In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to set up MiniDLNA (ReadyMedia) on your Raspberry Pi.
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt install minidlna
sudo nano /etc/minidlna.conf
# * "A" for audio (eg. media_dir=A,/var/lib/minidlna/music)
# * "P" for pictures (eg. media_dir=P,/var/lib/minidlna/pictures)
# * "V" for video (eg. media_dir=V,/var/lib/minidlna/videos)
media_dir=[TYPE],[PATH]
media_dir=A,/mnt/mediaDrive/audio
media_dir=P,/mnt/mediaDrive/pictures
media_dir=V,/mnt/mediaDrive/videos
friendly_name=PiMyLifeUpMiniDLNA
# this should be a list of file names to check for when searching for album art
# note: names should be delimited with a forward slash ("/")
album_art_names=Cover.jpg/cover.jpg/AlbumArtSmall.jpg/albumartsmall.jpg/AlbumArt.jpg/albumart.jpg/Album.jpg/album.jpg/Folder.jpg/folder.jpg/Thumb.jpg/thumb.jpg
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sudo systemctl restart minidlna