Set up a Linux UPnP media server w/PS3
support
After the 1.80 FW last Friday I trawled the intertubes looking for a UPnP/dlna media server to install
on my Linux box. The only one I could get working, streaming music to my PS3 was the commercial
TwonkyVision MediaServer, and commercial just ain't good enough for me. I want open source!
Luckily after a few days the guys maintaining MediaTomb released an update supporting the PS3.
To install (Ubuntu, Intel platform) just open a terminal and cut and paste the following:
$ wget http://apt.mediatomb.cc/key.asc -O- -q | sudo apt-key add -
Then edit your sources list e.g. with nano:
$ sudo nano /etc/sources.list
and add the following line to the bottom:
deb http://apt.mediatomb.cc/ feisty main
Press Ctrl-O to save, and Ctrl-X to exit.
Then install it with the following command:
$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install mediatomb
First run mediatomb to create standard database and config file:
$ mediatomb
Press Ctrl-C to exit.
To configure mediatomb, edit the config file with (standing in your home directory):
$ sudo nano .mediatomb/config.xml
Just below the <server> add this line of code:
<protocolInfo extend="yes"/>
Copy the config file to a more usable directory:
$ sudo cp ./mediatomb/config.xml /etc/mediatomb/config.xml
You are now ready to test mediatomb with the PS3.
Run mediatomb as a daemon:
$ mediatomb -d -c /etc/mediatomb/config.xml
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