NAME

       minidlnad — lightweight DLNA/UPnP-AV server

SYNOPSIS

       minidlnad  [-f  config_file]  [-d]  [-v] [-u user] [-i interface] [-p port] [-s serial] [-m model_number]
                 [-t notify_interval] [-P pid_filename] [-w url] [-S] [-L] [-R]

       minidlnad [-h | -V]

DESCRIPTION

       The minidlnad daemon is a DLNA/UPnP-AV server sharing media files (video, music and pictures) to  clients
       on  your  network. Clients are typically multimedia players such as vlc, totem and xbmc, and devices such
       as portable media players,  smartphones,  televisions,  video  game  entertainment  systems  and  blu-ray
       players.

       By  default, minidlnad listens on all the network interfaces (except loopback) for clients. This behavior
       can be changed on the command-line using the  -i  option,  or  in  the  configuration  file  through  the
       network_interface option (see minidlna.conf(5) for details).

OPTIONS

       Most of the options below can also be set in a configuration file, as described in minidlna.conf(5).

       -d      Activate debug mode (do not daemonize).

       -f config_file
               Specify the location of the configuration file. Uses /etc/minidlna.conf by default.

       -h      Show help and exit.

       -i interface
               Network interface to listen on. Can be specified more than once.

       -L      Do not create playlists.

       -m model_number
               Model number the daemon will report to clients in its XML description.

       -P pid_filename
               PID file to use; the default is /run/minidlna/minidlna.pid.

       -p port
               Port number to listen on.

       -R      Forces  a  full rescan of the media files. First it will remove all cached data and database. Any
               bookmarks will be lost.

       -r      Do a non-destructive rescan of the media files on start-up.

       -S      Stay foreground. Can be used when minidlnad is being managed by systemd

       -s serial
               Serial number the daemon will report to clients in its XML description.

       -t notify_interval
               Notify interval, in seconds; defaults to 895 seconds.

       -u user
               Specify which user minidlnad should run as, instead of root; user can either be a  numerical  UID
               or a user name.

       -V      Show the program version and exit.

       -v      Verbose output.

       -w url  Sets the presentation url; the default is http address.

FILES

       /etc/minidlna.conf
               Default system-wide configuration file. See minidlna.conf(5) for details on the syntax.

BUGS

       Sometimes  automatic  transcoding  fails.  When this happens, a workaround is to manually add a new track
       which the player can handle. Here is a working example for an MKV file whose audio track an LG  TV  could
       not play.

       $  ffmpeg.exe  -i  input.mkv  -map 0:v -map 0:a:0 -map 0:a -map 0:s? -c:v copy -c:s copy -c:a copy -c:a:0
       eac3 -ab 1536k -disposition:a:0 default -disposition:a:1 0 output.mkv

SEE ALSO

       minidlna.conf(5)

Debian                                            June 7, 2013                                      MINIDLNAD(8)