Why is the minidlna database not being refreshed?

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Dipen picture Dipen · Mar 3, 2011 · Viewed 175.1k times · Source

I am developing a MiniDLNA server to stream media over WiFi. Existing files are shown properly. However, when I add new files to media folders the changes are not updated across MiniDLNA clients. I have also tried to restart the server but it does not reflect the changes.

I changed inotify_interval = 60 but it's still not updating files.db which is the MiniDLNA media list database. If I delete this database and restart the server it shows the changes.

Does anyone know what the problem might be?

Answer

Serge Stroobandt picture Serge Stroobandt · May 7, 2014

In summary, the most reliable way to have MiniDLNA rescan all media files is by issuing the following set of commands:

$ sudo minidlnad -R
$ sudo service minidlna restart

Client-side script to rescan server

However, every so often MiniDLNA will be running on a server. Here is a client-side script to request a rescan on such a server:

#!/usr/bin/env bash
ssh -t server.on.lan 'sudo minidlnad -R && sudo service minidlna restart'

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