[boke]

Here is a somewhat easy way to get MiniDLNA up and running.

UPDATE:
I have changed this to use ipkg to install.
You can install to /mnt /opt or where ever you would like.
ipkg will update the correct paths in the start script and minidlna.conf for you.

UPDATE: 1/30/11
The install no longer rescans on reboot.
To force a rescan, assuming you installed to /mnt,
just put /mnt/minidlna/rescan into the dd-wrt command shell.

I set this up on my WZR-HP-G300NH, DD-WRT build 15962, Kernel 2.6.
inotify works with this version. It may or may not work with older versions, I have not tested them.
It will not run on the older 2.4 Kernel.

Format your hard drive. I suggest using ext3, ntfs works but is very slow compared to ext3.
Copy easyminidlna_0.1_mips.ipk (attached below as easydlna.zip) to your hard drive (Or wait until you have enabled samba).
Plug it into your router.

Log in to the DD-WRT admin webpage.

Enable Samba under Services->NAS->File Sharing.
Server String = Whatever you want
Workgroup = WORKGROUP
Path to Files = /mnt
Public Share = Enable
Readonly = Disable
Apply Settings

Enable Core USB Support under Services->USB->USB Support.
USB 2.0 Support = Enable
USB Storage Support = Enable
Automatic Drive Mount = Enable
Run-on-mount Script Name = /mnt/minidlna/start
Disk Mount Point = /mnt
Apply Settings

Go to Administration->Management scroll down to the bottom and click Reboot Router.

If you haven't already done so, use samba or SCP to copy easyminidlna_0.1_mips.ipk to the hard drive.

Use Telnet or SSH to login to DD-WRT and type or paste in the commands below.

ipkg -dest /mnt install /mnt/easyminidlna_0.1_mips.ipk
/mnt/minidlna/start

ipkg will throw out a few errors.. They are harmless.
ipkg will create a "usr" and "tmp" file on your drive. You can delete them.

After typing in /mnt/minidlna/start there will be a 20 second delay before minidlna starts.

You will have a Music, Videos and Pictures directory created on the drive.

These will be monitored for changes by MiniDLNA.

If you want, you can delete easydlna.tar.gz.

I also have hd-idle installed with this. It is set to spindown the hard drive after 20 min. If you don't want it just remove the entry from the start script.

Thats it!

[anees.sw]

minidlna doesnot autostart.

[boke]

Will it start for you if you telnet to your router and type /opt/start ?

Be sure to type in the forward slashes before opt.

If so you may need to increase the sleep time in the start script.

[anees.sw]

nevermind that. just added a new line to startup script through adminstration>commands in the ddwrt webui

videos work perfectly except for mp4 formats. mp3 audio works great. so do pictures.


thanks so much!




p.s:
could you build an ipk file for this so that people can remove these files if it doesnt work?
extracting files from the tar file might have worked on your router but it made /opt/usr/ folder unaccessible until i installed and removed a different package.
The Music , videos and pictures folders were also not accessible and undeletable.
I couldnt modify the conf file because I couldnt open /usr folder. I finally formatted hard disk and installed minidlna by opkg. I then extracted the files from the tar package on my computer and uploaded those via ftp to their respective folders.

Maybe it was just my router (wrt160nl) but it seems unpacking tar files causes some permission issues, so an ipk file would be a lot better. Else people could just install minidlna with opkg then upload the library files via ftp like I did.

edit
its working fine now!! only problem is that any file with a hyphen '-' in its name will cause the media scanning to break

[anees.sw]

bump

[boke]

I tried making an ipk file to install but I haven't been able to get it right yet.

Is there a ipkg-build script that runs on dd-wrt. The one I have errors out.

[anees.sw]

if there was, I wouldnt know about it

[rcm_rx7]

Thanks for getting this working, I am able to see it on my laptop now. However I really want to get this working on my xbox 360, and it doesn't show up. Where can I find the minidlna.conf so I can edit it?

I've checked in /opt/usr/bin and there is nothing there. Is there another location that I'm missing here?

[anees.sw]

create a new file called minidlna.conf in /mnt/

paste this as the contents

[rcm_rx7]

Thanks, I'll try that out. For some reason I am not able to create a file in /mnt. It wont allow me to change permissions either...kind of strange. I'll screw around with it for a bit and see what I come up with.

Thanks again for the response.

[anees.sw]

any chance for supporting ogg format ?

[boke]

[anees.sw]

[IronFists]

Would the MiniDlna IPK form openwrt work on this ?

[boke]