MiniDLNA and the USBs

[DPi]

Recently, I've installed MiniDLNA in my RPi, but when I am going to use a USB... What happens? Nothing.
Simply, nothing. I've tried some tutorials on the web, topics on other forums... but nothing. I know that MiniDLNA (or ReadyMedia) are very very out-of-date, but I don't find another updated and that works on the RPi
Thanks!

[topguy]

but when I am going to use a USB...

Maybe tell us "how" you use the USB...

[DPi]

Ohh... sorry, a USB Stick to have the media.

[B.Goode]

Ohh... sorry, a USB Stick to have the media.

Meaning that stick already contains the files you hope to serve?


What Operating System is running on your RPi?

Is the usb stick correctly detected and mounted by the Operating System?

Can you navigate around the directories on the usb stick directly from the shell (command line) prompt on the RPi? (Or the GUI file manager.)

(Because the Operating System can only serve, via other applications, files that it can already 'see'.)

[DPi]

Meaning that stick already contains the files you hope to serve?

Yes

What Operating System is running on your RPi?

Raspbian

Is the usb stick correctly detected and mounted by the Operating System?

Yes, I can access to the USB and read and write files. But when I change the config file of MiniDLNA (ReadyMedia) to the USB don't work. Like the directory doesn't exist.

[B.Goode]

Where does Raspbian report that it has mounted your media files? (What would you type to list them?)

How have you modified miniDLNA or its configuration to incorporate those files?

[default_user8]

Recently, I've installed MiniDLNA in my RPi, but when I am going to use a USB... What happens? Nothing.
Simply, nothing. I've tried some tutorials on the web, topics on other forums... but nothing. I know that MiniDLNA (or ReadyMedia) are very very out-of-date, but I don't find another updated and that works on the RPi
Thanks!

Not to divert from your original topic, but what's wrong with the DLNA server in plex media server or Kodi's DLNA server? Both are current, and would probably solve your usb issue, Plex would certainly make it easier to curate your media collection.

[DPi]

Where does Raspbian report that it has mounted your media files? (What would you type to list them?)

How have you modified miniDLNA or its configuration to incorporate those files?

I've changed the minidlna.conf file with this line:

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media_dir=V,/media/pi/USB1-D/Files/Videos
...

To know if it's mounted i've used the command 'mount' and it reports this about my USB Stick:

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/media/pi/USB1-D type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,uid=1000,gid=1000,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=ascii,shortname=mixed,showexec,utf8,flush,errors=remount-ro,uhelper=udisks2)

[DPi]

Recently, I've installed MiniDLNA in my RPi, but when I am going to use a USB... What happens? Nothing.
Simply, nothing. I've tried some tutorials on the web, topics on other forums... but nothing. I know that MiniDLNA (or ReadyMedia) are very very out-of-date, but I don't find another updated and that works on the RPi
Thanks!

Not to divert from your original topic, but what's wrong with the DLNA server in plex media server or Kodi's DLNA server? Both are current, and would probably solve your usb issue, Plex would certainly make it easier to curate your media collection.

I think about it but one of the computer that I like to use to see my files, can't use Plex; but thanks for your help

[DPi]

After use advanced options for the command mount, I've seen that the device USB are mounted into the folder '/dev/sda1' but it has got a ""friendly name"" called /home/pi but really it's a type of shortcut to /dev/sda1/.
I've tried with some photos, videos and music and it works to me. It goes more slowly, but it works.
I've changed the minidlna.conf file and now is:

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media_dir=P,/dev/sda1/Files/Photos
media_dir=V,/dev/sda1/Files/Videos
media_dir=A,/dev/sda1/Files/Music

Thanks to everybody.