DLNA Problem Following Upgrade to VB 1.9

[ckendall37]

I recently upgraded to VB ver. 1.9 and just noticed that I'm unable to access my music via DLNA.* It was working prior to the upgrade.* I've tried rescanning and rebooting the Vortexbox on multiple occasions without success.* Here's a copy of the DLNA log:07/02/2011 08:10:29 - miniDLNA log cleared.
[2011/07/02 08:10:36] minidlna.c:865: warn: Starting MiniDLNA version 1.0.19.3 [SQLite 3.6.23.1].
[2011/07/02 08:10:36] minidlna.c:888: warn: Creating new database...
[2011/07/02 08:10:36] scanner.c:719: warn: Scanning /storage/music/mp3
[2011/07/02 08:10:36] minidlna.c:953: warn: HTTP listening on port 8200
[2011/07/02 09:12:35] minidlna.c:153: warn: received signal 15, good-bye
[2011/07/02 09:12:39] minidlna.c:865: warn: Starting MiniDLNA version 1.0.19.3 [SQLite 3.6.23.1].
[2011/07/02 09:12:39] minidlna.c:888: warn: Creating new database...
[2011/07/02 09:12:39] scanner.c:719: warn: Scanning /storage/music/mp3
[2011/07/02 09:12:39] minidlna.c:953: warn: HTTP listening on port 8200
[2011/07/02 22:32:41] minidlna.c:153: warn: received signal 15, good-bye
[2011/07/02 22:34:48] minidlna.c:865: warn: Starting MiniDLNA version 1.0.19.3 [SQLite 3.6.23.1].
[2011/07/02 22:34:48] minidlna.c:892: warn: Database version mismatch; need to recreate...
[2011/07/02 22:34:50] scanner.c:719: warn: Scanning /storage/music/mp3
[2011/07/02 22:34:50] minidlna.c:953: warn: HTTP listening on port 8200
[2011/07/02 22:35:20] minidlna.c:153: warn: received signal 15, good-bye
[2011/07/02 22:35:22] minidlna.c:865: warn: Starting MiniDLNA version 1.0.19.3 [SQLite 3.6.23.1].
[2011/07/02 22:35:22] minidlna.c:892: warn: Database version mismatch; need to recreate...
[2011/07/02 22:35:22] minidlna.c:953: warn: HTTP listening on port 8200
[2011/07/02 22:35:22] scanner.c:719: warn: Scanning /storage/music/mp3
[2011/07/02 23:07:25] minidlna.c:153: warn: received signal 15, good-bye
[2011/07/02 23:09:44] minidlna.c:865: warn: Starting MiniDLNA version 1.0.19.3 [SQLite 3.6.23.1].
[2011/07/02 23:09:44] minidlna.c:892: warn: Database version mismatch; need to recreate...
[2011/07/02 23:09:44] scanner.c:719: warn: Scanning /storage/music/mp3
[2011/07/02 23:09:44] minidlna.c:953: warn: HTTP listening on port 8200
[2011/07/02 23:10:13] minidlna.c:153: warn: received signal 15, good-bye
[2011/07/02 23:10:15] minidlna.c:865: warn: Starting MiniDLNA version 1.0.19.3 [SQLite 3.6.23.1].
[2011/07/02 23:10:15] minidlna.c:892: warn: Database version mismatch; need to recreate...
[2011/07/02 23:10:15] scanner.c:719: warn: Scanning /storage/music/mp3
[2011/07/02 23:10:15] minidlna.c:953: warn: HTTP listening on port 8200
What else can I try to resolve this issue?*Thanks!

[Ron Olsen]

Try this:

service minidlna stop

rm -rf /var/cache/minidlna

service minidlna start

This will rebuild the minidlna database from scratch. *Hopefully, that will help.

[ckendall37]

Thanks for the suggestion.* I will give it a try.

[ckendall37]

I tried the commands to delete the DLNA database and restart the service, but it didn't correct the problem.* Is there a way to see if MiniDLNA is getting stuck during its scanning/creating the database?

[Ron Olsen]

You can check /var/log/minidlna.log to see if there are any error messages.

What are the minidlna settings for Audio Files, Video Files, and Pictures?

Check the DLNA page in the VB GUI for this info.

Also, a new version of minidlna is available (1.0.20.2). Upgrade from the VB GUI to pick it up.

[ckendall37]

Still no luck.* I couldn't find any errors in the log file, so I upgraded to 1.0.20.2 and rebooted.* I can see the Vortexbox DLNA service*from my XBox 360, but the music list, etc.*are empty.

*

My media settings for minidlna are:

/storage/music/mp3

/storage/movies

/storage/pictures

*

What else can I try?* How would I go about restoring my minidlna database from my Vortexbox's USB hard drive backup?

*

Thanks for your help!

[Ron Olsen]

ckendall37 said:


Still no luck.* I couldn't find any errors in the log file, so I upgraded to 1.0.20.2 and rebooted.* I can see the Vortexbox DLNA service*from my XBox 360, but the music list, etc.*are empty.

My media settings for minidlna are:

/storage/music/mp3

/storage/movies

/storage/pictures

What else can I try?* How would I go about restoring my minidlna database from my Vortexbox's USB hard drive backup?


You can't restore the minidlna database from the USB backup since it's not backed up there. *The Backup backs up /storage; the minidlna database is in /var/cache/minidlna.

You can try clicking the Rescan button on the DLNA page in the VB GUI to rebuild the minidlna database from scratch. *This will create /var/cache/minidlna/files.db and /var/cache/minidlna/art_cache/

When the rescan completes (could take a half-hour or more), you should check to make sure that the database /var/cache/minidlna/files.db has been created and is not empty:

ls -l /var/cache/minidlna/files.db

will show you the permissions, owner, size, and modification time of this file.

Please report the output of the above command in your next post if things are still not working, as well as the contents of /var/log/minidlna.log for this rescan. *The end of the minidlna.log file should show how many files were processed in recreating the database.


Thanks for your help!

[ckendall37]

Still not working.* Here's what I get for the minidlna directory:

*

[vortexbox.localdomain minidlna]# ls -l
total 72
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root* 4096 Jul* 9 21:32 art_cache
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 69632 Jul* 9 21:32 files.db

*

The contents of the log file:07/09/2011 21:32:30 - miniDLNA log cleared. [2011/07/09 21:32:33] minidlna.c:153: warn: received signal 15, good-bye [2011/07/09 21:32:36] minidlna.c:900: warn: Starting MiniDLNA version 1.0.20.2 [SQLite 3.6.23.1]. [2011/07/09 21:32:36] minidlna.c:923: warn: Creating new database... [2011/07/09 21:32:36] scanner.c:719: warn: Scanning /storage/music/mp3 [2011/07/09 21:32:36] minidlna.c:988: warn: HTTP listening on port 8200
*

This is basically how the log file has looked each time I've stopped/started the service over the past week.* I've never seen it report how many files have been scanned/processed.

*

I let it run overnight and this is what it was reporting this morning.* I checked into the art_cache directory and it only listed the first of my MP3 artists (i.e., 10,000 Maniacs).* I'm guessing that it should list a lot more than that.

[ckendall37]

Reposting the log file with hard returns:

*07/09/2011 21:32:30 - miniDLNA log cleared.
[2011/07/09 21:32:33] minidlna.c:153: warn: received signal 15, good-bye
[2011/07/09 21:32:36] minidlna.c:900: warn: Starting MiniDLNA version 1.0.20.2 [SQLite 3.6.23.1].
[2011/07/09 21:32:36] minidlna.c:923: warn: Creating new database...
[2011/07/09 21:32:36] scanner.c:719: warn: Scanning /storage/music/mp3
[2011/07/09 21:32:36] minidlna.c:988: warn: HTTP listening on port 8200*

[Ron Olsen]

Can't see anything obviously wrong in what you posted. *

Please post the contents of /etc/minidlna.conf; maybe it will provide some clues.

Are the permissions on /storage, /storage/music, and /storage/music/mp3

set to allow non-root access to these directories?

What do the following commands show:

ls -ld /storage

ls -ld /storage/music

ls -ld /storage/music/mp3

How many mp3 files do you have in /storage/music/mp3 ? *You can determine this

with the following command:

find /storage/music/mp3 -name "*.mp3" | wc -l