Installing Mediatomb UPNP Media Server on PBO

[snappy46]

Can you post one of the external link that you are trying to stream, I'll see what I can do on my end. I also have to struggle with some of the external feeds. Sometimes I gets headaches from it . Anyhow just post the link and i'll see what I can do.

Remember that your link must point to an actual video file; not an rss feed, html page or embeded video inside flash player.

[smidbean]

Hi
Thanks for reply
sorry I did not respond right away.
I have tried getting right to video file but not sure I`ve done it correctly,
When attempting to stream,what should I be looking for the metafile?
I will investigate and attempted ext url again and provide and the example.

I`m out

[snappy46]

When attempting to stream,what should I be looking for the metafile?

metafile???? Do you mean mimetype??? I am not really sure what you are asking here; type of video container that the PBO will accept ????

Please expand.

[leon10701]

Just download the file indicated at the first post. You should be able to extract it using winrar or some other similar program. Copy the extracted folder mediatomb + content onto your PBO HDD (windows share) or you could also put it on the PBO /usr/local/ if you don't have a hard drive on the PBO (See Below).

Window share: Just copy the mediatomb to you PBO HDD1/ share. Prefered method

Now telnet to PBO using your PBO IP address. I think that most people are using the putty software to do that in window.

Once you have telnet to the PBO enter the following:

# cd /tmp/hdd/volumes/HDD1/mediatomb
# ./mediatomb.sh

Now do not close your terminal window or mediatomb will also close. If you wish to run mediatomb without keeping the terminal window enter the following:

# ./mediatomb.sh &

I think that this will do it but I am not 100% sure I haven't try it yet. You might need a little program named "screen" to actually do that not sure.

If you do not have a HDD in the PBO you can always try this (not tested yet but should work in theory):

Telnet to PBO:

# cd /usr/local/
# wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mediatomb/mediatomb-static-0.11.0-r2-linux-uclibc-mips2el.tar.gz
# tar xf mediatomb-static-0.11.0-r2-linux-uclibc-mips2el.tar.gz
# cd mediatomb
# ./mediatomb.sh   or     ./mediatomb.sh &

This last part is all done on the fly and I am not home right now so probably some typo here and there but the process should be sound.

Hopefully this help you and not confused you even more. Maybe some window guy here can help you more with the first part of the process.

snappy,
here is what i have done for installing mediatomb on PBO(ACRBO_v706r4318_Asian)
1, extract the .gz file on my XP laptop(NTFS), copy to a USB drive, mount the USB drive to PBO, copy to my internal Harddrive in PBO, cd to tmp/hdd/volumes/HDD/mediatomb and run ./mediatomb.sh, got amessage" file not found", like what UserX got;

2, run "wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mediatomb/mediatomb-static-0.11.0-r2-linux-uclibc-mips2el.tar.gz", got the file; run "tar xf mediatomb-static-0.11.0-r2-linux-uclibc-mips2el.tar.gz", got a erro message "invalid tar magic";

3, then i looked into mediatomb.sh, ran it step by step as what is in the file, finially had mediatomb running( still don't know if it's fully functioning). then i copied a mediatomb.db from somewhere else into mediatomb's work directory. however this db file is not recognized by mediatomb.

any help appreciated

[snappy46]

It is possible that you lost the executable bit thru the copying process when you copy from the USB Stick to the HDD1.

chmod +x /tmp/hdd/volumes/HDD1/mediatomb/mediatomb.sh

This might have resolved your first issue; I don't know.


You can not just take any DB file and use them with mediatomb I believe that the data structure is somewhat different amongst some of the various version of mediatomb. You should try to create a local feed from the disk or the example I gave in a previous post using the web interface and see if it works. If that works then you know that it's a DB version issue.

[CharlieSummers]

2, run "wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mediatomb/mediatomb-static-0.11.0-r2-linux-uclibc-mips2el.tar.gz", got the file; run "tar xf mediatomb-static-0.11.0-r2-linux-uclibc-mips2el.tar.gz", got a erro message "invalid tar magic";

The internal tar doesn't have the z switch, and there's no gunzip.

[mleejr]

How do I server up a directory as a root directory in media tomb? For example, one of the root directories is 'PC Directory'. I have a folder in the root of my HDD called 'movies'. I would like a folder called 'movies' right under 'PC Directory'. I've tried a few things and nothing works. I used a file URL and nada.

syntax?
Thx,

"2010-01-01 00:42:56 ERROR: Serving directories is not enabled in configuration"

[snappy46]

It's been so long since I used mediatomb you will have to help me out well... helping you.

- So you have installed mediatomb on the PBO? right??
- You can access the mediatomb database web interface using your PC browser? right ???

The whole PBO filesystem should be available for selection using the web interface <PBO_IP>:49152 if memory serves correctly.

I am not really sure what you are trying to do here but just as an example let's say you have a directory on your PBO HDD called /tmp/hdd/volumes/HDD1/Movies you should be able to select that directory in the mediatomb web interface and then the files in Movies will be available as upnp feed to your other devices including the PBO itself which you will find under the UPNP tab.

Hope this help.

[mleejr]

- So you have installed mediatomb on the PBO? right??

Yes

You can access the mediatomb database web interface using your PC browser? right ???

Yes

The whole PBO filesystem should be available for selection using the web interface <PBO_IP>:49152 if memory serves correctly.

I am not really sure what you are trying to do here but just as an example let's say you have a directory on your PBO HDD called /tmp/hdd/volumes/HDD1/Movies you should be able to select that directory in the mediatomb web interface and then the files in Movies will be available as upnp feed to your other devices including the PBO itself which you will find under the UPNP tab.

Hope this help.

I'm sorry, I did do this but it just puts all the movies under that folder and all subfolders in one view. What I want is the folder view like you have with the PC Directory one.
Thanks,
Mike

[snappy46]

Sorry man I am still unclear about what you are taking about; it's been too long since I used it. I will install it on my PBO again (not tonight too late now) and maybe I might be in a better position to help and understand what you are talking about.

Cheers!!!