Connecting to mediatomb

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Connecting to mediatomb

Postby jgf » Sat Nov 20, 2010 8:43 pm

I can connect to the mediatomb UI with the browser, but Airplayer is unable to connect using the same
ip and port. Probably a simple problem, but I am stumped.

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Re: Connecting to mediatomb

Postby admin » Sun Nov 21, 2010 8:49 am

You mean add server manually?
you need to know the absolute address of the description file, not only the IP and port.
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Re: Connecting to mediatomb

Postby jgf » Sun Nov 21, 2010 9:56 am

Yes, my wifi is on a different subnet from the mediatomb server, so airplayer is unable to automatically find the service. Do you mean the descriptor file for one of the media to be steamed or for where to find which are available?

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Re: Connecting to mediatomb

Postby admin » Sun Nov 21, 2010 10:19 am

No, it is device description file. maybe you can ask in mediatomb's support website. :-)
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Re: Connecting to mediatomb

Postby jgf » Sun Nov 21, 2010 1:17 pm

The mediatomb FAQ page says this, but given that other servers acan be contacted directly it does not make sense.

My UPnP player can not see MediaTomb, what is wrong?

Network related problems can be difficult to track, here are some most frequently encountered cases:

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make sure that both, the player and the server are on the same subnet, otherwise UPnP will not work


I will try contacting the authors.
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Re: Connecting to mediatomb

Postby admin » Mon Nov 22, 2010 2:52 pm

The UPnP protocol is defined in the a subnet. but if we know the device description file address, we can also add it successfully.
you can ask them for their server's "device description file addreess".
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Re: Connecting to mediatomb

Postby michaeel » Fri Dec 03, 2010 4:35 pm

i need this same file...

if i manualy add mediatomb url: ex. http://192.168.4.1:50500
airplayer doesnt find anything... i need a xml file :)
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Re: Connecting to mediatomb

Postby michaeel » Fri Dec 03, 2010 6:23 pm

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Re: Connecting to mediatomb

Postby admin » Sat Dec 04, 2010 6:50 am

michaeel wrote:ok, its ok, check this:
http://192.168.4.1:50500/description.xml

thanks Michaeel!
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