MediaTomb UI is disabled. Check your configuration.

[nigel23]

THanks, will let u know if it worked.

[ncpokrt]

I am having the same problem, also with 10.10. I think I have made all of the changes required to the config.xml I changed:
transcoding enabled to yes
protocolInfo extend to yes
accounts enabled to yes
and I uncommented <map from "avi" to "video/divx"/>

My default browser is Chrome which the documentation did not list as tested. So I tried loading the UI with Firefox. Same error.

The program starts fine in the terminal. Here is the output:

# mediatomb -d
2011-01-26 09:15:54 INFO: Loading configuration from: /home/nancy/.mediatomb/config.xml
2011-01-26 09:15:54 INFO: Checking configuration...
2011-01-26 09:15:54 INFO: Setting filesystem import charset to UTF-8
2011-01-26 09:15:54 INFO: Setting metadata import charset to UTF-8
2011-01-26 09:15:54 INFO: Setting playlist charset to UTF-8
2011-01-26 09:15:54 WARNING: You enabled the YouTube feature, which allows you
to watch YouTube videos on your UPnP device!
Please check http://www.youtube.com/t/terms
By using this feature you may be violating YouTube
service terms and conditions!

2011-01-26 09:15:54 INFO: Configuration check succeeded.

Here is the config.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<config version="2" xmlns="http://mediatomb.cc/config/2" xmlnssi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://mediatomb.cc/config/2 http://mediatomb.cc/config/2.xsd">
<!--
Read /usr/share/doc/mediatomb-common/README.gz section 6 for more
information on creating and using config.xml configration files.
-->
<server>
<ui enabled="yes" show-tooltips="yes">
<accounts enabled="yes" session-timeout="30">
<account user="mediatomb" password="mediatomb"/>
</accounts>
</ui>
<name>MediaTomb</name>
<udn>uuid:9b03da87-9af3-4a07-bc45-a6e66b61e2fb</udn>
<home>/home/nancy/.mediatomb</home>
<webroot>/usr/share/mediatomb/web</webroot>
<storage>
<sqlite3 enabled="yes">
<database-file>mediatomb.db</database-file>
</sqlite3>
<mysql enabled="no">
<host>localhost</host>
<username>mediatomb</username>
<database>mediatomb</database>
</mysql>
</storage>
<protocolInfo extend="yes"/><!-- 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>
<ffmpegthumbnailer enabled="no">
<thumbnail-size>128</thumbnail-size>
<seek-percentage>5</seek-percentage>
<filmstrip-overlay>yes</filmstrip-overlay>
<workaround-bugs>no</workaround-bugs>
<image-quality>8</image-quality>
</ffmpegthumbnailer>
<mark-played-items enabled="no" suppress-cds-updates="yes">
<string mode="prepend">*</string>
<mark>
<content>video</content>
</mark>
</mark-played-items>
</extended-runtime-options>
</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="ogx" to="application/ogg"/>
<map from="ogv" to="video/ogg"/>
<map from="oga" to="audio/ogg"/>
<map from="ogg" to="audio/ogg"/>
<map from="ogm" to="video/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"/>
<map from="mkv" to="video/x-matroska"/>
<map from="mka" to="audio/x-matroska"/>
<!-- 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"/> -->
</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"/>
<map from="application/ogg" to="object.item.audioItem.musicTrack"/>
</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"/>
<treat mimetype="video/x-matroska" as="mkv"/>
<treat mimetype="audio/x-matroska" as="mka"/>
</mimetype-contenttype>
</mappings>
<online-content>
<YouTube enabled="no" refresh="28800" update-at-start="no" purge-after="604800" racy-content="exclude" format="mp4" 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>
</online-content>
</import>
<transcoding enabled="yes">
<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,ch annels=2}:standard{access=file,mux=ps,dst=%out} vlc:quit"/>
<buffer size="14400000" chunk-size="512000" fill-size="120000"/>
</profile>
</profiles>
</transcoding>
</config>

[ncpokrt]

I figured it out. You need to run mediaTomb in the terminal with sudo

# sudo mediatomb

and then all is well.

It asked me for a username and password which are by default
user: mediatomb
password: mediatomb

I recommend you change that to something more secure by editing the ~/.mediatomb/config.xml file

[nigel23]

PS3 media server is much easier to install for beginners (like me). But as the name hints, it only works for ps3.http://ps3mediaserver.blogspot.com/

[axept]

I figured it out. You need to run mediaTomb in the terminal with sudo

# sudo mediatomb

and then all is well.

It asked me for a username and password which are by default
user: mediatomb
password: mediatomb

I recommend you change that to something more secure by editing the ~/.mediatomb/config.xml file

Good for you that it worked!

I dont have to use sudo to start it, but anyway...

[axept]

PS3 media server is much easier to install for beginners (like me). But as the name hints, it only works for ps3.http://ps3mediaserver.blogspot.com/

Did it work for you?? MediaTomb I mean, not ps3 mediaserver...

[nigel23]

Did it work for you?? MediaTomb I mean, not ps3 mediaserver...

nope, gave up.

[matt_symes]

Hi

Funally enough, i just installed mediatomb today and i have got it working through the browser. I have just watched some streamed test content so i know it works.

Steps to take to enable the UI from the browser.

1. Install media tomb from the repositories.
2. Edit the configuration file. It is located in /etc/mediatomb/config.xml.

From the terminal....

sudo nano /etc/mediatomb/config.xml

Enter your password. It will not be echoed to the screen. This is the start of the config.xml file.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<config version="2" xmlns="http://mediatomb.cc/config/2" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schem$
     Read /usr/share/doc/mediatomb-common/README.gz section 6 for more
     information on creating and using config.xml configration files.
    -->
  <server>
    <ui enabled="no" show-tooltips="yes">
      <accounts enabled="no" session-timeout="30">
        <account user="mediatomb" password="mediatomb"/>
      </accounts>
    </ui>
    <name>MediaTomb</name>
    <udn>uuid:c88910cd-15d4-41c8-9f74-4050b78cddb0</udn>
    <home>/var/lib/mediatomb</home>.
....
...

The entries highlighted on bold are the entries you want to change. This is an example

<ui enabled="yes" show-tooltips="yes">
      <accounts enabled="yes" session-timeout="30">
        <account user="user1" password="password1"/>
      </accounts>
    </ui>

Save the file with ctrl + o and exit the file with ctrl + x.

Restart mediatomb if it is running. To check if it is running

ps aux | grep [m]ediatomb

If it's running

sudo /etc/init.d/mediatomb restart

There are other options in the config file that you may need to change for your set up but that will enable the UI from a web browser. Firefox works well (but elinks doesn't). I have not tried other browsers.

From the local or a remote machine (on same LAN) try to access the page. It will be something along the lines of (assuming no port change) ...

for local

http://12.0.0.1:49152/

on same lan

http://192.168.1.5:49152/

That IP address (192.168.1.5) will obviously be changed to your servers ip address.

I hope this helps.

Kind regards

[Digram_seth]

Thanks
it plays like a charm with viewsonic VMP72

[Justin Buser]

Every time I try and open MediaTomb I get this message. Can anyone please help?

I had this problem and I ended up needing to give read/write permissions for /etc/mediatomb to the mediatomb user and then editing the config.xml file found there. If you are running mediatomb as a daemon and using sqlite for instance and don't see mediatomb.db being created in that dir then you most likely won't be able to use the UI or browse the server via upnp (not sure why there are no errors in the log re: this).

Also if you are using the system menu link under sound/video or any link other than the one found at the end of /var/log/mediatomb.log you may be trying to pull up the UI using the wrong port. In my case for example my meu link was pointing to http://10.0.0.1:49152 but the server was actually running on http://10.0.0.1:49153