ReadyDLNA stuck scanning files have debug installed

I encountered a similar issue[1] (which I posted before noticing there was a separate ReadyDLNA sub-folder) where scanning appeared to be "stuck", but in fact was no longer running due to MiniDLNA crashing. You should be able to identify the culprit(s) by logging in and manually performing the scan. Install the SSH add-on, login as root and run:

minidlna -d -R

[1]: http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=48705

Ah thanks!


OK so this is what I got....

Lucius:~# minidlna -d -R
Unknown option in file /etc/minidlna.conf
[2010/12/19 18:36:57] minidlna.c:631: error: MiniDLNA is already running. EXITING.


here's my minidlna.conf file....


Lucius:~# cat /etc/minidlna.conf
# port for HTTP (descriptions and SOAP) traffic
port=8200

# set this to the directory you want scanned.
# * if have multiple directories, you can have multiple media_dir= lines
# * if you want to restrict a media_dir to a specific content type, you
# can prepend the type, followed by a comma, to the directory:
# + "A" for audio (eg. media_dir=A,/home/jmaggard/Music)
# + "V" for video (eg. media_dir=V,/home/jmaggard/Videos)
# + "P" for images (eg. media_dir=P,/home/jmaggard/Pictures)
media_dir=V,/c/Videos

# set this if you want to customize the name that shows up on your clients
#friendly_name=My DLNA Server

# this should be a list of file names to check for when searching for album art
# note: names should be delimited with a forward slash ("/")
album_art_names=Cover.jpg/cover.jpg/AlbumArtSmall.jpg/albumartsmall.jpg/AlbumArt.jpg/albumart.jpg/Album.jpg/album.jpg/Folder.jpg/folder.jpg/Thumb.jpg/thumb.jpg

# set this to no to disable inotify monitoring to automatically discover new files
# note: the default is yes
inotify=yes

# set this to yes to enable support for streaming .jpg and .mp3 files to a TiVo supporting HMO
enable_tivo=no

# default presentation url is http address on port 80
#presentation_url=http://www.mylan/index.php

# report system uptime instead of daemon uptime
system_uptime=no

# notify interval in seconds. default is 30 seconds.
notify_interval=900

# serial and model number the daemon will report to clients
# in its XML description
serial=12345678
model_number=1

I'm not sure which line in the config is causing the 'unknown option' message offhand, but you'll need to stop the ReadyDLNA service before running it manually. You can either use Frontview or the following command:

kill `cat /var/run/minidlna.pid`

Hey MKS,


Thanks for that. I found the bad files and moved them off my NAS.....ReadyDLNA back to normal.


Thanks!

Hi,

What were the bad files you moved in order to get this to work?

Thanks

Ian

I'am having the same issue.

I dont undestand why the people doesn't publish the final solution.

The final solution was noted in the post. You have to run DLNA in debug mode from the command line. It will tell you EXACTLY which files it has a problem with. Then you just delete them and that's it

I have found that copy the files down to your pc and them deleting them from your nas and then copying backup fix this problem sometimes. Also you can try the new dlna 1.0.19.3

The problem I had was that the files themselves were corrupt. Even windows had a problem with them. So if there's a problem with DLNA not able to read them, best to just delete them and find another torrent or whatever

i installed SSH root access, but where do i log in? i don't see SSH in my available addons.