This article briefly describes an installation of mediatomb media server on linux Debian / Ubuntu system and quick setup for Playstation 3 streaming.

Install a mediatomb media server

First we need to install mediatomb media server:

apt-get install mediatomb vlc

Create a .mediatomb directory within your home directory:

mkdir ~/.mediatomb 

create a ~/.mediatomb/config.xml with with a following text:

NOTE: following lines for m2ts, ts and mp4 support :

<map from="m2ts" to="video/mpeg"/>
<map from="ts" to="video/mpeg"/>
<map from="mp4" to="video/avc"/>

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~/.mediatomb/config.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<config version="1" xmlns="http://mediatomb.cc/config/1" 
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
xsi:schemaLocation="http://mediatomb.cc/config/1 http://mediatomb.cc/config/1.xsd">
 <server>
 <ui enabled="yes">
 <accounts enabled="no" session-timeout="30">
 <account user="mediatomb" password="mediatomb"/>
 </accounts>
 </ui>
 <name>MediaTomb</name>
 <udn>uuid:56907948-8122-479c-a53e-eb5a9c591ee4</udn>
 <webroot>/usr/share/mediatomb/web</webroot>
 <storage>
 <sqlite3 enabled="yes">
 <database-file>mediatomb.db</database-file>
 </sqlite3>
 <mysql enabled="no">
 <host>localhost</host>
 <username>mediatomb</username>
 <database>mediatomb</database>
 </mysql>
 </storage>
 <protocolInfo extend="yes"/>
 </server>
 <import hidden-files="no">
 <scripting script-charset="UTF-8">
 <common-script>/usr/share/mediatomb/js/common.js</common-script>
 <playlist-script>/usr/share/mediatomb/js/playlists.js</playlist-script>
 <virtual-layout type="builtin">
 <import-script>/usr/share/mediatomb/js/import.js</import-script>
 </virtual-layout>
 </scripting>
 <mappings>
 <extension-mimetype ignore-unknown="no">
 <map from="mp3" to="audio/mpeg"/>
 <map from="ogg" to="application/ogg"/>
 <map from="asf" to="video/x-ms-asf"/>
 <map from="asx" to="video/x-ms-asf"/>
 <map from="wma" to="audio/x-ms-wma"/>
 <map from="wax" to="audio/x-ms-wax"/>
 <map from="wmv" to="video/x-ms-wmv"/>
 <map from="wvx" to="video/x-ms-wvx"/>
 <map from="wm" to="video/x-ms-wm"/>
 <map from="wmx" to="video/x-ms-wmx"/>
 <map from="m3u" to="audio/x-mpegurl"/>
 <map from="pls" to="audio/x-scpls"/>
 <map from="flv" to="video/x-flv"/>
 <!-- Uncomment the line below for PS3 divx support -->
 <map from="avi" to="video/divx"/>
 <map from="vob" to="video/mpeg"/>
<map from="m2ts" to="video/mpeg"/>
<map from="ts" to="video/mpeg"/>
<map from="mp4" to="video/avc"/>
 </extension-mimetype>
 <mimetype-upnpclass>
 <map from="audio/*" to="object.item.audioItem.musicTrack"/>
 <map from="video/*" to="object.item.videoItem"/>
 <map from="image/*" to="object.item.imageItem"/>
 </mimetype-upnpclass>
 <mimetype-contenttype>
 <treat mimetype="audio/mpeg" as="mp3"/>
 <treat mimetype="application/ogg" as="ogg"/>
 <treat mimetype="audio/x-flac" as="flac"/>
 <treat mimetype="image/jpeg" as="jpg"/>
 <treat mimetype="audio/x-mpegurl" as="playlist"/>
 <treat mimetype="audio/x-scpls" as="playlist"/>
 <treat mimetype="audio/x-wav" as="pcm"/>
 <treat mimetype="audio/L16" as="pcm"/>
 <treat mimetype="video/x-msvideo" as="avi"/>
 </mimetype-contenttype>
 </mappings>
 </import>
 <transcoding enabled="no">
 <mimetype-profile-mappings>
 <transcode mimetype="video/x-flv" using="vlcmpeg"/>
 <transcode mimetype="application/ogg" using="vlcmpeg"/>
 <transcode mimetype="application/ogg" using="oggflac2raw"/>
 <transcode mimetype="audio/x-flac" using="oggflac2raw"/>
 </mimetype-profile-mappings>
 <profiles>
 <profile name="oggflac2raw" enabled="no" type="external">
 <mimetype>audio/L16</mimetype>
 <accept-url>no</accept-url>
 <first-resource>yes</first-resource>
 <accept-ogg-theora>no</accept-ogg-theora>
 <agent command="ogg123" arguments="-d raw -f %out %in"/>
 <buffer size="1048576" chunk-size="131072" fill-size="262144"/>
 </profile>
 <profile name="vlcmpeg" enabled="no" type="external">
 <mimetype>video/mpeg</mimetype>
 <accept-url>yes</accept-url>
 <first-resource>yes</first-resource>
 <accept-ogg-theora>yes</accept-ogg-theora>
 
<agent command="vlc" arguments="-I dummy %in --sout
#transcode{venc=ffmpeg,vcodec=mp2v,vb=4096,fps=25,aenc=ffmpeg,
acodec=mpga,ab=192,samplerate=44100,channels=2}:standard{access=file,mux=ps,dst=%out}
vlc:quit"/>
 <buffer size="14400000" chunk-size="512000" fill-size="120000"/>
 </profile>
 </profiles>
 </transcoding>
</config>

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Run mediatomb server

Run mediatomb server manually:

# mv /etc/init.d/mediatomb /etc/init.d/mediatomb.back
# update-rc.d mediatomb remove

Now run mediatomb as a normal user:

$ mediatomb

for more troubleshooting messages use a following linux command:

mediatomb –f /etc/mediatomb/config.xml –D –l /var/log/mediatomb.log

Add shared directories

Add shared directories to a mediatomb by navigating to http://localhost:49153/ web interface.