ubuntu 12.10 - mediatomb (media server) install

1. install mediatomb:
	sudo apt-get install mediatomb

2. run mediatomb(press ctrl+c to shutdown mediatomb):
	mediatomb

3. shutdown mediatomb(press ctrl+c) and Edit config(mediatomb folder: ~/.mediatomb):
	sudo nano ~/.mediatomb/config.xml

4. No need to remove comments, just add:

	<custom-http-headers>
	      <add header="transferMode.dlna.org: Streaming"/>
	      <add header="contentFeatures.dlna.org: DLNA.ORG_OP=01;DLNA.ORG_CI=0;DLNA.ORG_FLAGS=017000 00000000000000000000000000"/>
	</custom-http-headers>

5. Under <mappings>, add:
	<map from="avi" to="video/mpeg"/>

6. and change mkv into:
	<map from="mkv" to="video/mpeg"/>

7. to enable playstation support change to yes:
	<protocolInfo extend="yes"/>

8. change to yes to enable web interface:
	<ui enabled="yes" show-tooltips="yes">

9. change to yes to enable login accounts, and put your user and password:

	<accounts enabled="yes" session-timeout="30">
		<account user="mediatomb" password="mediatomb" />
	</accounts>

10. run MediaTomb:
	mediatomb

11. to access mediatomb web interface(default username and password:mediatomb):
	http://mediatomb_server_ip:49152

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to manually run mediatomb with alternate folder:
	sudo mediatomb -u mediatomb -c /your_folder/config.xml

to use vlc media player from other computer to play the mediatomb videos and music:
	to play media from mediatomb in vlc player:
		run vlc player
		go to view-->playlist
		go to local network-->Universal Plug'n'Play
		on the right side select mediatomb and browse music and video
		right click video and play


KNOWN PROBLEMS
The program SHOULD start with the computer BUT it is a know problem that mediatomb tries to connect to the internet before the network-manager is started, so it just closes again.
To check if your mediatomb server starts on boot, install this program;
	sudo apt-get install upnp-inspector

you can find it under programs in the menu or run it in the terminal with:
	upnp-inspector

If you don't have a server running then you can start it with this command:
	sudo /etc/init.d/mediatomb start

If you by mistake start two servers, then you can close them with:
	sudo killall mediatomb