Need Media Server solution for DSL-N


Forum: DSL-N
Topic: Need Media Server solution for DSL-N
started by: mshilly

Posted by mshilly on Nov. 20 2007,22:08
I have been working on a headless server box:

1Gb Lan RealTek onboard.
4 SataII onboard
1GB DDR2
Small Footprint case with room for 4 drives (4x1TB or 4x750GB).

Booting DSL-N from 256MB USB stick and have been able to
1) Compile RealTek Gb Lan Driver with Knoppix 4.0.2
2) Use mdamd from, Knoppix 4.0.2 to create/manage Raid Array
3) Samba to share RAID Array.

It is all working spectacularly (after enabling DMA on the HDDs) with my WinXP boxes, NSLU2, and CompUSA Storage/Print Server.

The only thing I have left is to replace the TwonkyVision media server on the NSLU2 to serve up the UPnP to my media players (DSM-320 x 3).  I tried the Linux version of TwonkyVision 4.4 Media server and it pegs the CPU at 100%.  I have a feeling that the Linux binaries are expecting a later version of Linux to be running. They also have been recently purchased and are focussed on the embedded Linux applications so I don't expect I will get much help fixing the issue.

I looked at UShare (from the geeXBox project) but it appears that it's dependencies are all later than what I can find on the Knoppix 4.0.2 version.

Any suggestions?  I would hate to have to abandon DSL-N after getting this far and I really do not need a full blown distribution to run this stuff.

Posted by Juanito on Nov. 21 2007,03:45
Would the firefly.uci extension in mydsl testing be any use to you? I didn't try it on dsl-n, but it serves (audio) media files fine from dsl-3.4.6
Posted by mshilly on Nov. 21 2007,04:41
Firefly is for audio only.  I need a complete A/V solution.
Posted by Juanito on Nov. 21 2007,05:22
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Firefly is for audio only.  I need a complete A/V solution

- Ah, I thought it did video too.

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I looked at UShare (from the geeXBox project) but it appears that it's dependencies are all later than what I can find on the Knoppix 4.0.2 version.

- You could compile the required apps/libs and ushare into a mydsl extension, many of the extensions are made in order to add later versions of libs, etc.

Posted by curaga on Nov. 21 2007,16:43
Later dependencies?

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Requirements
The following programs are required to build uShare:
GNU C Compiler (gcc), 2.95 or later.
The GNU C Compiler is part of the GNU Compiler Collection which can be downloaded from < http://gcc.gnu.org/. >
The following UPnP library is required to build and run uShare:
Linux SDK for UPnP Devices (libupnp), 1.4.2 or later.
The libupnp library is used to communicate using the UPnP protocol. libupnp can be downloaded from < http://pupnp.sourceforge.net/. >
The following DLNA library is required for proper DLNA support:
libdlna, 0.1.0 or later.


To me it lists only gcc, libupnp and libdlna. I believe only gcc of these is included in Knoppix, and you don't need libdlna at all if you don't have a PS3. So it's only compiling the newest libupnp :)

Posted by mshilly on Nov. 21 2007,20:18
Yea,  I don't have a PS3, yet.... but that is one of the reasons I am migrationg the AV server off of the NSLU2.  High Def is in my future and that means a lot more storage space and a beefier server.

I was trying to do some compiling last night using the Knoppix 4.0.2 Live-CD.  I compiled a couple of small things (Realtek 8110SC GbLan Driver and mdadm) just for kicks.  Then I tried the libdlna and it apparently has a dependency on libavformat and some codecs that I need to find.

I may have been a little hasty saying that Twonky didn't work.  I think I found that my installation may have been faulty.  I ran it on my laptop on Knoppix 4.0.2 Live-CD and it appeared to install normally and behave itself after being started.

I will report back this evening when I get another chance to re-install the TwonkyVision MediaServer.

Posted by curaga on Nov. 22 2007,16:26
Libdlna gets all those from ffmpeg..

Check Mediatomb out too

Posted by mshilly on Nov. 23 2007,02:26
Well, I moved to Knoppix 4.0.2 and have everything working....
I managed to figure out how to get it onto a USB Flash and get the startup scripts to start RAID, SSH, SAMBA, and the Media Server.  I was hoping to use DSL to fit it on a 256MB Flash but it looks like I will either have to re-master Knoppix or stick with a 1GB Flash.

Just one more thing to do... CUPS and Windows printing over Samba.  Thanks for the help.

Posted by Juanito on Nov. 23 2007,05:22
There are cups and samba extensions in the mydsl library - I didn't try these with dsl-n though...

Edit: It might be better to take the hplip (edit out the hplip stuff, it contains cups) and samba-3 extensions since they will not over-write the base dsl-n with dsl files

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