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brock_gonad
Apr 20, 2018Aspirant
Unable to manually edit minidlna.conf? (or get changes to stick anyway)
Hi Folks, Long time OS4 user, recently upgraded to OS6. Generally very happy with the upgrade. One thing I miss though is the ability to set DLNA shares on a per folder basis as done in OS4. Inst...
bedlam1
Apr 20, 2018Prodigy
Try creating a file called minidlna.conf.local containing the changes you made and save to /etc, then in minidlna.conf add a line
include=/etc/minidlna.conf.local
You will, of course, have to do this again if you ever Factory Default reset your NAS
mdgm-ntgr
Apr 20, 2018NETGEAR Employee Retired
bedlam1 wrote:
then in minidlna.conf add a line
include=/etc/minidlna.conf.local
I think you'll find that line is already present.
ReadyNAS OS6 automatically attempts to repair broken config. So a local or overrides file (depending on what's specified in the config) can be used to get around that.
- brock_gonadApr 21, 2018Aspirant
Awesome - thanks to you and bedlam1. Question on the use of .local
Should the .local contain the entire config file, or just any additional lines I want over/above what's in minidlna.conf? And would any folder paths over-ride the default one in minidlna.conf
I'm trying to make the library further down the folder tree from the root.
minidlna.conf contains media_dir=V,name_of_my_volume/Media
minidlna.conf.local would contain media_dir=V,/name_of_my_volume/Media/movies_intended_to_share
Thanks!
- bedlam1Apr 21, 2018Prodigy
Just put your modifications into local, no need for the complete conf
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