How to Access Media FIles on CIFS from Debian Jail?

[Luis2016]

I built a system with specs below, installed FreeNAS, a jail with phpVirtualBox Template, Debian as a VM, compiled minidlna for Debian. All good up to this point. My question is, can someone recommend the best method to make all my media files accessible to minidlna for streaming? I have a CIFS that my windows machine where the media files are can access but can't find a way to make them accessible to minidlna. Thank you for your help.


ASRock C2750D4I
16GB kit (2x8GB) of ECC RAM from Crucial
3x WD Red Pro
SanDisk 128 GB SSD
Lian-Li PC-Q25

 

[Yatti420]

Why not just run minidlna within a jail and not within a VM?.. The VM should be able to access shares.. See the virtual box config page..

 

[Luis2016]

Thank you for the reply. I did try minidlna within a jail, following the instructions on this forum, and worked fine but wanted a different icon on dlna clients. I did try VM share method and kind of got it to work but the media files don't show on dlna clients. It might be a permissions issue. The minidlna.log on debug mode doesn't show any errors so I'm stuck right now.

 

[mattbbpl]

If you want to use DLNA, have you considered Emby? It has a DLNA server within it, and it comes in a prepackaged plugin for FreeNAS. Plex might have a similar DLNA server within it, but I can't speak to that.

 

[pirateghost]

If you want to use DLNA, have you considered Emby? It has a DLNA server within it, and it comes in a prepackaged plugin for FreeNAS. Plex might have a similar DLNA server within it, but I can't speak to that.

Plex does include a DLNA server

 

[Luis2016]

If you want to use DLNA, have you considered Emby? It has a DLNA server within it, and it comes in a prepackaged plugin for FreeNAS.

Great suggestion! Thank you for the tip.
I installed Emby and works great

 

[mattbbpl]

Great suggestion! Thank you for the tip.
I installed Emby and works great

You're welcome!
The users here have pretty extensive experience with both the Emby and Plex plugins, so that should make your life a little easier than attempting to go with a custom solution. If you have any troubles with them, you can pop over here for some assistance.