Background
With a recent upgrade of the ReadyNAS firmware, Infrant (now Netgear) introduced the streaming service “ReadyDLNA”. This is actually an open source project (“minidlna”) initiated by a Netgear engineer. This DLNA (“Digital Living Network Alliance”) streaming service is capable of delivering audio, video, and pictures to a number of DLNA-compliant media players.
The ReadyDLNA service works quite well but does not provide a means to alter the displayed service name in the ReadyNAS web administration interface. In order to customize the service name, it is necessary to update the service’s configuration files directly.
Setup
In order to access the necessary configuration files, the EnableRootSSH patch must first be successfully installed. Enhancements to the web interface to permit easier access to these “hidden” configuration options have been promised for future versions, but currently the only means of altering them is through directly editing the configuration files.
- Login (via ssh) as “root” to the ReadyNAS appliance.
- Navigate to the configuration directory.
cd /etc - Make a backup of the original configuration file for safety.
cp minidlna.conf minidlna.conf.orig - Edit the minidlna.conf file by replacing the value of “friendly_name” with the desired alternate text. In addition, the variable must be uncommented by removing the leading “#”.
friendly_name=Movies, Music, and More - Restart the ReadyDLNA service. (The easiest way to do this is to simply reboot the ReadyNAS appliance.)