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17 .Dt MINIDLNA \&1 "General Commands Manual"
21 .Nd lightweight DLNA/UPnP-AV server
24 .Op Fl f Ar config_file
27 .Op Fl a Ar ip_address
31 .Op Fl m Ar model_number
32 .Op Fl t Ar notify_interval
33 .Op Fl P Ar pid_filename
43 daemon is a DLNA/UPnP-AV server sharing media files (video, music and pictures)
44 to clients on your network. Clients are typically multimedia players such as
45 vlc, totem and xbmc, and devices such as portable media players, smartphones,
46 televisions, video game entertainment systems and blu-ray players.
50 listens on all the network interfaces (except loopback) for clients. This
51 behavior can be changed on the command-line using the
55 options, or in the configuration file through the
60 .Pq see Xr minidlna.conf 5 for details .
64 can also be set in a configuration file, as described in
67 .It Fl a Ar ip_address
68 IP address to listen on
69 .Pq e.g. 198.51.100.1/24 .
70 If the mask is omitter, it defaults to /24. Can be specified more than once.
72 Activate debug mode (do not daemonize).
73 .It Fl f Ar config_file
74 Specify the location of the configuration file. Uses
75 .Pa /etc/minidlna.conf
80 Network interface to listen on. Can be specified more than once.
82 Do not create playlists.
83 .It Fl m Ar model_number
84 Model number the daemon will report to clients in its XML description.
85 .It Fl P Ar pid_filename
86 PID file to use; the default is
87 .Pa /run/minidlna.pid .
89 Port number to listen on.
91 Forces a full rescan of the media files.
93 Serial number the daemon will report to clients in its XML description.
94 .It Fl t Ar notify_interval
95 Notify interval, in seconds; defaults to 895 seconds.
97 Show the program version and exit.
101 Sets the presentation url; the default is http address.
104 .Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
105 .It Pa /etc/minidlna.conf
106 Default system-wide configuration file. See
108 for details on the syntax.