If I ever have to do it again.. since it turned out to be extremely easy (if you look a little longer and resists compiling it from source), here is how to install MediaTomb on CentOS (or in my case ”Installing MediaTomb on CentOS 5.4″);
“[MediaTomb is] an open source (GPL) UPnP MediaServer with a web user interface and AV transcoding support” (Wikipedia)
MediaTomb can be read about and downloaded (in source form) from http://mediatomb.cc/
(Found the right software packages from http://rpm.pbone.net)
1. download MediaTomb RPM – you don’t want to build from source;
[root@legoland mt]# wget ftp://ftp.pbone.net/mirror/centos.karan.org/el5/extras/testing/i386/RPMS/mediatomb-0.11.0-1.el5.kb.i386.rpm
2. download Required lib;
[root@legoland mt]# wget ftp://ftp.pbone.net/mirror/centos.karan.org/el5/extras/testing/i386/RPMS/taglib-1.5-1.el5.kb.i386.rpm
(note I installed my CentOS with all the readily available development tools and libraries from DVD)
3. Install the sucker;
[root@legoland mt]# rpm -i taglib-1.5-1.el5.kb.i386.rpm[root@legoland mt]# rpm -i mediatomb-0.11.0-1.el5.kb.i386.rpm
4. Find out which netword card to use (most likely its ‘eth0′)
[root@legoland log]# ifconfig -a|egrep "inet addr|eth|wlan"eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0F:EA:8A:F7:76inet addr:10.1.1.90 Bcast:10.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0F:B5:4F:79:71
In my case you see the only card with an IP address is ‘eth0′
5. Change the config and select your network card;
[root@legoland mt]# vi /etc/mediatomb.confIn my case, change FROM;MT_INTERFACE="NOT_SET"TO:MT_INTERFACE="eth0"
6. See which port it runs on;
[root@legoland log]# grep MT_PORT /etc/mediatomb.confMT_PORT="50500"
7. Start it;
[root@legoland mt]# /etc/init.d/mediatomb start
8. Make sure Mediatomb is up and running;
[root@legoland mt]# /etc/init.d/mediatomb status[root@legoland mt]# cat /var/log/mediatomb2010-02-23 22:15:55 INFO: MediaTomb configuration was created in: /etc/mediatomb/config.xml2010-02-23 22:15:55 INFO: Loading configuration from: /etc/mediatomb/config.xml2010-02-23 22:15:55 INFO: UUID generated: 384f1086-4063-4390-acdf-b79771c60b6d2010-02-23 22:15:55 INFO: Checking configuration...2010-02-23 22:15:55 INFO: Setting filesystem import charset to UTF-82010-02-23 22:15:55 INFO: Setting metadata import charset to UTF-82010-02-23 22:15:55 INFO: Setting playlist charset to UTF-82010-02-23 22:15:55 INFO: Configuration check succeeded.2010-02-23 22:15:55 WARNING: Sqlite3 database seems to be corrupt or doesn't exist yet.2010-02-23 22:15:55 INFO: no sqlite3 backup is available or backup is corrupt. automatically creating database...2010-02-23 22:15:55 INFO: database created successfully.2010-02-23 22:15:55 INFO: Initialized port: 505002010-02-23 22:15:55 INFO: Server bound to: 10.1.1.902010-02-23 22:15:56 INFO: MediaTomb Web UI can be reached by following this link:2010-02-23 22:15:56 INFO: http://10.1.1.90:50500/
9. You can see its available now on;
http://10.1.1.90:50500/
10. Go to that address above in a browser and have fun!
(remember if your firewall is enabled, you must open the port – do this in GNOME if you have the UI under “System” -> “Administration” -> “Security Level and Firewall”)
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