

In Roku interface, find a channel called 'Roku Media Player' and open it.

Roku: Roku is an appliance connected to a TV for playing Internet streaming services.

See Kodi documentation for more information. You should be able to browse and play media from it. From now on, you should see 'freedombox: minidlna' in 'Videos -> Files' section. Then choose 'OK in the 'Add video source' dialog. Then visit 'Home -> Videos -> Files -> Add videos. Open Kodi, goto 'System -> Service settings -> UPnP/DLNA' and 'Enable UPnP support'. Kodi: Kodi is a popular media centre software with user interface designed for Televisions. You should see an item named 'freedombox: minidlna'. In the playlist sidebar that appears, select 'Universal Plug'n'Play'. Open VLC and click on 'View -> Playlist'. VLC media player: VLC is a very popular media player for GNU/Linux, Android, Windows and macOS. You will be able to browse and play media from it. You should see a channel named 'freedombox: minidlna'. GNOME Videos: Videos is the default media player on the popular GNU/Linux desktop environment GNOME. The following devices and media players have been tested: Using MiniDLNA to play media on your devicesĪny DLNA compliant device or media player should be able to automatically detect, browse and play media from MiniDLNA on FreedomBox. If that is not happening, disabling and enabling the server will fix it. This is very useful if plugging external disks with media to check if the new media files are detected properly. The application is intended to be available in the internal (home) network and therefore it requires a network interface configured for internal traffic.Īfter installation a web page becomes available on It includes information for how many files the server is detecting, how many connections exist etc. To install/enable the media server you need to navigate at MiniDLNA page and enable it. It forms a standard/certification which many consumer electronics conform to. It is zero configuration protocol and requires only a media server and a media player that are compliant with the protocol.ĭLNA is derived from UPnP as a form of standardizing media interoperability. to seamlessly discover each other and establish communication for data sharing. Universal plug & play is a set of networking protocols that allow devices within a network such as PCs, TVs, printers etc. It is not available when connected via OpenVPN. Note: This service is available only on networks configured as "internal" zone. MiniDLNA is a media server with the aim to be compliant with DLNA/UPnP clients.
