mediatomb(1)
NAME
mediatomb - UPnP MediaServer
SYNOPSIS
mediatomb [-i IP address ] [-e interface ] [-p port ] [-c config file ]
[-d] [-m home dir ] [-f config dir ] [-P PID file ]
[-u user ] [-g group ] [-a path ] [-l logfile ] [-D]
[--compile-info] [--version] [-h]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page describes the command line parameters for MediaTomb. For a detailed documentation please see the README file which is distributed with MediaTomb or visit http://mediatomb.cc/.
OPTIONS
-i, --ip
The server will bind to the given IP address, currently we can not
bind to multiple interfaces so binding to 0.0.0.0 will not be
possible.
-e, --interface
The server will bind to the given network interface, currently we
can only bind to one interface at a time.
-p, --port
Specify the server port that will be used for the web user
interface, for serving media and for UPnP requests, minimum allowed
value is 49152. If this option is omitted a default port will be
chosen, however, in this case it is possible that the port will
change upon server restart.
-c, --config
By default MediaTomb will search for a file named "config.xml" in
the ~/.mediatomb directory. This option allows you to specify a
config file by the name and location of your choice. The file name
must be absolute.
-d, --daemon
Run the server in background, MediaTomb will shutdown on SIGTERM,
SIGINT and restart on SIGHUP.
-m, --home
Specify an alternative home directory. By default MediaTomb will
try to retrieve the users home directory from the environment, then
it will look for a .mediatomb directory in users home. If
.mediatomb was found we will try to find the default configuration
file (config.xml), if not found we will create both, the .mediatomb
directory and the default config file.
This option is useful in two cases: when the home directory can not
be retrieved from the environment (in this case you could also use
-c to point MediaTomb to your configuration file or when you want
to create a new configuration in a non standard location (for
example, when setting up daemon mode). In the latter case you can
combine this parameter with the parameter described in Section 5.6,
"Config Directory"
-f, --cfgdir
The default configuration directory is combined out of the users
home and the default that equals to .mediatomb, this option allows
you to override the default directory naming. This is useful when
you want to setup the server in a nonstandard location, but want
that the default configuration to be written by the server.
-P, --pidfile
Specify a file that will hold the server process ID, the filename
must be absolute.
-u, --user
Run MediaTomb under the specified user name, this is especially
useful in combination with the daemon mode.
-g, --group
Run MediaTomb under the specified group, this is especially useful
in combination with the daemon mode.
-a, --add
Add the specified directory or file name to the database without UI
interaction. The path must be absolute, if path is a directory then
it will be added recursively. If path is a file, then only the
given file will be imported.
-l, --logfile
Do not output log messages to stdout, but redirect everything to a
specified file.
-D, --debug
Enable debug log output.
--compile-info
Print the configuration summary (used libraried and enabled
features) and exit.
--version
Print version information and exit.
-h, --help
Print a summary about the available command line options.
AUTHORS
Sergey Bostandzhyan Leonhard Wimmer
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2005 Gena Batsyan, Sergey Bostandzhyan Copyright 2006-2008 Gena Batsyan, Sergey Bostandzhyan, Leonhard Wimmer This manual page is part of MediaTomb. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
Opportunity
Personal Opportunity - Free software gives you access to billions of dollars of software at no cost. Use this software for your business, personal use or to develop a profitable skill. Access to source code provides access to a level of capabilities/information that companies protect though copyrights. Open source is a core component of the Internet and it is available to you. Leverage the billions of dollars in resources and capabilities to build a career, establish a business or change the world. The potential is endless for those who understand the opportunity.
Business Opportunity - Goldman Sachs, IBM and countless large corporations are leveraging open source to reduce costs, develop products and increase their bottom lines. Learn what these companies know about open source and how open source can give you the advantage.
Free Software
Free Software provides computer programs and capabilities at no cost but more importantly, it provides the freedom to run, edit, contribute to, and share the software. The importance of free software is a matter of access, not price. Software at no cost is a benefit but ownership rights to the software and source code is far more significant.
Free Office Software - The Libre Office suite provides top desktop productivity tools for free. This includes, a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation engine, drawing and flowcharting, database and math applications. Libre Office is available for Linux or Windows.
Free Books
The Free Books Library is a collection of thousands of the most popular public domain books in an online readable format. The collection includes great classical literature and more recent works where the U.S. copyright has expired. These books are yours to read and use without restrictions.
Source Code - Want to change a program or know how it works? Open Source provides the source code for its programs so that anyone can use, modify or learn how to write those programs themselves. Visit the GNU source code repositories to download the source.
Education
Study at Harvard, Stanford or MIT - Open edX provides free online courses from Harvard, MIT, Columbia, UC Berkeley and other top Universities. Hundreds of courses for almost all major subjects and course levels. Open edx also offers some paid courses and selected certifications.
Linux Manual Pages - A man or manual page is a form of software documentation found on Linux/Unix operating systems. Topics covered include computer programs (including library and system calls), formal standards and conventions, and even abstract concepts.
