I bought a Sony BDP-S570 3D Blu-ray Disc Player a couple of months ago, and I also happen to run a MythTV server where I store all of my music, videos, and recordings. The BDP-S570 says it is a DLNA client, but for whatever reason it does not recognize the MythTV UPnP/DLNA server.
This is what I did to share my MythTV media with the Sony BDP-S570:
- Add the unofficial MiniDLNA Ubuntu PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:stedy6/stedy-minidna
- Update the APT package index:
sudo apt-get update
- Install MiniDLNA:
sudo apt-get install minidlna
- Edit the /etc/minidlna.conf file:
port=8200sudo vi /etc/minidlna.conf
network_interface=eth0
media_dir=A,/var/lib/mythtv/music
media_dir=P,/var/lib/mythtv/pictures
media_dir=V,/var/lib/mythtv/videos
media_dir=V,/var/lib/mythtv/recordings
friendly_name=MythTV DLNA Server
album_art_names=Cover.jpg/cover.jpg/AlbumArtSmall.jpg/albumartsmall.jpg/AlbumArt.jpg/albumart.jpg/Album.jpg/album.jpg/Folder.jpg/folder.jpg/Thumb.jpg/thumb.jpg
inotify=yes
enable_tivo=no
strict_dlna=no
notify_interval=900
serial=12345678
model_number=1 - Restart the MiniDLNA server, removing the existing media list:
sudo /etc/init.d/minidlna stop
sudo rm -r /tmp/minidlna
sudo /etc/init.d/minidlna start
- Turn on your Sony BDP-S570, and see if your media server is listed:
Setup menu > Network Settings > Connection Server Settings
- Scan for the media server if it is not already listed. It will have a status of “Shown” if it has been found.
- Now try to play some of the media!
The instructions above will most likely work for other Sony BDP-S* players, too.
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