Amahi DLNA Server « PS3 Media Servers

Amahi DLNA Server

by bkelley on Aug.16, 2010, under Linux, Tools

I recently installed the Amahi Home Server mainly to check out the media stream capability, it turns out to be a great solution and a great DLNA server. Here is what you need to know to get it up and running. After you install and configure your Amahi Home server simply go to the Control Panel of the server then the Apps page and install the Amahi DLNA server. It will install the server and start the service. Now here is what I found after setting the server started, you still need to do some customization to get it to work with your media center. Here is what I did:

First you have to edit the conf file found here:

/var/hda/apps/dlna/amahi.conf

Next change the following lines in that conf file to the directories you need.

media_dir=A,/var/hda/files/music

media_dir=V,/var/hda/files/movies

media_dir=P,/var/hda/files/pictures

After making any changes to that conf file you have to restart the server with this command:

service amahi-dlna restart

Now make it look good, copy your DVD cover art to the same directory as the movies with the exact name (big.avi = big.jpg). This why the dvd cover will come up during browsing.

It is now my main DLNA server and streams HD movies perfect!

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2 Comments for this entry

Wendy Parks
August 23rd, 2010 on 5:58 pm
Works great on my PS3, watching a movie in 1080p right now!. I already had my movies encoded to work with the PS3 so that saved me a lot of time.

Thanks,
Wendy
Jon Brink
November 10th, 2010 on 7:01 am
I wish there were more pictures (I admit it… I’m a photo junkie).