Samsung Smart TVs speak DLNA-UPnP – uShare

http://askubuntu.com/questions/38021/how-to-add-a-ppa-on-a-server

sudo apt-get install python-software-properties

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Using PLEX: http://www.plexapp.com/ because it works on the Samsung tv.

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https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MiniDLNA

http://www.slsmk.com/how-to-install-ps3-media-server-to-ubuntu-in-headless-mode/

Quick Tip: DLNA Server on Linux (Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin)

My Samsung Smart TVs speak DLNA, my Android phones and tablets speak DLNA – time to teach my small headless Ubuntu home server to speak it as well.

It seems that most people are using uShare, but I personally like MiniDLNA (aka ReadyDLNA) better. On Precise, just install the package

# apt-get install minidlna

and create directories for Music, Pictures and Videos, for example:

# tree /dlna//dlna/

├── Music

├── Pictures

└── Videos

3 directories, 0 files

Drop your files into those directories and add some basic configuration to MiniDLNA:

# grep -o "^[a-z].*" /etc/minidlna.conf

port=8200

media_dir=A,/dlna/Music

media_dir=P,/dlna/Pictures

media_dir=V,/dlna/Videos

friendly_name=DLNA

Serverinotify=yes

enable_tivo=no

strict_dlna=no

notify_interval=900

serial=12345678

model_number=1

Now just force-reload MiniDLNA (force-reload rescans the folders)

# /etc/init.d/minidlna force-reload

and that should be it! The server now shows up on my Samsung Smart TV and on my Galaxy SIII:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-io13OaD2_Do/T-hKjO3SeCI/AAAAAAAAA6c/xmhW2g2ACaE/s320/Screenshot_2012-06-25-21-20-43.png

From there, I can browse my files.

# /etc/init.d/minidlna stop

# /etc/init.d/minidlna start


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