DSM-G600, DNS-3xx and NSA-220 Hack Forum

ahughes wrote:

boilerjt wrote:

Yes, the playlist.js script handles the playlist importing.  Just make sure that <virtual-layout type="js"> in config.xml so that it uses the *.js files and not the default builtin import code.

Is there a way to block importation of playlists? If I take out or remove reference to playlist.js I get an error.

This might work without editing the playlist.js script...

Comment out there two lines in config.xml as follows:

<!--<treat mimetype="audio/x-mpegurl" as="playlist"/>
<treat mimetype="audio/x-scpls" as="playlist"/> -->

It appears these lines tell MediaTomb to execute the playlist script for m3u and pls when they are imported.  In my brief testing, it seems the script is not executed when these two lines are commented out.

boilerjt wrote:

This might work without editing the playlist.js script...

Comment out there two lines in config.xml as follows:

<!--<treat mimetype="audio/x-mpegurl" as="playlist"/>
<treat mimetype="audio/x-scpls" as="playlist"/> -->

It appears these lines tell MediaTomb to execute the playlist script for m3u and pls when they are imported.  In my brief testing, it seems the script is not executed when these two lines are commented out.

Great idea, I'll try that tonight! Thanks.

boilerjt wrote:

When looking at the WebUI, click the edit icon from the imported mkv and confirm the mimetype is video/x-matroska.

If these are true, could you post your entire config.xml and I'll look at it?

As suggested, through the WebUI, the MKV is reported as video/x-matroska... Unit just chugs along but no error on 750's, just no video or audio.  Same files play fine with twonky direct feeding or from USB Stick.. Here is entire config.xml.  Thanks for the assistance...

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<config version="1" xmlns="http://mediatomb.cc/config/1" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://mediatomb.cc/config/1 http://mediatomb.cc/config/1.xsd">
  <server>
    <ui enabled="yes">
      <accounts enabled="no" session-timeout="30">
        <account user="mediatomb" password="mediatomb"/>
      </accounts>
    </ui>
    <name>MediaTomb</name>
    <udn>uuid:d904c946-5cfc-46e9-bbce-02afa51608fb</udn>
    <home>/ffp/var/mediatomb</home>
    <webroot>/ffp/share/mediatomb/web</webroot>
    <storage>
      <sqlite3 enabled="yes">
        <database-file>mediatomb.db</database-file>
      </sqlite3>
    </storage>
    <protocolInfo extend="no"/><!-- For PS3 support change to "yes" -->
   
    <custom-http-headers>
      <add header="X-User-Agent: redsonic"/>
    </custom-http-headers>

    <manufacturerURL>redsonic.com</manufacturerURL>
    <modelNumber>105</modelNumber>
    <!-- Uncomment the line below if you have a Telegent TG100 -->
    <!--
       <upnp-string-limit>101</upnp-string-limit>
    -->
  </server>
  <import hidden-files="no">
    <scripting script-charset="UTF-8">
      <virtual-layout type="builtin"/>
    </scripting>
    <mappings>
      <extension-mimetype ignore-unknown="no">
        <map from="mp3" to="audio/mpeg"/>
        <map from="ogg" to="application/ogg"/>
        <map from="asf" to="video/x-ms-asf"/>
        <map from="asx" to="video/x-ms-asf"/>
        <map from="wma" to="audio/x-ms-wma"/>
        <map from="wax" to="audio/x-ms-wax"/>
        <map from="wmv" to="video/x-ms-wmv"/>
        <map from="wvx" to="video/x-ms-wvx"/>
        <map from="wm" to="video/x-ms-wm"/>
        <map from="wmx" to="video/x-ms-wmx"/>
        <map from="m3u" to="audio/x-mpegurl"/>
        <map from="pls" to="audio/x-scpls"/>
        <map from="flv" to="video/x-flv"/>
        <!-- Uncomment the line below for PS3 divx support -->
        <!-- <map from="avi" to="video/divx"/> -->
        <!-- Uncomment the line below for D-Link DSM / ZyXEL DMA-1000 -->
        <map from="avi" to="video/avi"/>
        <map from="mkv" to="video/x-matroska"/>
      </extension-mimetype>
      <mimetype-upnpclass>
        <map from="audio/*" to="object.item.audioItem.musicTrack"/>
        <map from="video/*" to="object.item.videoItem"/>
        <map from="image/*" to="object.item.imageItem"/>
      </mimetype-upnpclass>
      <mimetype-contenttype>
        <treat mimetype="audio/mpeg" as="mp3"/>
        <treat mimetype="application/ogg" as="ogg"/>
        <treat mimetype="audio/x-flac" as="flac"/>
        <treat mimetype="image/jpeg" as="jpg"/>
        <treat mimetype="audio/x-mpegurl" as="playlist"/>
        <treat mimetype="audio/x-scpls" as="playlist"/>
        <treat mimetype="audio/x-wav" as="pcm"/>
        <treat mimetype="audio/L16" as="pcm"/>
        <treat mimetype="video/x-msvideo" as="avi"/>
      </mimetype-contenttype>
    </mappings>
  </import>
</config>

boilerjt wrote:

This does not look like the config.xml that is generated for the SVN 2017 build I have provided.  If you are using this build, please kill the MediaTomb process, delete this config.xml, and restart MediaTomb.  A fresh config.xml will be generated and all you should need to do is add the <map from="mkv" to="video/x-matroska"/> line and possible uncomment the line for the D-Link DSM.  You'll also see a transcoding section, but as long as it says <transcoding enabled="no">, no transcoding of any kind will take place.  Also, be sure not to mix files between different versions of MediaTomb.  This does tend to break things.

I was using the default mediatomb that comes with funplug.. installed your SVN2017, modified the config again , reboot the NAS, startup mediatomb 12 and called up an mkv file...

results are:
Class: object.item
Mimetype: application/octet-stream

Here is the config.xml file

Thanks so much for your time...
How would I get this autostart instead of the default Fun_plug version??.. should I over write the default mediatomb dirs?

Thanks again



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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<config version="1" xmlns="http://mediatomb.cc/config/1" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://mediatomb.cc/config/1 http://mediatomb.cc/config/1.xsd">
  <server>
    <ui enabled="yes" show-tooltips="yes">
      <accounts enabled="no" session-timeout="30">
        <account user="mediatomb" password="mediatomb"/>
      </accounts>
    </ui>
    <name>MediaTomb</name>
    <udn>uuid:f7c75bde-b80f-4411-a386-9defd1228660</udn>
    <home>/mnt/HD_a2/mediatomb12/config</home>
    <webroot>/mnt/HD_a2/mediatomb12/usr/share/mediatomb/web</webroot>
    <storage>
      <sqlite3 enabled="yes">
        <database-file>mediatomb.db</database-file>
      </sqlite3>
    </storage>
    <protocolInfo extend="no"/><!-- For PS3 support change to "yes" -->
    <!--
       Uncomment the lines below to get rid of jerky avi playback on the
       DSM320 or to enable subtitles support on the DSM units
    -->
    <!--
    <custom-http-headers>
      <add header="X-User-Agent: redsonic"/>
    </custom-http-headers>

    <manufacturerURL>redsonic.com</manufacturerURL>
    <modelNumber>105</modelNumber>
    -->
    <!-- Uncomment the line below if you have a Telegent TG100 -->
    <!--
       <upnp-string-limit>101</upnp-string-limit>
    -->
    <extended-runtime-options>
      <mark-played-items enabled="no" suppress-cds-updates="yes">
        <string mode="prepend">*</string>
      </mark-played-items>
    </extended-runtime-options>
  </server>
  <import hidden-files="no">
    <magic-file>usr/share/file/magic</magic-file>
    <scripting script-charset="UTF-8">
      <common-script>/mnt/HD_a2/mediatomb12/usr/share/mediatomb/js/common.js</common-script>
      <playlist-script>/mnt/HD_a2/mediatomb12/usr/share/mediatomb/js/playlists.js</playlist-script>
      <virtual-layout type="builtin">
        <import-script>/mnt/HD_a2/mediatomb12/usr/share/mediatomb/js/import.js</import-script>
        <dvd-script>/mnt/HD_a2/mediatomb12/usr/share/mediatomb/js/import-dvd.js</dvd-script>
      </virtual-layout>
    </scripting>
    <mappings>
      <extension-mimetype ignore-unknown="no">
        <map from="mp3" to="audio/mpeg"/>
        <map from="ogg" to="application/ogg"/>
        <map from="asf" to="video/x-ms-asf"/>
        <map from="asx" to="video/x-ms-asf"/>
        <map from="wma" to="audio/x-ms-wma"/>
        <map from="wax" to="audio/x-ms-wax"/>
        <map from="wmv" to="video/x-ms-wmv"/>
        <map from="wvx" to="video/x-ms-wvx"/>
        <map from="wm" to="video/x-ms-wm"/>
        <map from="wmx" to="video/x-ms-wmx"/>
        <map from="m3u" to="audio/x-mpegurl"/>
        <map from="pls" to="audio/x-scpls"/>
        <map from="flv" to="video/x-flv"/>
        <!-- Uncomment the line below for PS3 divx support -->
        <!-- <map from="avi" to="video/divx"/> -->
        <!-- Uncomment the line below for D-Link DSM / ZyXEL DMA-1000 -->
        <map from="avi" to="video/avi"/>
        <map from="mkv" to="video/x-matroska"/>
      </extension-mimetype>
      <mimetype-upnpclass>
        <map from="audio/*" to="object.item.audioItem.musicTrack"/>
        <map from="video/*" to="object.item.videoItem"/>
        <map from="image/*" to="object.item.imageItem"/>
      </mimetype-upnpclass>
      <mimetype-contenttype>
        <treat mimetype="audio/mpeg" as="mp3"/>
        <treat mimetype="application/ogg" as="ogg"/>
        <treat mimetype="audio/x-flac" as="flac"/>
        <treat mimetype="image/jpeg" as="jpg"/>
        <treat mimetype="audio/x-mpegurl" as="playlist"/>
        <treat mimetype="audio/x-scpls" as="playlist"/>
        <treat mimetype="audio/x-wav" as="pcm"/>
        <treat mimetype="audio/L16" as="pcm"/>
        <treat mimetype="video/x-msvideo" as="avi"/>
        <treat mimetype="video/mp4" as="mp4"/>
        <treat mimetype="audio/mp4" as="mp4"/>
        <treat mimetype="application/x-iso9660" as="dvd"/>
        <treat mimetype="application/x-iso9660-image" as="dvd"/>
      </mimetype-contenttype>
    </mappings>
    <online-content>
      <!-- Make sure to setup a transcoding profile for flv -->
      <YouTube enabled="no" refresh="28800" update-at-start="no" purge-after="604800" racy-content="exclude" format="flv" hd="no">
        <favorites user="mediatomb"/>
        <standardfeed feed="most_viewed" time-range="today"/>
        <playlists user="mediatomb"/>
        <uploads user="mediatomb"/>
        <standardfeed feed="recently_featured" time-range="today"/>
      </YouTube>
      <AppleTrailers enabled="no" refresh="43200" update-at-start="no" resolution="640"/>
    </online-content>
  </import>
  <transcoding enabled="no">
    <mimetype-profile-mappings>
      <transcode mimetype="video/x-flv" using="vlcmpeg"/>
      <transcode mimetype="application/ogg" using="vlcmpeg"/>
      <transcode mimetype="application/ogg" using="oggflac2raw"/>
      <transcode mimetype="audio/x-flac" using="oggflac2raw"/>
    </mimetype-profile-mappings>
    <profiles>
      <profile name="oggflac2raw" enabled="no" type="external">
        <mimetype>audio/L16</mimetype>
        <accept-url>no</accept-url>
        <first-resource>yes</first-resource>
        <accept-ogg-theora>no</accept-ogg-theora>
        <agent command="ogg123" arguments="-d raw -o byteorder:big -f %out %in"/>
        <buffer size="1048576" chunk-size="131072" fill-size="262144"/>
      </profile>
      <profile name="vlcmpeg" enabled="no" type="external">
        <mimetype>video/mpeg</mimetype>
        <accept-url>yes</accept-url>
        <first-resource>yes</first-resource>
        <accept-ogg-theora>yes</accept-ogg-theora>
        <agent command="vlc" arguments="-I dummy %in --sout #transcode{venc=ffmpeg,vcodec=mp2v,vb=4096,fps=25,aenc=ffmpeg,acodec=mpga,ab=192,samplerate=44100,channels=2}:standard{access=file,mux=ps,dst=%out} vlc:quit"/>
        <buffer size="14400000" chunk-size="512000" fill-size="120000"/>
      </profile>
    </profiles>
  </transcoding>
</config>

boilerjt wrote:

If the WebUI says the mimetype is video/x-matroska, MediaTomb will stream the unaltered mkv file to your device and if you device cannot play it, there is probably some incompatibility between the way MediaTomb streams the file and your device expects it to be streamed.  Have you been able to stream other video files from MediaTomb to your device?

Thanks.. I had already killed the funplug mediatomb, rebooted etc... the only media server running is mediatomb12.

Under the funplug version I could serve and watch other media.. on this new one.. even the avi files show as octet....... and nothing plays.. same behavior for all files..

I will clean everything out and start over just in case I messed up.. but followed your instructions to the "T".

Sure appreciate the effort though..

i currently manually startup mediatomb12, no funplug version running, no DNS323 upnp running, no twonky running.. same results.

I'll reinstall and see what happens..

thanks again

boilerjt wrote:

If the WebUI says the mimetype is video/x-matroska, MediaTomb will stream the unaltered mkv file to your device and if you device cannot play it, there is probably some incompatibility between the way MediaTomb streams the file and your device expects it to be streamed.  Have you been able to stream other video files from MediaTomb to your device?

OK... Results...
Deleted previous install of Mediatomb12.
Reinstalled.
Edited the config.xml before starting Mediatomb.
Imported my Video Library.
Examined properties of about 6 mkv files all reporting mimetype as mkv... OK so far.
Start Mediatomb.
Access from my DMS-750
Can see my video library and see the .mkv files
Test play an .avi file... worked just fine.. no issues..
Test play an .mkv file... played for 3 seconds exactly then stopped and it went back to the directory listing..
Tried about 15 more .mkv files.. each played for 3 seconds exactly  and then quit etc...

This is where its at now.. any ideas why the 3 seconds exactly playtime?.. its the same for any mkv file I try to play.. all other formats play fine.. ie: avi, wmv, etc

ahughes wrote:

boilerjt wrote:

This might work without editing the playlist.js script...

Comment out there two lines in config.xml as follows:

<!--<treat mimetype="audio/x-mpegurl" as="playlist"/>
<treat mimetype="audio/x-scpls" as="playlist"/> -->

It appears these lines tell MediaTomb to execute the playlist script for m3u and pls when they are imported.  In my brief testing, it seems the script is not executed when these two lines are commented out.

You are the man - worked perfectly. Thanks!

Cool

slyder wrote:

boilerjt wrote:

Try playing an mkv from your DSM-750 and see if any error messages are written to the terminal when it seems to abort playback.  If there are any errors, this is information that needs to be passed to the MediaTomb developer (Jin).  A <ctrl>c will stop the MediaTomb process in command line mode.

Hopefully, we'll figure this out...

Tried this.. it displayed a couple more lines to the console.. but.. no messages regarding files being played etc... No errors came up.. behavior is the same as before.. Plays avi's, wmv's etc without issues... only mkv craps out consistently around the 3second mark.. however: if there is audio/video in those 1st 3 seconds, that does play.. but still conks at the 3 second mark and back to the directory listing.

have tried the exact same mkv's on the usb stick.. just to ensure that the 750 native mode for mkvs was in fact working these files..  The MKV's on USB Stick play just fine.. so its not the file contents or the 750's ability to play these files.. (Was curious just in case Twonky was doing something to prep the file before serving that Mediatomb wasn't.. .but not the case)...

Perhaps missing a library or something... who knows..

thanks anyways..

It looks like the DSM-750 requires more information for mkv streaming than other video formats.  One difference between this build of MediaTomb and the standard Linux build is that the standard Linux build uses the ffmpeg libraries to get video information (such as video length) and this information is sent in the stream.  I have tried building the ffmpeg libraries on the DNS-323 and have not had success yet.  Most players are smart enough to get this on their own (reading file headers), but perhaps the DSM-750 needs more information about the mkv that Twonky provides.

In looking at the MediaTomb web page, I see that the DSM-750 is lot listed in the supported devices.   If this is important to you, you (or another 750 user) will need to work with the MediaTomb developer to work out the issues.  However, the developer is not actively working on the project (real life is getting in the way) but he hopes to be back soon.

slyder wrote:

Most players are smart enough to get this on their own (reading file headers), but perhaps the DSM-750 needs more information about the mkv that Twonky provides.

In looking at the MediaTomb web page, I see that the DSM-750 is lot listed in the supported devices.   If this is important to you, you (or another 750 user) will need to work with the MediaTomb developer to work out the issues.  However, the developer is not actively working on the project (real life is getting in the way) but he hopes to be back soon.

I hear what your saying... doesn't explain the 750 able to interpet file properly when loading directly from a USB stick, but perhaps Mediatomb is doing something to filter out data... hard to say..

Guess I'll need to stick with what works for now.. Twonky seems to work just fine.. guess I'll pay the license and wait until a more viable solution in open source is available..

Thank you for all your efforts and time...

regards

If I hear anything about the 750 and mkv from a forum or IRC, I'll post it here.  Reading from a file directly and receiving a uPnP AV stream are two completely different animals and it appears Twonky is doing something different than MediaTomb when streaming to the 750.  At least you have a solution that works

I have just installed this MediaTomb on my DNS-323 and it's importing my media library at the moment. However, I noticed that some files (mainly FLACs) are being skipped over.

They appear in the "PC directory" sub-tree, but not in the "Audio" sub-tree. Could someone please guide me as to what am I doing wrong?

triceo wrote:

Could someone please guide me as to what am I doing wrong?

And from the Solve It Yourself department, the solution was to directly specify that files with "flac" extensions should be treated as "audio/x-flac" - don't know why the file magic didn't catch that, but anyway... it works now.

I'm unable to run your SVN2017 build on a headless Ubuntu Hardy server. The build seems to download and untar normally, but I get:

richard@palace:/mnt/HD_a2/mediatomb12$ ./mediatomb.sh
/mnt/HD_a2/mediatomb12/usr/bin/mediatomb: 1: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")

And running mediatomb directly gives:
richard@palace:/mnt/HD_a2/mediatomb12$ /mnt/HD_a2/mediatomb12/usr/bin/mediatomb -m /mnt/HD_a2/mediatomb -f config -d
-bash: /mnt/HD_a2/mediatomb12/usr/bin/mediatomb: cannot execute binary file

File and directory permissions look OK; same results when installed and run as root.
Clues for the hapless, please?

Hello boilerjt

Firstly, thank you for your dedication to this project as well as your time.

I have your build running on my DNS-323 and have noticed that videos created on my Archos AV700 do not have sound when streamed to my D-Link DSM-520.  Seems the videos are MPEG-4 SP / Part 2.

Would you be able to inform me of what settings in config.xml I should be looking at to correct this problem?

Thank you very much, best regards.