This is very useful if plugging external disks with media to check if the new media files are detected properly. If that is not happening, disabling and enabling the server will fix it.  </para></section><section><title>File systems for external drives.</title><para>If using an external drive that is used also from a Windows system the  preferred filesystem should be NTFS. NTFS will keep Linux file permissions and UTF8 encoding for file names. This is useful if file names are in your language.  </para></section><section><title>External links</title><para><ulink url="http://minidlna.sourceforge.net/"/> <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Living_Network_Alliance"/> </para><para>Back to <ulink url="https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual/MiniDLNA/FreedomBox/Features#">Features introduction</ulink> or <ulink url="https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual/MiniDLNA/FreedomBox/Manual#">manual</ulink> pages. </para><!--rule (<hr>) is not applicable to DocBook--><informaltable><tgroup cols="8"><colspec colname="col_0"/><colspec colname="col_1"/><colspec colname="col_2"/><colspec colname="col_3"/><colspec colname="col_4"/><colspec colname="col_5"/><colspec colname="col_6"/><colspec colname="col_7"/><tbody><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><emphasis role="strong">Information</emphasis></para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"/><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"/><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><emphasis role="strong">Support</emphasis></para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><emphasis role="strong">Contribute</emphasis></para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"/><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><emphasis role="strong">Reports</emphasis></para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><emphasis role="strong">Promote</emphasis></para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><ulink url="https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual/MiniDLNA/FreedomBox/Introduction#">Overview</ulink>      </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><ulink url="https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual/MiniDLNA/FreedomBox/Hardware#">Hardware</ulink>      </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><emphasis role="strong"> </emphasis></para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><ulink url="https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual/MiniDLNA/FreedomBox/Support#">Live Help</ulink>     </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><ulink url="https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual/MiniDLNA/FreedomBox/Contribute#">Where To Start</ulink>     </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><ulink url="https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual/MiniDLNA/FreedomBox/Translate#">Translate</ulink>    </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><ulink url="https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual/MiniDLNA/FreedomBox/ProgressCalls#">Calls</ulink>      </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><ulink url="https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual/MiniDLNA/FreedomBox/TalksAndPresentations#">Talks</ulink>     </para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><ulink url="https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual/MiniDLNA/FreedomBox/Features#">Features</ulink>     </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><ulink url="https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual/MiniDLNA/FreedomBox/Vision#">Vision</ulink>     </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><emphasis role="strong"> </emphasis></para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><ulink url="https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual/MiniDLNA/FreedomBox/QuestionsAndAnswers#">Q&amp;A</ulink>      </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><ulink url="https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual/MiniDLNA/FreedomBox/Design#">Design</ulink>      </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><ulink url="https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual/MiniDLNA/FreedomBox/TODO#">To Do</ulink>      </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><ulink url="https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual/MiniDLNA/FreedomBox/ReleaseNotes#">Releases</ulink>       </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><ulink url="https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual/MiniDLNA/FreedomBox/Press#">Press</ulink>     </para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><ulink url="https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual/MiniDLNA/FreedomBox/Download#">Download</ulink>     </para></entry><entry 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