UPnP Media Server on OpenWRT PirateBox 1.0

The following HowTo describes HowTo setup and minidlna1) Server on your OpenWRT PirateBox. This HowTo applies to a non-auto installed PirateBox. It is tested with current (2013-06-12) custom-image including the stable Attitude Adjustment release. This is very useful for Apple clients!

  • Login into your PirateBox and reconfigure your /etc/config/network that you get internet access (like on the DIY HowTo)
  • Run the following command to enable DNS resolution

/etc/init.d/piratebox nodns

  • Next step initialize opkg and install it into the extended installation destination called “piratebox”. The ln stuff links over the important stuff
opkg update
opkg install minidlna -d ext
ln -s  /mnt/ext/etc/config/minidlna /etc/config/
ln -s  /mnt/ext/etc/init.d/minidlna /etc/init.d/
ln -s /mnt/ext/usr/bin/minidlna /usr/bin
  • Next step is to download and bring my preconfigured configuration in place.
  • Important note There is logfile, but as far as I considered it, there is no information about the connections.
  • It points to the Directory /mnt/usb/PirateBox/Shared
cd /tmp
wget http://downloads.piratebox.de/openwrt.example.minidlna 
cp openwrt.example.minidlna   /mnt/ext/etc/config/minidlna
  • Edit the config if you want to… (ie. change displayed name)
vi /etc/config/minidlna
  • Start it now
/etc/init.d/minidlna start

You are done! Thank you David Darts for this idea!

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OpenWRT wiki Page