I’ve installed Mediatomb but still unable to stream content to XboX.
I found this page (MediaTomb - Community Help Wiki) to give me a bit more info on editing the config file
(click to show/hide)
I am connected via a VM(not-so)Superhub in modem mode and using a Netgear WNR2200 Router.
Rest of spec in my ‘Sig’
Have you got another Linux PC ?
Or really ANY PC that you can install VLC onto ?
If so, (ON THE OTHER PC) install and fire up VLC … then in VLC go to
View > Playlist
In the left panel, select:-
Local Network > Universal Plun’n’Play
Now wait a few minutes (for network discovery) … does the mediatomb PC become listed in the right hand panel ?
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Not possible… The 2 lappy’s that we have are knackered and have no other way of testing it.
I've installed Mediatomb but still unable to stream content to XboX.
Are you saying that Xbox cannot play the files served by mediatomb or that it cannot SEE the mediatomb UPnP server?
If the latter then check if mediatomb is running:
ps aux | grep mediatomb
If it is not running then check:
cat /etc/default/mediatomb
#check out if you got set the daemon to be auto started
#NO_START=“yes”
NO_START=“no”
#Interface to bind to
INTERFACE=“eth0”
If it is running then check if you can ping your xbox from there:
ping -c 5 192.168.1.203
Replace it with the correct IP address if this has changed
You could check the logs here:
cat /var/log/mediatomb.log
Can you access the interface by directing your web browser to the URL:
http://localhost:49152
(or the port currently in use by MediaTomb if you have changed the port in the configuration file
It IS running…
pooky2483@pooky2483-ubuntu12:~$ ps aux | grep mediatomb
113 1531 0.0 0.4 974152 39056 ? Ssl Oct08 0:15 mediatomb -c /etc/mediatomb/config.xml -u mediatomb -g mediatomb -l /var/log/mediatomb.log
1000 25894 0.0 0.0 9384 876 pts/0 D 12:30 0:00 grep --color=auto mediatomb
pooky2483@pooky2483-ubuntu12:~$
Sorry, I did mean to post the mediatomb.config file earlier…
[spoiler]<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
MediaTomb
uuid:1fce8cc4-54fe-4142-8ec5-98a5bc45d12e
/var/lib/mediatomb
/usr/share/mediatomb/web
mediatomb.db
localhost
mediatomb
mediatomb
<!–
<manufacturerURL>redsonic.com</manufacturerURL>
<modelNumber>105</modelNumber>
--><!-- Uncomment the line below if you have a Telegent TG100 --><!--
<upnp-string-limit>101</upnp-string-limit>
-->
<extended-runtime-options>
<ffmpegthumbnailer enabled="no">
<thumbnail-size>128</thumbnail-size>
<seek-percentage>5</seek-percentage>
<filmstrip-overlay>yes</filmstrip-overlay>
<workaround-bugs>no</workaround-bugs>
</ffmpegthumbnailer>
<mark-played-items enabled="no" suppress-cds-updates="yes">
<string mode="prepend">*</string>
</mark-played-items>
</extended-runtime-options>
#check out if you got set the daemon to be auto started #NO_START="yes" NO_START="no" #Interface to bind to INTERFACE="eth0"
Don’t think I could see those lines!
If it is running then check if you can ping your xbox from there:ping -c 5 192.168.1.203
pooky2483@pooky2483-ubuntu12:~$ ping -c 5 192.168.1.203
PING 192.168.1.203 (192.168.1.203) 56(84) bytes of data.
— 192.168.1.203 ping statistics —
5 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 4023ms
pooky2483@pooky2483-ubuntu12:~$
You could check the logs here:cat /var/log/mediatomb.log
Couldn’t see anything bad except for a number of files that couldnt be converted!
Can you access the interface by directing your web browser to the URL: http://localhost:49152 (or the port currently in use by MediaTomb if you have changed the port in the configuration file
Yes, as that’s how I have added folders to the list of what to share.
If you can’t ping the xbox it’s a network problem … you need to figure out why your router is blocking connections on the local network.
I take it you CAN ping your routers IP ?
Yes…
pooky2483@pooky2483-ubuntu12:~$ ping -c 5 192.168.1.1
PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_req=1 ttl=64 time=0.231 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_req=2 ttl=64 time=0.247 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_req=3 ttl=64 time=0.233 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_req=4 ttl=64 time=0.327 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_req=5 ttl=64 time=0.370 ms
— 192.168.1.1 ping statistics —
5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 3997ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.231/0.281/0.370/0.059 ms
pooky2483@pooky2483-ubuntu12:~$
OK, if you can ping the router, but not the xbox … then for some reason your router is blocking traffic on your LAN.
What was the model again, and I’ll try to find a manual
Can you ping the xbox if you turn off the routers firewall ?
I know this may sound silly but I don’t know how to!
You could look at page 77 of the User Manual (Table 5-2. WAN Setup Settings)
Options are :
Disable SPI Firewall
NAT Filtering
Secured NAT
might prevent some Internet games, point-to-point applications,
or multimedia applications from functioning
provides a much less secured firewall, but allows
almost all Internet applications to function.