This is a question that seems so simple I am a little embarrassed for asking. But if I want DLNA support on a Rockstor NAS. What is the easiest way to enable it?
@AnthGood, for the most part, if you want to be able to use DLNA to stream/access your media, then you can install either the Plex Rockon, or jellyfin. Both of those provide DLNA as a standard. Finally, there is also the Logitech Mediaserver Rockon (update Sept. 2024: as Logitech’s LMS is no more, but it’s now a community project under the Lyrion Media server moniker, to which the Rockon has been updated to).
Finally, though not that much overhead using either of these, you can look at installing (at the OS level) something like this:
here you can get an OpenSUSE package:
https://software.opensuse.org/package/minidlna
There is also BubbleUPnP:
Interestingly, it offers a container based on OpenSUSE Tumbleweed (so you could build a custom Rockon or submit one to the official Rockstor Rockon repo), but I have not seen a package for it on OpenSUSE (haven’t looked really hard either).
So, you have some options
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I, personally, use the Emby Rock-On. I tried Plex and honestly hated it. The interface has too much stuff from the web for my liking. I can’t speak to Jellyfin. I just wanted something to serve up my files and Emby fit my needs so I stopped looking when I landed on it. I have come to like the Emby App on my phone and TV. While I originally was using DLNA on the TV, when Roku got the Emby App, I found I liked the interface better then the DLNA player and have stuck with it since.
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