I believe this is because it's specified as a root container in minidlna.conf. The display device may factor into it as well. You can specify Video container, Picture container, etc. The minidlna.conf file allows you the options to state what directory is associated with a media type, not the folder name. DESCRIPTION minidlnad (1) reads configuration options from the system-wide configuration file /etc/minidlna.conf, or the file specified with -f on the command line. The file contains keyword-argument pairs, one per line. Lines starting with ‘#’ and empty lines are interpreted as comments. Minidlna: 453: Installs on Request (30 days) minidlna: 438: Build Errors (30 days) minidlna: 0: Installs (90 days) minidlna: 766: Installs on Request (90 days) minidlna: 744: Installs (365 days) minidlna: 2,234: Installs on Request (365 days) minidlna: 2,173. Minidlna: 453: Installs on Request (30 days) minidlna: 438: Build Errors (30 days) minidlna: 0: Installs (90 days) minidlna: 766: Installs on Request (90 days) minidlna: 744: Installs (365 days) minidlna: 2,234: Installs on Request (365 days) minidlna: 2,173.

1. Minidlna Mac
2. Minidlna For Mac
3. Minidlna Mac
4. Minidlna For Mac

Sony finally released a DLNA media player for the PlayStation 4 on June 16, 2015. I don’t have a lot of streamable media, but what I do have is stored on my laptop.

I have used Plex in the past, but it is overly complicated and “heavy” for my needs. I wanted a light weight DLNA server that could be daemonized and point to a media directory. minidlna turned out to be the answer.

First, install Homebrew. You can install minidlna manually, but Homebrew makes everything much easier.

Once Homebrew is installed, install minidlna:

At the time of writing, I setup version 1.1.4.2 minidlna. The rest of this post will reference that version. Change the version as needed.

If you want minidlna’s directories, files, and logs to reside in the .config directory of your home folder, create the following directories. Otherwise, create them elsewhere.

For some reason brew does not setup the necessary minidlnad symlinks. So, create them manually:

Minidlna Mac

Create file ~/.config/minidlna/minidlna.conf with the following contents. If your media is not stored in /Users/foo/.config/minidlna/media, change media_dir to the directory of your choice:

Finally, start minidlnad:

Minidlna For Mac

If you have the OS X Firewall turned on, you will be prompted to allow minidlnad through the firewall. Of course, allow it through if you want to be able to stream anything.

By default, minidlnad will scan for new media every 895 seconds. You can change this by killing the current minidlnad process:

And starting minidlnad with the following command:

Minidlna Mac

You can force a re-scan of your media directory by killing the minidlnad process and starting it with the following command:

Minidlna For Mac

Now, you should be able to open Media Player on your PS4 and stream your media. Supported media formats can be found here.