Frustrated with MediaTomb

[Rafael Carneiro]

I've been using ps3mediaserver for a while and highly recommend it:
http://code.google.com/p/ps3mediaserver/

I tried many others before I found it to be just what I needed.

Cheers,
Rafael


On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 6:36 PM, Thomas Milne
<tbrucemilne-TcoXwbchSccMMYnvST3LeUB+6BGkLq7r at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 6:09 PM, Stephen <stephen-d-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>
> I found that I had better results with just using localhost instead of
> my IP. Don't know why but when I went in that way, it worked normally.
>
> Now, this Mediatomb is _crazy_. I must have hit the wrong button,
> because when I looked at MT through the PS3, it had added all of the
> content from my HD, as well as two connected USB drives. Everything!
>
> LOL, what a mess!
>
> I mv'd the database file and started over, much more sane when you add
> one thing at a time.
>
> I'll definitely take your advice and run it as a normal user, though,
> it's at least a lot easier to play with the config and so on.
>
> Many thanks!
>
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