Frustrated with MediaTomb

[Stephen]

Thomas Milne wrote:
> I'm trying to get MediaTomb working with my PS3. I got it installed
> fine, and the PS3 has no trouble seeing the server. The problem is
> getting the MediaTomb UI to see the server so I can add my media.
> Every time I try to access the Filesystem icon, I get an error about
>
> MediaTomb cannot be reached! Please check if the server is still running.
>
> I've waded through the FAQ, Google and the like, but I have no idea
> what the problem is. Currently the server is running on startup, from
> /etc/init.d. Most of the documentation, for some reason, refers to
> mediatomb being started as a normal user. Also, the documentation
> refers to the web UI address being printed in the output when run
> manually. I don't see this at all. Also, since the PS3 can see the
> server, my problem is NOT that the server isn't running, right?
>
> Before I jump onto their forums, can someone spare me a quick tip? I
> have a feeling I'm close, missing something minor but critical.
>
>   
I suggest you stop MT and run from your user terminal. Make sure you get 
something like this:

stephen at roissy:~$ mediatomb

MediaTomb UPnP Server version 0.12.0 - http://mediatomb.cc/

===============================================================================
Copyright 2005-2008 Gena Batsyan, Sergey Bostandzhyan, Leonhard Wimmer.
MediaTomb is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License 
version 2

2010-03-07 17:58:25    INFO: Loading configuration from: 
/home/stephen/.mediatomb/config.xml
2010-03-07 17:58:25    INFO: Checking configuration...
2010-03-07 17:58:25    INFO: Setting filesystem import charset to UTF-8
2010-03-07 17:58:25    INFO: Setting metadata import charset to UTF-8
2010-03-07 17:58:25    INFO: Setting playlist charset to UTF-8
2010-03-07 17:58:25    INFO: Configuration check succeeded.
2010-03-07 17:58:25    INFO: Initialized port: 49154
2010-03-07 17:58:25    INFO: Server bound to: 192.168.0.50
2010-03-07 17:58:26    INFO: MediaTomb Web UI can be reached by 
following this link:
2010-03-07 17:58:26    INFO: http://192.168.0.50:49154/
2010-03-07 17:58:55    INFO: thread cleanup; thread_id=-1235928208

Pay attention the IP address and port. You need to add these in your 
browser.


In the config.xml file you should have a line like:

    <home>/home/stephen/.mediatomb</home>

This should allow navigation on the PS3 through your file system making 
adding your media to the database unnecessary.

It took me a while to get everything working, because my music is in 
.flac files and I had to transcode to pcm. But the quality is 
outstanding and the effort was worth it.

Keep me posted.

Cheers
Stephen
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