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February 23rd, 2023

Expose videos from non-user folders

Running minidlnad without systemd

				
					$ install -Dm644 /etc/minidlna.conf ~/.config/minidlna/minidlna.conf
$ vim minidlna.conf

# Configure these
media_dir=/home/$USER/dir
db_dir=/home/$USER/.cache/minidlna
log_dir=/home/$USER/.config/minidlna

* $USER=minidlna

Start minidlna

> /home/soundarya/.config/minidlna/services/up.sh

Stop minidlna

> /home/soundarya/.config/minidlna/services/down.sh

Rescan directories

> minidlnad -f ~/.config/minidlna/minidlna.conf -R

up.sh

				
					sudo systemctl stop minidlna  
encfs /mnt/h_drive/hdrive_data/temp/J1A /home/soundarya/Encfs/J1A
minidlnad -f  ~/.config/minidlna/minidlna.conf -P ~/.config/minidlna/minidlna.pid

down.sh

				
					ps -A | cat ~/.config/minidlna/minidlna.pid | awk '{print $1}' | xargs kill -9 $1
fusermount -u /home/soundarya/Encfs/J1A
sudo systemctl start minidlna

Steps:

Start server:

> minidlnad -f ~/.config/minidlna/minidlna.conf -P ~/.config/minidlna/minidlna.pid

Stop server:

> vim ~/.config/minidlna/minidlna.pid

> kill -9 9172

OR use this

> ps -A | cat ~/.config/minidlna/minidlna.pid | awk ‘{print $1}’ | xargs kill -9 $1

Encfs

Open directory

> encfs /mnt/h_drive/hdrive_data/temp/J1A /home/soundarya/Encfs/J1A

Close directory

> fusermount -u /home/soundarya/Encfs/J1A

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