Enter the MediaTombRaider

“Enter the MediaTombRaider” Adventures in Home Theatre Media Streaming

What is MediaTomb? “MediaTomb is an open source (GPL) UPnP MediaServer with a nice web user interface, it allows you to stream your digital media through your home network and listen to/ watch it on a variety of UPnP compatible devices.”

What is UPnP? “Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) is a set of networking protocols for primarily residential networks without expert administrators that permits networked devices, such as personal computers, printers, Internet gateways, Wi-Fi access points and mobile devices to seamlessly discover each other's presence on the network and establish functional network services for data sharing, communications, and entertainment.”

In Plain English MediaTomb is Open Source software that lets you stream your multimedia ﬁles -- photos, music, videos -- to a wide variety of set-top boxes and portable players over your home wireless or wired network.

UPnP Terminology • MediaServer DCP • MediaRenderer DCP • MIME Type • UPNP Class

Devices

What You Need • Works on Linux, Mac, BSD, and many embedded devices • Available in most package managers

Build Prerequisites • c++ • sqlite or mysql • Though sqlite is easier to deal with • expat

Optional Prerequisites • zlib (highly recommended) • libmagic (recommended) • taglib or id3lib (recommended) • curl (required for youtube support) • js (SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine) • libexif • libextractor • lastfmlib

Additional Useful Packages • ffmpeg • libffmpegthumbnailer • mencoder • mkvtoolnix • mediainfo • All available in Medibuntu repository

Running MediaTomb • In most cases, just “mediatomb” • Might need to specify a network interface mediatomb -e eth1 • Use -d to daemonize (background) it • More options (but you probably won’t need them)

Configuring MediaTomb • Creates a default configuration on first run • $HOME/.mediatomb • config.xml - this is the main config file • mediatomb.db - database (SQlite) that contains your media library • In many cases the default configuration will be “good enough” • Might need to be tweaked for certain odd devices • Check MediaTomb website or config file comments

Config File Sections • server - general server configuration • import - how to aggregate content • mappings - determine file extension to media type mapping • transcoding - if transcoding is desired, this section controls how it’s done

Importing • By default imports identically to the way ﬁles are laid out on disk • Optional JavaScript support lets you change this • MP3s organized by artist/album • Movies organized by genre • Photos by the date they were taken • ...etc...

Importing • music • Music • Artist • Artist_-_Album_-_Song1.mp3 • Album • Artist_-_Album_-_Song2.mp3 • Song1 • more_mp3s • Song2 • otherArtist_- • OtherArtist _otherAlbum_-_Song1.mp3 • OtherAlbum • otherArtist_- • Song1 _otherAlbum_-_Song2.mp3 • ...etc... • Song2 • ...etc...

Transcoding • MediaTomb only streams a file bit-by-bit to your playback device. It doesn’t care about file formats, bit rates, codecs, etc. • If your device can’t play the file you’re sending it natively, then transcoding is required • MediaTomb website/wiki is the best resource on how to set this up • PS3 is the most common, and has many good pre- canned setups

The Web UI

Questions

For More Information

For More Information • MediaTomb http://mediatomb.cc/ • Easy MediaTomb PS3 setup http://vanalboom.org/node/14 http://vanalboom.org/node/16 • My Notes, Slides, etc. http://DonaldBurr.com/mediatomb/

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Enter the MediaTombRaider

by Donald Burr on Oct 14, 2010

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