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# Rygel

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Rygel is a streaming media server compatible with many DLNA/UPnP clients including the Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, smart televisions, DLNA speakers and many smartphones. Rygel will automatically transcode media to a format compatible with the client device. It can also utilise published media hierarchies from external applications like Rhythmbox and DVB Daemon through the D-Bus MediaServer specification. It is under active development and is a part of the GNOME project.

## Installation

Install rygel from the gnome-extra repository.

## Configuration

After having installed Rygel on a GNOME environment, the "Share media" option will be available along the Sharing settings.

Rygel can be configured globally (`/etc/rygel.conf`) or per-user (`$HOME/.config/rygel.conf`). Some of the common configuration options include:

    # Set it to 'false' if you want to disable transcoding support.
    enable-transcoding=true

    # Where video files should be saved if allow-upload is true.
    # Defaults to @VIDEOS@, the standard videos folder (typically ${HOME}/Videos).
    video-upload-folder=@VIDEOS@

    # Where music files should be saved if allow-upload is true
    # Defaults to @MUSIC@, the standard music folder (typically ${HOME}/Music).
    music-upload-folder=@MUSIC@

    # Where picture files should be saved if allow-upload is true
    # Defaults to @PICTURES@, the standard picture folder (typically ${HOME}/Pictures).
    picture-upload-folder=@PICTURES@

    # Tracker's indexing options can be configured with tracker-preferences
    [Tracker]
    enabled=true
    share-pictures=true
    share-videos=true
    share-music=true
    strict-sharing=false
    title=@REALNAME@'s media        # whatever name you choose

    [MediaExport]
    enabled=true
    title=@REALNAME@'s media        # whatever name you choose
    # List of URIs to export.
    uris=@MUSIC@;@VIDEOS@;@PICTURES@
    extract-metadata=true
    monitor-changes=true            # watch the URIs above for new/changed media
    virtual-folders=true

    [Playbin]
    enabled=true
    title=Audio/Video playback on @HOSTNAME@        # whatever name you choose

More information on these and other configuration options can be found with `man rygel.conf`.

## Troubleshooting

When starting Rygel from the command line, there are several options that might help you troubleshoot any strange behaviour. Find out more about these options with `man rygel`.

`-g, --log-level=LIST`
  Comma-separated list of of DOMAIN:LEVEL pairs. DOMAIN can be "*", "rygel" or the name of a plugin. Levels are 1 for critical, 2 for error, 3 for warning, 4 for info and 5 for debug.

`-d, --disable-plugin=PLUGIN`
  Disable PLUGIN

`-t, --disable-transcoding`
  Disable transcoding.

`-c, --config=CONFIG_FILE`
  Load the specified config file instead of /etc/rygel.conf or $HOME/.config/rygel.conf

Categories:

- Streaming
- GNOME