This post is roughly 14 years old; originally published on December 18, 2009! The information presented here may be out of date and inaccurate.
I’ve been using Mediatomb for nearly two years now but decided to give MiniDLNA a whirl since it is a fully fledged DLNA server whereas Mediatomb is UPnP only. I’m currently running both Mediatomb SVN and MiniDLNA CVS. So, how does MiniDLNA compare to Mediatomb?
.m3u
and .pls
playlists but requires a 3rd party patch
to add Last.fm scrobbling.ffmpegthumbnailer
.So, as of today I am running both Mediatomb and MiniDLNA. Mediatomb is exclusively handling audio since playlist and Last.fm support are essential for me. MiniDLNA is now handling video exclusively. I’m very happy with the results but should MiniDLNA add .m3u/.pls play lists and Last.fm support I will switch everything to MiniDLNA.
Since writing this post MiniDLNA added support for playlists. It still doesn’t support Last.fm scrobbling though. Despite that I switched to MiniDLNA and it has been streaming audio and video around the house for that last couple of years.