MediaTomb is an open source (GPL) UPnP MediaServer with a nice web user interface, it allows you to stream your digital media through your home network and listen to/watch it on a variety of UPnP compatible devices. You can install MediaTomb using the vanvugt ppa for MediaTomb.
To install MediaTomb open a terminal window (press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy+paste the following lines:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:vanvugt/mediatomb
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mediatomb
When installed you need to enable the user interface, to do this you need to edit the config file. In a terminal window copy+paste the following line:
sudo gedit /etc/mediatomb/config.xml
Search for the line:
<ui enabled="no" show-tooltips="yes">
and change it into:
<ui enabled="yes" show-tooltips="yes">
When done save and close the and restart mediatomb with the following line:
sudo /etc/init.d/mediatomb restart
To start MediaTomb click on the Applications launcher and type: MediaTomb
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