I recently got rygel running on my workstation, but not without a lot of grief. I was pulling my hair out until someone pointed out that there was/needed to be a /etc/rygel.conf as well as ~/.config/rygel.conf, even though the format of each is exactly the same.
I'd like to put together a rygel install HOWTO/ FAQ. If people provide me information, I'll compile and edit it.
My skeleton install instructions are below. Feel free to suggest additional steps.
yum install rygel
yum install tumbler
yum install upnp-av
sudo nano /etc/rygel.conf
I suggest the following changes to rygel.conf
- set the network device name
- set the port you want to use (Lets call it port X)
- leave the folders for now
- set the reporting level to 5
cp /etc/rygel.conf ~/.config/
- open port 1900 (udp) and port X (tcp) you selected above in the firewall
- place a few simple media files in each of the media directories (~/Music, ~/Pictures, ~/Videos)
- start rygel on the command line, as a regular user with access to the media file directories.
You should see something similar to the following:
=========================================
Rygel-Message: rygel-main.vala:87: Rygel v0.20.3 starting…
Rygel-Message: New plugin 'MediaExport' available
Rygel-Message: New plugin 'Playbin' available
MediaExport-Message: 'file:///home/Me/Music' harvested
MediaExport-Message: 'file:///home/Me/Videos' harvested
MediaExport-Message: 'file:///home/Me/Pictures' harvested
===========================================
yum install upnp-inspector on the host computer
run upnp-inspector and verify that it exports something locally.
start a DLNA client and observe that rygel is present. Open the libraries and play something.
Once that works...
yum install upnp-inspector on a client computer
run upnp-inspector and verify that its exporting across the network
start a DLNA client on a client computer and observe that rygel is present. Open the libraries and play something.
Now go back and make one change at a time to make rygel do more exotic things. Remember to copy ~/.config/rygel.conf to /etc/rygel.conf each time.
I'd like to see the following questions answered in the FAQ.
1) Which config file does rygel use and why does it complain if either one is missing ? (see below)
2) What packages does rygel depend on ?
3) What gstreamer plugins does rygel expect and what are they used for ?
4) Is tumbler really needed ?
5) What ports does one need to open on the server ?
6) How does rygel know when to transcode or not ? How is that handled ? Is there a way to force transcoding for different devices ?
7) Does rygel generate a log file ? Where is it ?
8) Is there a way to force rygel to reharvest the media folders ? Is it better to have rygel running or not running when making big/small changes to the media folders ?
Demonstrating the confusing use of 2 config files, starting from a working installation.
$ rygel
Rygel-Message: rygel-main.vala:87: Rygel v0.20.3 starting…
Rygel-Message: New plugin 'MediaExport' available
Rygel-Message: New plugin 'Playbin' available
MediaExport-Message: 'file:///home/Me/Music' harvested
MediaExport-Message: 'file:///home/Me/Videos' harvested
MediaExport-Message: 'file:///home/Me/Pictures' harvested
^C
Comment: works great. Now remove the local conf file
$ mv ~/.config/rygel.conf ~/.config/rygel.conf.notused
$ rygel
(rygel:8853): Rygel-WARNING **: Failed to load user configuration from file '/home/Me/.config/rygel.conf': No such file or directory
Rygel-Message: rygel-main.vala:87: Rygel v0.20.3 starting…
Rygel-Message: New plugin 'MediaExport' available
Rygel-Message: New plugin 'Playbin' available
MediaExport-Message: 'file:///home/Me/Music' harvested
MediaExport-Message: 'file:///home/Me/Videos' harvested
MediaExport-Message: 'file:///home/Me/Pictures' harvested
^C
Comment: it appears to work without the local config file. But in fact it won't, if you change the wrong parameter in the global config file.
Comment: replace the local config file, prove it works again.
$ mv ~/.config/rygel.conf.notused ~/.config/rygel.conf
$ rygel
Rygel-Message: rygel-main.vala:87: Rygel v0.20.3 starting…
Rygel-Message: New plugin 'MediaExport' available
Rygel-Message: New plugin 'Playbin' available
MediaExport-Message: 'file:///home/Me/Music' harvested
MediaExport-Message: 'file:///home/Me/Videos' harvested
MediaExport-Message: 'file:///home/Me/Pictures' harvested
^C
Comment: remove the global config file.
$ su
Password:
# mv /etc/rygel.conf /etc/rygel.conf.notused
# exit
exit
$ rygel
(rygel:8900): Rygel-WARNING **: Failed to load user configuration: No such file or directory
(rygel:8900): Rygel-WARNING **: Failed to get log level from configuration: No value available
Rygel-Message: rygel-main.vala:87: Rygel v0.20.3 starting…
Rygel-Message: New plugin 'MediaExport' available
Rygel-Message: New plugin 'Playbin' available
Rygel-Message: New plugin 'GstLaunch' available
Mediathek-Message: rygel-mediathek-root-container.vala:62: Could not get RSS from configuration, using defaults
Rygel-Message: New plugin 'ZDFMediathek' available
(rygel:8900): Rygel-WARNING **: Failed to create RootDevice for MediaExport. Reason: No value available
(rygel:8900): Rygel-WARNING **: Failed to create RootDevice for Playbin. Reason: No value available
(rygel:8900): Rygel-WARNING **: Failed to create RootDevice for MediaExport. Reason: No value available
(rygel:8900): Rygel-WARNING **: Failed to create RootDevice for Playbin. Reason: No value available
Rygel-Message: New plugin 'org.gnome.UPnP.MediaServer2.DVBDaemon' available
Rygel-Message: rygel-thumbnailer.vala:132: No D-Bus thumbnailer available
^C
Comment: does not run properly.
Comment: replace the global config file to prove it works again
$
$ su
Password:
# mv /etc/rygel.conf.notused /etc/rygel.conf
# exit
exit
$ rygel
Rygel-Message: rygel-main.vala:87: Rygel v0.20.3 starting…
Rygel-Message: New plugin 'MediaExport' available
Rygel-Message: New plugin 'Playbin' available
MediaExport-Message: 'file:///home/Me/Music' harvested
Rygel-Message: rygel-thumbnailer.vala:132: No D-Bus thumbnailer available
MediaExport-Message: 'file:///home/Me/Videos' harvested
MediaExport-Message: 'file:///home/Me/Pictures' harvested
^C
Comment: it does, but only does so when both conf files are present !
$ yum list rygel
Installed Packages
rygel.x86_64 0.20.3-1.fc20 @updates
Another thing... I Googled extensively for ideas when I was troubleshooting my rygel installations. Never once did I get content from the rygel mailing list. ?????
I hope this helps other people have an easier time installing rygel.
PS: rygel is a great app/ framework. Kudos to the developers and participants.
